News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell sentenced Loren Wauneka, 37, of Fort Defiance, Ariz., to 137 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release for voluntary manslaughter, and Lisa Benally, 39 of Fort Defiance, Ariz., to 97 months’ imprisonment followed by three...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: A man who tossed a loaded semi-automatic pistol and a bag of marijuana into a wooded area near the I-380 and Glass Road interchange in Cedar Rapids after a car accident in July 2017 was sentenced November 7, 2018, to more than 33 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Mo., man has been convicted by a federal trial jury of leading a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Jasper County, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Madison, Wis. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Nathaniel Drow, 32, Wausau, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of pure methamphetamine. Drow pleaded guilty to this charge on September 6, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - William Davidson was sentenced to 15 months in prison for his use of unauthorized access devices. Davidson appeared before Judge Ronnie L. White and is scheduled to have a supervised release revocation hearing before Judge Catherine D. Perry on Nov. 19, 2018 on an unrelated matter. Davidson remains in federal custody pending the hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez re-sentenced Tomas Liriano Castillo, 44, to 121 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and six months in prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A felon who threatened to “blow up the house" pleaded guilty today to possession of a 12-inch pipe bomb, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson of the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: INDICTMENT --- Robert Grafton, 52. On Nov. 7, a federal grand jury indicted Robert Grafton, of Dallas, on three counts of bank robbery. Over a two week period, he allegedly robbed three Capital One bank locations in Dallas, brandishing a weapon and demanding bank tellers hand over the currency in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A jury convicted a Reno resident in connection to a drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Reno and Sparks area, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Oct. 16, 2018, a federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a 16-count superseding indictment against Josh Small, 51, of Princeton, West Virginia, and Joni Amber Johnson, 35, of Princeton, West Virginia, charging them with kidnapping, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, using firearms...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: The FBI Recognizes Those Who #ServeWithSTEM.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS-Great Falls resident Martin Phillip Rose, who was convicted in a counterfeiting scheme, was sentenced on Thursday to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - Misty West, 41, of Olive Branch, Mississippi was sentenced to serve 21 months in federal prison for filing false tax returns for calendar years 2013-2015. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Charles Orlando, 41, of Aston Township, PA was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with five counts of manufacturing child pornography, two counts of receipt of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury recently returned a five-count indictment charging DONOVAN J. BARKER, age 59, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with aiding and abetting a conspiracy to distribute tramadol and carisoprodol, international money laundering, unlawful money transmitting, and possession of tramadol. On Oct. 25, 2018, BARKER made his initial appearance in court and pled not guilty to the pending charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - On November 6, 2018, Richard John Massey, age 68, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was arrested by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on charges of sex trafficking of a minor, coercion and enticement of a minor, and traveling in interstate commerce to facilitate prostitution...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Victor Soto, 38, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of over 40 grams of fentanyl with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Taking the audience on a walk down memory lane, the 96th annual National Christmas Tree Lighting promises to be unforgettable with exciting and fun renditions of favorite holiday tunes from the 1920s through today. Co-presented by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, this beloved American tradition also features special guests and the official lighting of the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse in President’s Park (White House).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: In Waco today, U.S. District Judge Alia Moses sentenced 38-year-old Juan Francisco “Kiko" Trevino Chavez, nephew of Los Zetas leaders Miguel Angel Trevino Morales (Z-40) and Oscar Omar Trevino Morales (Z-42), to two consecutive life imprisonment sentences plus 20 years in federal prison. In addition to the prison terms, Judge Moses ordered that Trevino pay a $2 Million fine and a $2 Million money judgment.
