News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment today against Nathan Paul Barnes, 23, and Tiarra Maureen Jackson, 22, both of Rancho Cordova, charging them with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana and psilocybin, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Defendant had a prior deportation in 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former resident of the Ritz-Carlton Residences at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles has been arrested on federal wire fraud charges that allege he defrauded investors out of more than $5 million in a Ponzi scheme, deceiving one investor by falsely telling him that NBA stars such as Stephen Curry would be endorsing one of his beverage products.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Brian D. Boyle Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Jose R. Almonte-Tejeda, 40, formerly of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for possessing over 500 grams of cocaine with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - As part of a comprehensive response to the opioid epidemic, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Massachusetts has warned a number of medical professionals that their opioid prescribing practices have been identified as a source of concern.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS - A federal judge sentenced Billings resident Nichole Renee Waldhalm today to five years in prison and five years supervised release for her conviction in a conspiracy that brought meth from California to the Billings area for distribution, U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Charles Cuvelier, a 26-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS), will be the next superintendent of George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP). He is currently the NPS’s chief ranger at its headquarters in Washington. Cuvelier will begin his assignment in late January 2019. He replaces Alexcy Romero who is now superintendent of Fire Island National Seashore (N.Y.).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Defrauded Hewlett-Packard Company in the Acquisition of Autonomy for $11 Billion.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, put out the following statement in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ release of new templates of 1332 waiver program applications that show states what an acceptable application looks like under the Trump administration’s recently issued guidance weakening enforcement of the guardrails for the program.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: SAN JOSE - Anthony Lek was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy and for using or possessing firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS- A former commercial banker for Synovus entered a guilty plea to bank fraud and tax evasion charges in federal court Wednesday, said Charles E. Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. John D. Evans, 47 of Columbus, Georgia, entered the plea before the Honorable...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former official with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) and a Koreatown business consultant each pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges today in connection with a long-running scheme where the consultant paid tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to the ABC official in order to gain an unfair financial advantage for his consultancy company.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced that Brandon Vitack, age 26, of Monroe Township, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information on Nov. 21, 2018, with maintaining a drug-involved premises.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that TODD DELAUNE, age 54, of New Orleans, was sentenced today to 12 months and 1 day imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier for violation of the Federal Gun Control Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas man was sentenced today to pay a $5,000 fine for unlawfully importing endangered leopard cats, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge James C. Langenberg of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division, and Chief Stewart Steele of the Rio Rancho Police Department (RRPD) announced today that Nathan Corley, 38, of Rio Rancho, N.M., was sentenced to 15 years in prison for violating the federal firearms laws. Corley will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: A Mexican man who used another person’s social security number and a fraudulent “green card" to get a job was convicted by a jury on Nov. 28, 2018, after a one-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management would like to remind the public of the annual seasonal road closure of upper Eighth Street in the Boise Foothills to prevent road damage during wet conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Adam Herrick was sentenced Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, to 171 months in prison for six robberies targeting San Francisco pharmacies, announced U.S. Attorney Alex G. Tse and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Ray Roundtree. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable William H. Orrick, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Jepherson Emanuel Cabrera, 18, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 150 months in prison and Juan Rafael Tejada-Jiminez, 28, of Lawrence, Massachusetts pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl.
