News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of RONNIE EUGENE TAGGART, 51, to 24 months in prison for soliciting and receiving bribes and kickbacks in exchange for awarding City of Plymouth contracts. TAGGART pleaded guilty on May 1, 2018, to one count of wire fraud and was sentenced earlier today before Senior Judge Michael J. Davis in United States District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of RONNIE EUGENE TAGGART, 51, to 24 months in prison for soliciting and receiving bribes and kickbacks in exchange for awarding City of Plymouth contracts. TAGGART pleaded guilty on May 1, 2018, to one count of wire fraud and was sentenced earlier today before Senior Judge Michael J. Davis in United States District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Oct. 31, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a 72-count indictment charging Margaret Arlene Gastelum, 59, of San Manuel, Ariz. and Mona Lisa Rodriguez, 36, of Tucson, Ariz., with an eldercare fraud scheme. The indictment charged both defendants with conspiracy, bank fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The arraignment is scheduled for Nov. 16, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement on the Democrats winning the House majority last night...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Earlier this week, Francisco Joseph Doungeva, 44, of Camp Verde, Ariz., was sentenced by United States District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 27 months in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release. On Aug. 6, 2018, Doungeva had previously pleaded guilty to one count of burglary.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced DANIEL LEE WADE, JR., 24, of Greenville, North Carolina to 120 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: HARPERSVILLE, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Legend Directional Services LLC - based in Weatherford, Texas - for improper storage of compressed gases after an employee suffered fatal injuries in an explosion at the Harpersville Reinforcement Project in Harpersville, Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Philadelphia, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Eun Soo Lee Lied About Making Threats Against Congressman Tom Garrett.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to conflicting reports that Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned from his position or was fired by President Donald Trump...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On Nov. 7, 2018, Ahmed Alahmedalabdaloklah, aka Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Ahmad, 41, of Syria, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver to Life plus 30 years. Alahmedalabdaloklah was found guilty by a federal jury on March 16, 2018 of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Jerard Keaton Davis (33, Palm Coast) with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute it. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years, and up life, in federal prison. Davis was arrested and ordered detained pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of possession of a prohibited object in prison, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Two high-level executives of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC (“FCA" or “Fiat Chrysler") and a senior official of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (“UAW") were sentenced to prison today based on their convictions relating to a scheme to bribe UAW officials by Fiat Chrysler, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Laurent Marc-Antoine Jean Maubert-Cayla pled guilty on November 5, 2018, to misconduct or neglect of a charter owner that resulted in the death of an individual, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1115.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement on the Democrats winning the House majority last night...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the conviction of CRAIG CARTON for securities fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit those offenses. CARTON’s co-defendant, Michael Wright, pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Two high-level executives of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC (“FCA" or “Fiat Chrysler") and a senior official of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (“UAW") were sentenced to prison today based on their convictions relating to a scheme to bribe UAW officials by Fiat Chrysler, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement on the Democrats winning the House majority last night...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that Treveon Montrell Vaughn, 27, of Tulsa, pleaded guilty today to obstructing commerce by robbery and to brandishing a firearm during six different robberies at local donut and Dollar General stores.
