News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced the indictment of CHRISTELLE SCHMIDT on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, age 65 of Thibodeaux, Louisiana for one count of violating Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(b), Bank larceny. The indictment alleged that SCHMIDT stole more than $550,000 from a local architectural firm while employed therein as a bookkeeper.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. -- The Bureau of Land Management Battle Mountain District is selling Christmas tree permits for personal use at the BLM Battle Mountain District Office in Battle Mountain, NV and Tonopah Field Office in Tonopah, NV. Both offices are open Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Bobby L. Christine announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Tara Lyons will lead the efforts of his office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for today’s Nov. 6, 2018, general election. AUSA Lyons has been appointed to...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: Defendant Shot and Killed Man He Believed to be Rival Gang Member and Seriously Wounded a Bystander Inside Central Islip Deli in 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, a federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida, held that Renel Herard violated a permanent injunction entered against him on Oct. 18, 2016, which barred him from preparing, filing, or assisting in the preparation or filing of federal tax returns for others.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
Release: NEW YORK - The number of passengers expected to be screened at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints across the country this Thanksgiving season is expected to be extremely high. From Friday, November 16 through Monday, Nov. 26, more than 25 million travelers-one of TSA’s busiest Thanksgivings on record-will be screened at airport checkpoints during the holiday travel period, nearly a 7 percent increase compared to last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Shreveport man pleaded guilty Monday to stealing at least $27,000 of his children’s Social Security benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that attorneys Edward Millstein and Susan Halpern, both of Philadelphia, pled guilty to tax offenses. Millstein and Halpern, who are married, were scheduled to begin trial on Monday, November 5, 2018, before U.S. District Court Judge Cynthia M. Rufe.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that James Eugene Rought, age 30, of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Oct. 16, 2018, by a federal grand jury for drug distribution resulting in death and serious bodily injury. The case was unsealed following Rought’s initial appearance.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: An Akron man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for firearms violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Four defendants have entered guilty pleas to charges stemming from a steroid-distribution ring, announced Robert J. Troester of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Between October 3 and Nov. 2, CHRISTOPHER THOMAS CAPLINGER, 55, of Edmond, Oklahoma; DONALD RAY VINCENT, JR., 54, of Edmond;...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Derrick Joy, Jr., 30, of North Charleston, South Carolina, was sentenced to over four years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: An Akron woman was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for defrauding the U.S. Department of Education out of $1.8 million through a scheme where she and others enrolled prison inmates and people whose identities they stole in an Arizona community college in order to obtain financial aid.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Brooklyn, New York man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for a long-term heroin, methamphetamine, and gun-running conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A federal investigation into certain online child exploitation chatrooms has resulted in the arrest of Harold "HL" Moody, Jr. Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Jere T. Miles, Special Agent in Charge of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a grand jury sitting in Hartford returned an indictment today charging ARNO SMITH, 56, of Hartford, with carjacking.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: The FBI is Seeking Information Concerning a Bank Robbery Today in Fort Lauderdale.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Three defendants have been sentenced to serve prison sentences for their respective roles in the distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine, U.S. Attorney Jason R. Dunn and DEA Denver Division Special Agent in Charge William T. McDermott announced. Two remaining defendants have a sentencing hearing pending in January 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: Florence, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Eron Jordan, 27, of Conway, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Michael Todd Ward, 52, of Moss Point, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to 151 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike...
