News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kristina O’Connell, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that WILLIAM F. ANDERSON, 50, of New Milford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Erick McDonald, 27, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Jessica Harris was sentenced on October 31 on a charge that she made false statements on a federal form in order to purchase a firearm. Court documents show that Harris, 34, of Mobile, Alabama, falsified information...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart will hold a press conference today, Monday, November 5, at 10:30am, to discuss significant law enforcement actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man was indicted on Oct. 16, 2018, 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 5, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Maximiliano Farias-Martinez (Farias), 49, a Mexican national residing in Stevinson, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate marijuana, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. -- In keeping with the Administration’s goal of strengthening America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management will offer 17 parcels totaling approximately 32,923.96 acres in the Ely and Winnemucca districts at its December quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The BLM will hold the lease sale online via www.energynet.com.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith Kruskall, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jesus Rojas, 32, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine and crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man Charged with Albuquerque Bank Robbery, Other Federal Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Tyler J. Hughes, 25, of California and formerly a Petty Officer in the United States Coast Guard stationed in Massachusetts, was sentenced to time served for making false statements during the purchase of a firearm. Hughes also agreed to forfeit five firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Michael C. Deedon, 55, Marathon City, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 24 months in federal prison for making a false statement to a bank. Judge Conley also ordered that Deedon pay restitution to the victims in the amount of $13,234,643.17. Deedon pleaded guilty to this charge on July 24, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Dirk Lawrence Davis (25, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to robbery and to brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 7 years, and up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing has been set for February 6, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - A 32-year-old Red River Army Depot contractor has pleaded guilty to assaulting a Red River Army Depot Police Officer in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady today announced the appointment of Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Olshan to lead the efforts of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day program for the Nov. 6, 2018 general election.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert entered an order forfeiting more than $143 million in assets that had been seized from David H. Brooks, the now-deceased founder and former Chief Executive Officer of DHB Industries, Inc. (DHB), a supplier of body armor to the U.S. military and law enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DENROY FABLE, also known as “Kik," 35, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to firearm and narcotics offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York’s Largest Civil Forfeiture Recovery Will Compensate Thousands of Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: Charleston and Akron Drug Network Shut Down.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Theisman Tsosie, 26, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Pueblo Pintado, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a child abuse charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Tsosie will be sentenced to 60 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeks Information Regarding Suspect in a Bank Robbery in Miami.
