News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DANNY L. LETARD (“LETARD"), age 57, of Hammond, Louisiana, was indicted Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 by a federal grand jury for Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: Gary Linder, Jr., a TSA employee, was sentenced in federal court on Friday to fifteen years in prison for enticing a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity and attempting to produce child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: Raymond P. Duda Named Special Agent in Charge of the Seattle Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member was sentenced today in federal court in Boston on charges of racketeering conspiracy involving murder.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: SUNRISE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Crown Roofing LLC for exposing employees to fall hazards at a worksite in Sunrise, Florida. The roofing contractor faces the maximum allowable penalty of $129,336.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Dunbar Armored employee has pleaded not guilty to federal conspiracy and bank theft charges contained in a grand jury indictment that alleges a scheme to smuggle $300,000 in cash out of Dunbar’s storage facility in Vernon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Yazmani Gomez-Sandoval, 36, of Gooding, Idaho, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Boise to 240 months in prison to be followed by a life term of supervised release, for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. The sentence was imposed by Chief U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill. Gomez-Sandoval pleaded guilty on June 13, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joaquin Romero, 30, of Taos, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 60 months in prison for his conviction on an armed bank robbery charge. Romero will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced its Election Day plans for the Nov. 6, 2018 general election. The Civil Rights Division will monitor compliance with the federal voting rights laws by deploying personnel to 35 jurisdictions in 19 states.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 101,745 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The owner and operator of a stock trading operation was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for trading on inside information related to confidentially marketed stock offerings as part of a multimillion-dollar insider trading scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An employee of a Cambridge-based biopharmaceutical company was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for engaging in an insider trading scheme.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Hampton Roads area woman woman was caught by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) with a loaded handgun at a Norfolk International Airport checkpoint on Friday, November 2nd, marking the 18th firearm that TSA officers have caught at the airport so far this calendar year, far exceeding the 10 that were caught during 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Adrian L. Foster, 50, of Florida, pleaded guilty in United States District Court before Judge Curtis Gomez, to one count of making a false statement to a federal agency, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: J.C. Hacker Named Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta Field Office.
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: Charged with Conspiracy to Commit Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Tasha Loaiza, 25, of Rochester, pleaded guilty in federal court to aiding and abetting the distribution of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced the filing of a bill of information on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 charging two Hungarian nationals with aggravated identity theft.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Bennie G. Thompson, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and Joe Courtney sent a letter on Friday to the U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, Admiral Karl L. Schultz, ...
