News published on Federal Newswire in November 2018

News from November 2018


Knoxville Man Sentenced to 10 years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine

News Release: Memphis, TN - Melvin Bullock, 31, of Knoxville, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute 20 kilograms of cocaine and distribution of 20 kilograms of cocaine. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.


Long Island Member of Outlaws Street Gang Sentenced to  20 Years’ Imprisonment for Murder

News Release: Pedro Merchant Shot and Killed a 17-Year-Old Associate of a Rival Gang.


News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that Catherine Abbey, age 34, formerly of Saw Creek, Pennsylvania, who now resides in Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to serve one year in prison for her role in a heroin and cocaine trafficking conspiracy based in Monroe County.


Former Middletown inmate pleads guilty to distributing fentanyl in jail

News Release: CINCINNATI - Eugene Mongar, 34, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to participating in a narcotics conspiracy in the Middletown Jail.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Keanu Davone Martinez, age 22, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Nov. 1, 2018, by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to 10 years’ imprisonment for transporting a minor for the purposes of committing commercial sex acts.


Minkler Announces Arrests in Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative

News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh Minkler and Trevor Velinor, ATF Special Agent in Charge of the ATF Columbus Field Division today announced the results of an anti-violence initiative called Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN). The goal of PSN, working together with federal, state and local law enforcement is to reduce the number of criminal homicides and non-fatal shootings in the Evansville area.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged a Central Ohio doctor with charges related to a health care fraud scheme that included marketing prescription creams in Sav-a-Lot and low-income neighborhoods and persistently mailing those creams to Medicaid customers, as well as prescribing and distributing Suboxone without medical necessity.


News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Attorney’s Office will monitor the federal, state and local elections in Chicago and surrounding suburbs on Nov. 6, 2018, John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, announced today.


News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: The leader of a multi-state methamphetamine trafficking ring will spend more than 23 years in prison after sentencing this week in federal court.


Verona, New Jersey, Man Sentenced To 22 Months In Prison For Illegal Possession Of Multiple Guns, Including Replica He Turned Into Machine Gun

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 22 months in prison for possessing three guns as a previously convicted felon, including a replica Thompson submachine gun that he modified into a working automatic firearm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


Brockton Man Charged with Federal Firearm Offense

News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston with illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.


Department of Energy Authorizes Short Term Natural Gas Exports from the Corpus Christi LNG Project

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced its approval of short-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the Corpus Christi Liquefaction Project to non-free trade agreement countries over a two-year period. DOE’s order , issued to Cheniere Marketing, LLC and Corpus Christi ...


News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Richard E. Bowe (40, Riverview) with four counts of making false statements to federally insured credit unions. If convicted, Bowe faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count. The indictment also notifies Bowe that the United States intends to forfeit $96,184.13, which is alleged to be the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct.


News Release: OAKLAND - Robert Lacome, Jr., pleaded guilty in federal court today to tax evasion and willful failure to account for and pay federal employment taxes, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Jon S. Tigar, U.S. District Judge.


Illinois Motor Vehicle Employee Known as "The Plate Plan" Sentenced for Vehicle Registration Fraud Scheme

News Release: St. Louis, MO - Melvin Harmon was sentenced to 33 months incarceration and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $119,359.92 for conspiracy to defraud the United States and mail fraud by assisting Missouri residents in registering their cars in Illinois.


Alabama Woman Indicted for Attempting to Provide Material Support And Resources to a Foreign Terrorist Organization

News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury on Monday indicted a woman, who is a former resident of Alabama, with attempting to provide material support and resources to al Qaeda, a designated foreign terrorist organization, and aiding and abetting others, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections...


Repeat Drug Felon Sentenced To 151 Months On Meth Charge

News Release: MACON -- United States Attorney for the Middle District, Charles E. Peeler, announced today that Nathaniel Gordy, 31 of Macon, was sentenced to 151 months in prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute on Oct. 30, 2018. U.S. District Court Judge Tilman E. Self, III handed down the sentence in Macon federal court.


Schenectady Felon Convicted of Illegally Possessing Handgun and Ammunition

News Release: Will Be Sentenced as an Armed Career Criminal.


Northern Floridians May Report 2018 Election Violations to U.S. Attorney's Office

News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Christopher P. Canova will lead the efforts of the United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of Florida, in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election. As District...


News Release: Federal, State, Local, and Tribal partners collect more than 864 pounds in the Northern District of Oklahoma.