News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - Carol S. Jennings, age 57, of Riverton, pleaded guilty on Nov. 1, 2018, to Bank Fraud, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. In the plea agreement, Jennings admitted that while employed as the clerk for the City of Riverton, she opened an account with a local bank by providing a falsified document. Jennings also admitted to depositing city funds into the account and converting almost the entire balance for her own personal use.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin, 150 grams of fentanyl, and 240 grams of crack cocaine as well as being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WILLIAM TIERNEY pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to commit wire fraud for inducing donations to six political action committees (“PACs") he established and operated by misrepresenting...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: Project Safe Neighborhood Partnerships Continue to Yield Results.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Michael James Reed, 39, of Toomsuba, Mississippi, was sentenced to 70 months’ imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute two kilograms of cocaine and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Reed pled guilty to the charges in March of this year.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. (Nov.2, 2018)-Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Peter DeFazio, Gerald E. Connolly, Mike Quigley, and Dina Titus sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly in light of new documents showing that when Sarah Huckabee Sanders claimed two weeks ago that the “President wanted to...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that REBECCA BAYUO, a Bronx tax preparer, was convicted in Manhattan federal court yesterday of preparing false tax returns on behalf of her clients, filing false tax returns in the names of victims...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the approval of two landmark technology transfer reform initiatives to enhance public and private sector engagement with DOE’s world class national laboratories and improve the transition of promising innovations to the marketplace. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: An Opa-Locka resident was sentenced yesterday to 63 months in federal prison, after having been convicted at trial of possession of an unregistered firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: On Nov. 2, a federal indictment against three Puerto Rican men was unsealed after their arrest for their roles in a conspiracy to provide pirated DISH Network (DISH) services to thousands of Puerto Ricans, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: Defendant Had Been Serving Time After Series of Earlier Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that LiangLiang Guo, 32, of Flushing, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to use interstate facilities to promote prostitution and to transport individuals in interstate commerce with intent that such individuals would engage in prostitution, was sentenced to serve six months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Hamed Ettu, 44, of Richmond, TX was charged today by information with conspiracy to commit securities fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - United States Attorney Jeff Jensen announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Hal Goldsmith will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election. AUSA Goldsmith...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney SHAWN N. ANDERSON announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Marivic P. David will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election. AUSA David has been...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: Defendant Boasted on Facebook About His Illegal Drug Dealing.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 200,900 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that United States District Court Judge William H. Steele sentenced Clarence Benard Willis on Sept. 18, 2018 to serve a term of imprisonment of 46 months followed by 3 years of supervised release for the possession with the intent to distribute FUB-AMB in violation of 21 USC § 841(a)(1) 813, 802(32)(A). The defendant previously plead guilty on July 25, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that United States District Court Judge William H. Steele sentenced Rex James Thompson on Nov. 1, 2018 to serve a term of imprisonment of 41 months followed by 3 years of supervised release for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm in violation of Title 18 USC § 922(g)(1). The defendant’s guilty plea was accepted by the Court on July 27, 2018.
