News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a three-day jury trial in federal court in July 2018, Antonio Hawkins, 41, was convicted of multiple counts of sex trafficking. Today, he was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison on five counts related to sex trafficking, including sex trafficking of a minor victim and sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A local businessman pleaded guilty today to charges of orchestrating a multi-year investment fraud scheme causing at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses to dozens of victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Today a Madison, Alabama woman pled guilty in federal court to making a false statement, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the United States has joined with 12 other nations to support policies that enable agricultural innovation, including genome editing. The International Statement on Agricultural Applications of Precision Biotechnology was released in Geneva at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: SAN DIEGO - With the robust participation of Americans nationwide, DEA and its law enforcement partners have now surpassed its 10 million pound goal and collected nearly 11 million pounds of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications over the course of 16 successful DEA National Prescription...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today that the District of New Jersey seized 352 firearms as part of criminal prosecutions in Fiscal Year 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: On October 5, 2018, search efforts began in the Longs Peak area of Rocky Mountain National Park for Ryan Albert, 30, of Marlton, New Jersey. Albert was last seen on October 4, by another park visitor at approximately 10:30 a.m. in the area of Granite Pass heading toward the Keyhole on Longs Peak. Inclement...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California entered orders in two cases during the last two weeks declaring California statutes unconstitutional because they discriminated against the United States in violation of the United States Constitution. The cases are United States v. California, No. 2:18-cv-721, and United States v. Kernen Construction, 2:17-cv-1424.
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 Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: WALNUT GROVE, Calif. - Until further notice, the Bureau of Reclamation plans a cycle of closing the Delta Cross Channel gates during weekdays beginning 10 a.m. Monday, in order to meet the Sacramento River at Rio Vista flow standard. The gates are expected to reopen Fridays around 10 a.m. to facilitate weekend recreation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An admitted MS-13 gang member was sentenced today to 15 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing ammunition as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray and New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald announced today that both the United States Attorney’s Office and the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office will staff voting inquiry and complaint lines at their respective offices throughout the day and evening on Election Day, November 6, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Terrell Plummer, a/k/a Rell, age 29, and Tyrone Jamison, a/k/a Ty, age 25, both of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to a federal racketeering conspiracy related to their membership in the Old York Money Gang (OYMG), a violent gang that sustained itself largely through the distribution ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Nov. 1, 2018, Adam Sheafe, 44, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced to 94 months’ prison by United States District Court Judge Raner C. Collins. Sheafe was previously found guilty of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft by a federal jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to five years and three months in prison, followed by five years’ supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former probation officer pleaded guilty today to obstructing a federal grand jury investigation into armed drug traffickers and gang members.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Nov. 2, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - With the robust participation of Americans nationwide, DEA and its law enforcement partners have now surpassed its 10 million pound goal and collected nearly 11 million pounds of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications over the course of 16 successful DEA National Prescription...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a Kazakhstani man on Oct. 23 who was previously convicted for concealing criminal evidence for one of the Boston Marathon bombers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Jacob Waitze, 23, of Southbury, Connecticut, was sentenced today to 24 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years’ supervised release. Waitze previously pleaded guilty to cyberstalking in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2261A(2)(b).
