News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Cherokee Steward, age 24, of Gentry, Arkansas was sentenced today to 168 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole to be followed by twenty-five years of supervised release on two Counts of Distribution of Child Pornography. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks, United States District Judge, presided over the sentencing hearing in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Wilfred Garcia, 53, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., appeared in federal court today in Albuquerque, N.M., on a criminal complaint charging him with aggravated sexual abuse. Trial has yet to be scheduled.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Committee’s latest hearing on health care costs, which focused on reducing costs through innovation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 13 years, to be followed by six years of supervised release on his conviction on charges of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon, carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime and possession with intent to distribute heroin and crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Reginald Henderson, 26, of Jackson, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette III to serve a total of 150 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for armed carjacking and brandishing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Christopher Freeze, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Nov. 27, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron today sentenced Goebels Cyriaque (52, Lake Mary) to 10 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for theft of government property. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $98,796.20, the proceeds of the crime, and ordered Cyriaque to pay restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Dung Anh Nguyen, 35 of D’Iberville, was sentenced to a total of 75 months by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Dana Nichols.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Residents of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton region will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport from Dec. 17 to 21, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center inside the airport terminal for individuals to apply for TSA Pre✓®.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment unsealed today in Newark, New Jersey charging Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34, and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, 27, both of Iran, in a 34-month-long international computer hacking and extortion scheme involving the deployment of sophisticated ransomware, announced...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Heavy rains on Monday and Tuesday this week resulted in flooding and river bank erosion on the Elwha River near the Madison Falls parking area on Olympic Hot Springs Road. The road is now closed to all public access while the park road crew completes necessary work to protect the road from being undercut by further erosion. Madison Falls parking area will be inaccessible over the next two to three weeks until the work is completed.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Eric R. Powell, 33, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to five years of probation including eight months of home confinement for mail theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - John Foster, 42, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 200 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Derryle Smith with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Foster was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today alleging drug deals were taking place within 1,000 feet of Junction Elementary School, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Washington - On Nov. 3, 2018, Enumclaw Sales Pavilion, Inc., d.b.a. Cascade Cattle Company of Enumclaw, Washington, waived its right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and paid a penalty of $1,600 for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was charged today in federal court in Boston with drug distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man and a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Gena Randolph, 44, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, was sentenced to over 9 years in federal prison for executing a health care fraud scheme over the course of almost five years.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Ten people were sentenced to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to install credit-card skimmers on gas pumps in at least five states, including several locations in Northeast Ohio, and steal account information from thousands of people.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: MONROE, La. - The Justice Department and U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that former Richwood Correctional Center officer Demario Shaffer pleaded guilty Monday in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to cover up the physical assault of five inmates by himself and other correctional officers in violation of the Constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
