News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Springfield Gardens, New York, resident pleaded guilty yesterday to an indictment charging him with nine counts of wire fraud, nine counts of aggravated identity theft, and 17 counts of aiding or assisting in the preparation and filing of false returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Richard P. Donoghue for the Eastern District of New York.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: The House of Representatives today passed the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act , a bipartisan bill to improve the nation’s earthquake preparedness.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Monrovia man who was part of an international drug money laundering organization has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for conspiring to move millions of dollars in proceeds for the Sinaloa cartel and other narcotics traffickers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: Two Greek Shipping Companies Plead Guilty to Illegally Discharging Oil Into Texas Port Waters.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Brandon Lee Curley, 26, of Shiprock, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 33 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Curley had previously pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit today affirmed five of seven convictions each for a former top official of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PA) and a former member of then-Gov. Christopher J. Christie’s senior staff for their roles in a scheme to punish the mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey, by misusing PA resources to cause traffic problems in the borough, Mark Coyne, Attorney for the United States, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: Federal Court in Illinois Bars Tax Return Preparer and Business From Preparing Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for selling crack cocaine, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: Victims Were Lured to Location Through Dating App.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Defendants, in three separate indictments, have entered guilty pleas to distributing fentanyl that resulted in a death. In one case, Kloud Logan Jones, 27, of Mt. Sterling, Ky., pleaded guilty on Oct. 19, 2018. Jones admitted that on Nov. 23, 2017, he distributed the lethal drug...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man who worked as an emergency medical technician and volunteer firefighter was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for enticing a child to produce sexually explicit images, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: CONCORD- Blake Ruggiero, 44, of Salem, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court to tax fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based physician’s assistant pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to unlawfully distribute thousands of oxycodone pills.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Last week, Timothy Jason Wells, 31, of Kingman, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 37 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Wells had previously pleaded guilty to one count of felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND -Eric P. Krieg, age 46, of Munster, Indiana, through his attorney, filed a signed agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office indicating his intent to plead guilty to knowingly making an unregistered destructive device, mailing a destructive device, malicious use of explosive materials, and mailing a threatening communication, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Reginald McBride, 41, of New York, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 13 years and 4 months in jail and 5 years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ELVIN PEREZ-ROMERO, age 24, pleaded guilty Nov. 20, 2018 to a one count indictment that charged him with illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Gino Carl von Eckstein was sentenced to 10 years in prison today for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse; Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen; U.S. Customs and Border Protection Director of...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: BANGOR, Maine - Brian D. Boyle Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and United States Attorney for the District of Maine Halsey B. Frank announced that Reginald McBride, 41, of New York, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 13 years...
