News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Cedar Lake, Indiana Latin Kings gang member, was sentenced to 324 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering activity and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana for his role and...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Floyd Chase, 48, of Brewer, Maine, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to make false statements to a federal firearms licensee.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: Meth, firearms, and cash seized at residence. Conspiracy distributed over 100 pounds of meth in Fort Dodge area.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida, Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade State Attorney, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: Previously Deported Eight Times, Arrested for Drunk Driving.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A child sex offender residing in Las Vegas was sentenced Monday to 135 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
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: ATLANTA - The last defendant of a group of 16 U.S. Postal Service letter carriers and clerks from across the Atlanta area was sentenced to federal prison for accepting bribes to deliver packages of cocaine - two kilograms or more at a time - in a wide-reaching undercover operation. The defendants were willing to make the deliveries for bribes as low as $250, and received sentences of between three and nine years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Department of Justice (DOJ) acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -Cape Lookout National Seashore will illuminate the iconic lighthouse in celebration of the holiday season, and in recognition of Carteret County communities, and beyond, that are still recovering from the devastation left behind after Hurricane Florence roared through on Sept. 13, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced KRISTIAN H. JAMES, age 31, of Gonzales, Louisiana, to 24 months in federal prison following her conviction for theft of government funds. The Court also sentenced JAMES to 2 years of supervised release following imprisonment and ordered restitution of $141,458.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Mark Van Ronzelen, 45, of Wentzville, pled guilty to impersonating a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent and felony possession of a document-making implement or authentication feature. Sentencing has been set for March 5, 2019.
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: POCATELLO - Stormy Ray Adakai, 23, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was indicted today by a federal grand jury sitting in Pocatello on one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced today to eight years in federal prison for brandishing a gun during a robbery at a local credit union, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An illegal alien found in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty and has been sentenced in federal court to time served and one year supervised release on his conviction of illegal re-entry after deportation, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Shot and Critically Wounded Duane Reade Store Clerk in the Head.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: Two convicted felon who each possessed a gun were sentenced on Nov. 26, 2018, to nearly six years apiece in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office is lifting its emergency fire restrictions at 9 a.m., Nov. 30, on approximately 230,000-acres of public land, due to reduced wildland fire potential. This action will reopen target shooting on public lands in all or portions of 14 central California counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Ansar I. McIver, 46, of Lexington, was sentenced last week to 290 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin, and money laundering. Judge Reeves also ordered McIver to pay a fine and to forfeit more than $586,000 in cash.
