News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Georgia man pled guilty yesterday to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jahrius Whitehead, 26, entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging him with possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Raheem J. Brennerman Operated Wide-Ranging Scheme to Fraudulently Obtain Tens of Millions of Dollars in Bank Financing.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss - Brandon Easterling, 35, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett, to serve 264 months in federal prison, followed by five 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). Easterling was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Cory Hutcheson, 35, of East Prairie, MO, pled guilty to wire fraud and to illegally possessing and transferring the means of identification of others, in this case mobile telephone numbers, without lawful authority, and in connection with the commission of the state felony crime of Forgery. Sentencing has been set for Feb. 28, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Albuquerque, New Mexico, man has been convicted on federal dog fighting charges, stemming from a case brought by federal authorities in the U.S. District Court in the District of New Mexico. Robert Arellano, 65, pleaded guilty on Nov. 15, 2018, in federal court in Trenton, New Jersey...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - William L. Hale, a/k/a “Man," age 44, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 180 months for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Trenton, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for robbing Metro PCS stores in Willingboro, New Jersey, Lumberton, New Jersey, and Levittown, Pennsylvania, in September and October 2016, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: As of Wednesday, Nov. 21, Golden Gate National Recreation Area (including Alcatraz Island, Fort Point National Historic Site, and Muir Woods National Monument) will resume visitor services. Since Friday, Nov. 16, the San Francisco Bay Area has experienced unhealthy air quality as a result of...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Phillip Arnold Bennett and Erica Lucinda Taylor, both of Piedmont, West Virginia, were indicted today by a federal grand jury on drug distribution and firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that five individuals were sentenced by United States District Judge William K. Sessions for their roles in a multi-year conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine base, and cocaine. On Nov. 19, 2018, Robbull Bryant was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Henderson woman pleaded guilty today to distributing fentanyl that resulted in the overdose death of a person in 2017, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Daniel W. Neill for the DEA.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Florence, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Chadrick Letran James, 29, of Florence, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Lincoln County man caught with fentanyl, methamphetamine, and a firearm in January 2018 was sentenced yesterday to 78 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Chad Anthony Wilson, 27, of West Hamlin, previously pled guilty to possession with intent...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Jeffrey Rodriguez, a/k/a Jefry Francisco Portillo Corvera, or “Hyper," age 22, a citizen of El Salvador residing in Hyattsville, Maryland, today to 90 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for his participation in the racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. Rodriguez is expected to be deported following completion of his federal prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: A Venezuelan billionaire who owns Globovision news network was charged in an indictment unsealed yesterday for his role in a billion-dollar currency exchange and money laundering scheme. A former Venezuelan national treasurer and a former owner of Banco Peravia bank in the Dominican Republic each pleaded guilty in proceedings unsealed today for their roles in the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - Former Memphis Police Officer, Kevin Coleman, 41, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for narcotics and extortion offenses committed while on duty. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced 17 individuals, including ringleader Horace Lee Caruther, for their alleged roles in a narcotics distribution ring operating in and around the Taylor, TX, area announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Todd County, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Salvadoran national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to failure to register as a sex offender as required under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two Hunterdon County, New Jersey, women were sentenced today to federal prison terms for their respective roles in an oxycodone distribution conspiracy in Flemington, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
