News from November 2018
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - A female MS-13 gang member wanted to face charges in El Salvador was arrested under Operation Matador in March, pursuant to an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations. She was removed Nov. 16 to El Salvador by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty to Additional Felony Charges in Interstate Dog Fighting Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEPHEN T. GIONFRIDDO, 68, of Middletown, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to fraud charges stemming from a scheme in which he embezzled more than $500,000 from his former employer, and then stole nearly $400,000 from his brother to pay back his employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Richard Rood was sentenced today to 150 months in prison for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable William H. Alsup, United States District Judge.
By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter to President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today demanded the administration make a determination specifically addressing whether Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman is responsible for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and columnist for The Washington Post, by triggering a second Global Magnitsky investigation.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: DENVER - An illegal alien from Mexico was sentenced last week to serve three years in federal prison for conspiracy to manufacture and possess with intent to distribute 100 or more marijuana plants.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Hildebrand, 50, of Orchard Park, NY, who was convicted of assault within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, was sentenced to one year probation by U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, Buena Vista Water Storage District and North Kern County Water Storage District will conduct a negotiation session for a repayment contract for the costs of Safety of Dams work on the Isabella Dam and Reservoir, California, pursuant to The Safety of Dams Act of Nov. 2, 1978 (P.L. 95-578).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: FBI Announces the Official Launch of the National Use-Of-Force Data Collection.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Terrance Wilson, a/k/a “Mutt," 30, of St. Louis, was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and use of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking offense resulting in death.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Nov. 20, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Searcy E. Fields pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five grams or more of methamphetamine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of three years and five months, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on his conviction on a charge of armed bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 months and 1 day in jail and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $324,817.00 on his conviction of violating federal income tax laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Cape May County, New Jersey, man today admitted defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers out of more than $4 million by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: A Euclid woman was sentenced to more than five years in prison for a college student aid scam in which she fraudulently obtained more than $205,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Two Ohio men were indicted on charges related to child pornography crimes.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: NOV. 20, 2018 - Today the U.S. Census Bureau released new data tables from the 2017 Service Annual Survey (SAS). The SAS table package provides statistics on revenue, payroll, sources of revenue, expenses, exports, inventory, revenue from electronic sources, and other selected industry-specific data...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sachin Aji Bhaskar, 22, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with sexual enticement of a minor. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: A resident of Albuquerque 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, to three felony...
