News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eden, South Dakota, man has been charged with two counts by a federal grand jury for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and Felony Child Abuse and Neglect of a Child.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II announced federal racketeering and drug conspiracy charges against 6 members of the Latin Kings, a criminal enterprise operating in Chicago and Northwest Indiana. Named in today’s two-count superseding indictment are.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri Lydon stated today that Harvest Maurice Sloan, age 39, of Spartanburg, was sentenced in federal court in Greenville, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Court Judge Mary Geiger Lewis of Columbia presided over the two-day trial in January and sentenced Sloan to ten years on the gun charge.

By DOE Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: DOE is now accepting public comments on the (DOE/SEIS-0414). The 45-day comment period starts on Friday, Oct. 19, 2018 and closes on Tuesday, December 4, 2018. Late comments will be considered to the extent practicable.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Annandale man was sentenced today to nine years in prison for conspiracy, aiding in the preparation of false tax returns, mail and wire fraud.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Hakim Handy, age 35, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 16, 2018, by U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann to 25 years’ imprisonment and eight years’ of supervised release for his role in conspiring to distribute heroin and crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been arrested on a federal complaint charging him with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq in al-Sham (ISIS).

By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
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By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Mexican national illegally residing in Springfield pleaded guilty yesterday to firearms and immigration crimes.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Mark your calendars for the 16th Annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day which will be held on Saturday, Oct. 20, in Carson City, Washoe County, and Douglas County, and on Saturday, Oct. 27, in all other participating Nevada counties.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that TRAVIS CARTER, age 39, of Reserve, was sentenced yesterday for charges relating to narcotics trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Larry Smith, Jr., 40, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 63 months in prison by Chief U.S District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession of an Unregistered Firearm.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Larry Smith, Jr., 40, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 63 months in prison by Chief U.S District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An Abington man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for robbing three Greater Boston-area banks.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Jesse L. Kessler, of Fallbrook, California, was sentenced today, for using an electronic communication service to intimidate or harass another person in another state.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - A jury today voted to convict Patricia L. Williams, age 62, of Binghamton, of theft of government property and fraud, for stealing Social Security benefits deposited into her deceased husband’s bank account, and for concealing her receipt of those benefits while applying for and receiving other government benefits.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Lamar Tiquon Greene, age 39, of Easton, Maryland, today to seven months in federal prison, followed by seven months of home detention as part of three years of supervised release, for interstate transportation of stolen chicken parts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Top Judiciary Dems: “Heritage Foundation’s ‘Federal Clerkship Training Academy’ is the latest effort by conservatives to undermine the impartiality of the federal judiciary."