News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Last Four Defendants Convicted in Multi-State Dog Fighting Case.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Beverly man pleaded guilty today in connection with mailing threatening letters containing suspicious white powder to high-profile individuals, law enforcement officials and others.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced WILLIAM POLLOCK 31, of Wilmington, North Carolina to 120 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Jacob Anthony Lincoln, 28, of Moscow, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to 63 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for obscene visual representations, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Lincoln pleaded guilty on March 19, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - United States Attorney Bill Powell is excited to announce the addition of three new attorneys to the Martinsburg office in the Northern District of West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 39-year-old Beaumont, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Delroy Tatum, Jr., 53, of St. Thomas was arrested on an indictment charging him with four counts of possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Tatum made his initial appearance before Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller on Tuesday and was detained pending further proceedings.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas resident who created multiple disturbances at the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse after he refused to follow Court Security Officer orders was found guilty and sentenced Tuesday, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada and U.S. Marshal Gary Schofield for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Oxford, Miss. - Ronald W. Hale, a former Alderman for the City of Southaven was sentenced Wednesday morning to 85 months imprisonment for transportation of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi William C. Lamar, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Mississippi Christopher Freeze, and DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Dealers hid cash in candy machines, shipped drugs by mail and hidden in vehicles from California and Atlanta.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Jose Melchor Martinez, 48, a resident of Church Point and a citizen of Mexico, has been arrested after being charged by a federal criminal complaint in U.S. District Court with re-entry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton today sentenced Mark Charles Barnett (50, Ocala) to 40 years in federal prison for attempted arson, possession of an unregistered National Firearms Act (NFA) destructive device, and making an unregistered NFA destructive device. A federal jury found Barnett guilty on July 27, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Eric Multine, 33, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 60 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition, and discharging a firearm near a school. Multine will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - The 26-year-old man convicted of burning the Victoria Islamic Center in January 2017 has been ordered to federal prison for more than 24 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley firefighter was sentenced today to 8 months in prison for committing mail fraud, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Michael Cowger, 50, fraudulently received over $20,000 from the City of Beckley, West Virginia University, and Beaver Volunteer Fire Department. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle committed KELLY GERALD CROSBY, 35, to the custody of the Attorney General as a sexually dangerous person under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - The 26-year-old man convicted of burning the Victoria Islamic Center in January 2017 has been ordered to federal prison for more than 24 years.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Dear Inspector General Horowitz: I write to respectfully request that the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) produce the full and unredacted Report of Investigation relating to the OIG’s investigative summary entitled, “Findings of Misconduct by an FBI Official Accepting Gifts...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RASCELL LEGGETT, 31, Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one count of possession of firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Mario Navarijo Orantes, age 52, and a citizen of Guatemala, was sentenced today to time served (133 days in jail) for illegal re-entry into the United States.
