News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Osvaldo Rivera-Amaro, 45, of Tonawanda, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated that Antonio Miller, age 40, of Columbia, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court to 360 months (30 years) imprisonment, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Miller plead guilty last year in connection with...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Victim was defendant’s wife. DURANGO - Bryan Ace Ponzo, age 36, from the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation surrounding Towaoc, was recently sentenced to serve 129 months in federal prison by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn for assault with a dangerous weapon, U.S. Attorney Bob...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Oct. 10, 2018, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Sean R. Evansen (age: 35) of Algoma, Wisconsin.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, today released the following statement after President Trump formally notified Congress of intent to begin trade negotiations.
By State Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Dear President Moreno: We write today to acknowledge the significant progress your administration has made since you took office. Many of us in the United States Congress are eager to move forward in collaborating with your government on a wide array of issues, from economic cooperation to counternarcotics...
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 DAVID ANDREW KIRTON, JR. 25, of Wilmington, North Carolina to 100 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL WHITE, a leader of two violent street gangs, “MBG," and the “Young Gunnaz," was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon in aid of racketeering, and a firearms offense. WHITE was convicted following a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Robert W. Sweet.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAFAEL GARCIA, 28, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards Illegally Photographed SARs and Other Sensitive Government Information and Transmitted Them To Reporter In Connection With Approximately 12 News Articles Over 1-Year Period.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Omar Bankhead, of Clinton, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to armed carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze with the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - Basil N. Ubanwa, 60 years old, of Crown Point, Indiana, was indicted by a federal grand jury for 11 counts of health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that an Anchorage man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in the Sept. 25, 2017, armed robbery of Caffé D’Arte and the attempted armed robbery of Heavenly Cup, which led to a vehicle chase during which defendant shot at one of the pursuing APD vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Following a three-day trial, Lonny Joseph DiTirro Jr. was found guilty of sexually exploiting children by producing child pornography and possessing hundreds of images and videos of child pornography, including infants and toddlers, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson 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: St. Thomas, USVI - Le’Quan Registe, 24, of St. Thomas was arrested on an indictment charging him with possession with the intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking offense, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Registe made his initial appearance before Superior Court Judge Denise Francois today and was detained pending further proceedings.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
Release: ARLINGTON, Va. - Transportation Security Administration officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) stopped a local woman with a loaded handgun at one of the airport checkpoints on Tuesday, Oct. 16th, marking the 13th handgun caught so far this year, tying the number of guns caught at the airport in all 12 months of 2017.
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 Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: REDDING, Calif. -- The Bureau of Land Management in California has announced that it is reopening the public call for nominations for five open positions on the citizen-based Northern California District Resource Advisory Council. The deadline to apply is Oct. 31.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - United States District Court Judge Aida Delgado-Colón sentenced José Andrés Colón-Santos to eight years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for bank fraud and tampering with a witness by intimidation, threats, corrupt persuasion, or misleading conduct, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The Court also ordered the defendant to make restitution payments to 12 victims in a total amount of $73,727.82.
