News from October 2018
By State Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement on American Pastor Andrew Brunson, who was released from Turkey after two years of detention. Turkey imprisoned Brunson in 2016 and indicted him on unsubstantiated terrorism charges earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago woman has been indicted on federal firearm charges for conspiring to “straw purchase" handguns in Indiana on behalf of a convicted felon in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Tully Lovisa pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Gary R. Brown to conspiracy to commit mail fraud by sending prize-promotion mailings that led recipients, many of whom were elderly and vulnerable, to believe that they could claim large cash prizes in exchange for a modest fee. Lovisa also pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with a related scheme to defraud the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Former Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Jason J. Delcol was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 24 months in prison for his role in a drug-trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Cedric Carr, 27, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to seven years in prison for robbing a downtown Washington liquor store at gunpoint in a daytime attack.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that BHARAT PATEL, 71, of Milford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 54 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for drug distribution and health care fraud offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Jeffrey White, 60, and Nicholas White, 33, both of Twin Peaks, California, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to conspiring to defraud Affordable Care Act programs in at least 12 states of more than $27 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Martin Hall, age 56, of Reisterstown, Maryland, today to 25 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for traveling from the United States to the Philippines to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, and for...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago woman has been indicted on federal firearm charges for conspiring to “straw purchase" handguns in Indiana on behalf of a convicted felon in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - BMO Harris Bank, N.A. (“BMO Harris") will pay $10 million to resolve allegations that M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank (“M&I Bank"), which BMO Harris acquired in 2011, violated the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) by engaging in fraud related to the multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Minnesota businessman Thomas J. Petters, United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated that Tommy Adams, Jr., age 41, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Florence to possession with intent to distribute and distribution of a quantity of cocaine base, also known as crack cocaine, in violation of Title 21...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago woman has been indicted on federal firearm charges for conspiring to “straw purchase" handguns in Indiana on behalf of a convicted felon in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced William Earl Barrett (28, Clermont) to 14 years and 6 months in federal prison for distributing and possessing child pornography. The court also ordered Barrett to forfeit the electronic devices he used during the course of the offense. Barrett pleaded guilty on July 5, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Yesterday, after a two-day trial before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate, a federal jury in Jackson found Ankit Puri, 34, an illegal alien from India, guilty of being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm that had traveled through interstate commerce, announced United States Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Jere T. Miles with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: October 12 Update. FAA facilities and equipment are returning to normal operations following Hurricane Michael. All airports have reopened, however, operations may be limited at this time.. Commercial passengers: Passengers should be aware that resuming normal airline operations will take time and airlines ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Edward Corneilus Bridges, 38, of Moss Point, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 250 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia announces the one-year anniversary of the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program that Attorney General Jeff Sessions designated as the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: With colorful leaves transforming Woodstock’s woodlands, it’s the perfect time of year to lace up your boots and hit the trail. The seventh annual Peak to Peak event invites locals and visitors alike to explore the walking paths of Woodstock, VT on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 10am until 2:30pm.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) urges response crews and residents in the areas affected by Hurricane Michael to be aware of hazards created by flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees, and storm debris.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Today, Rocky Mountain National Park conducted aerial operations in the high elevation areas within the search zone for Ryan Albert, 30, of Marlton, New Jersey. The park was assisted by Trans Aero and Northern Colorado Interagency Helitack.
