News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Jessie Acosta, 41, of San Pedro, California, was sentenced to more than 12 years (150 months) in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute kilogram quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana throughout the Middle District of Alabama and Georgia, announced U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton and U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Laurie Kelly, no relation, will lead the efforts of his office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election. AUSA Kelly has...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Oct. 29, 2018, Adam J. Westphal, also known on-line as “daddyinyouagain" (age: 41) of Cudahy, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison by Chief District Judge William C. Griesbach. Additional charges of distribution of child pornography and child enticement were dismissed as part of a plea agreement.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - Beginning on Nov. 1, information and orientation to Acadia National Park will be available at the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center during the winter and spring season. Visitors will be able to talk with park rangers about Acadia National Park and talk with chamber...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Christina E. Nolan announced today that, as part of the State’s overall strategy to ensure the integrity of the upcoming election, she has specially assigned Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Michael Drescher to lead the efforts of the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO). The Vermont...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, LAFAYETTE, MONROE, ALEXANDRIA, LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that First Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook and Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen King will lead his office’s Election Day monitoring as part of a greater Department of Justice program to monitor voting rights abuses and election fraud across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: The FBI is Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Weston.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Weber, 22, of Alamogordo, N.M, made his initial appearance this afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., on a criminal complaint charging him with a computer fraud offense. Weber remains in federal custody pending a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing, both of which are scheduled for tomorrow.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Office of River Protection (ORP) and contractor Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI) recently installed two 40-ton process cell pipe racks into the Effluent Management Facility (EMF), part of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) at Hanford.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Arthur Voutselas, 27, previously of Nashua, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Weber, 22, of Alamogordo, N.M, made his initial appearance this afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., on a criminal complaint charging him with a computer fraud offense. Weber remains in federal custody pending a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing, both of which are scheduled for tomorrow.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Raul Vantroi Arias Ruiz, 36, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Reagan Taylor will lead the efforts of this office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election. AUSA Taylor...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that MICHAEL COLLIER, age 56, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Jay C. Zainey.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The City of London Police (CoLP) became the fifth international law-enforcement agency to join the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) after leadership from the organization signed an agreement today with U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) to enhance collaboration in the fight against intellectual property theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced today that his office, in cooperation with Maine State officials, will participate in the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018 general elections. The program is designed to handle complaints...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeks Information from a Bank Robbery in Sunrise.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: MACON: United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Charles E. Peeler, announces that DELMA GODDARD, A/K/A “SHUG" AND “BIG HXMIE" age 38, of Milledgeville, Georgia, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Marc T. Treadwell to serve 145 years in federal prison in Macon today. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of MS-13 was sentenced to ten years in prison for orchestrating, from inside a California state prison, the trafficking of methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine to New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RISHI MALIK, 46, of Fairfield, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to charges related to role in a conspiracy to defraud the State of Connecticut of millions of dollars in taxes due on tobacco products imported into the state.
