News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - One year ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which Attorney General Sessions has made the centerpiece of the Department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Levy Steven Moore, age 48, of Pollocksville, North Carolina, on the federal charge of murder resulting from using, carrying, brandishing, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. The indictment was returned on Aug. 27, 2018, and unsealed at Moore’s initial appearance today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Michael Richard Ayers, age 53, of East Wenatchee, Washington, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on March 10, 2018, to Felon in Possession of a Firearms and Explosives and Possession ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BYRON ELLIOTT VAUGHN, 32, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Indicted on 12 Counts of Mail Fraud and 1 Count of Mail Fraud Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: TULSA, Okla.- United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today that Bolutife Olusegun Olorunda, 29, of Vancouver, Washington, was sentenced to three months of probation for Assault Within Maritime and Territorial Jurisdiction.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Carlos Batista Jr. Strangled and Suffocated a Woman While On a Cruise Ship in International Waters.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A two-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury was unsealed today, charging six defendants with one count of conspiracy to commit robbery affecting interstate commerce and one count of robbery affecting interstate commerce. The indictment charges the following defendants with...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: ROSWELL, N.M. - Beginning in late October 2018, and continuing through the winter, the Bureau of Land Management will be conducting prescribed burn operations about 10 miles northeast of Ruidoso and 5 miles southeast of Capitan in Lincoln County. The burn operations will occur in three prescribed fire units within the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area:.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Javece Lyndale Wilson, 38, of Maywood, Ill., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 60 months in prison for his conviction on a cocaine trafficking charge. Wilson will be on supervised release for four years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that New York State Assemblyman Joseph A. Errigo, 79, of Conesus, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, and honest services wire fraud. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today the arrest of RYAN S. CORTEZ, Manager of Customer Service Operations at the North Kenner Post Office located at 390 West Esplanade Avenue. CORTEZ, age 46, of Des Allemands, Louisiana, was arrested by special agents with the United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General (“Postal OIG") for Misappropriation of Postal Funds or Property, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1711.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Kurt Devoid, 60, of Quechee, Vermont, was sentenced to three years of probation, including six months of home confinement, for filing false income tax returns, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Lafayette man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for making threats through interstate communications to the Lafayette office of U.S. Representative Clay Higgins.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted distributing images of child sexual abuse over the internet, U.S. Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Sentences Total Over 30 Years Imprisonment For Drug Conspiracy, Methamphetamine Distribution, and Firearm Possession.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston woman was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for embezzling over $229,000 from a small business that employed her.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LAVON YOUNG, 39, of Union City, New Jersey, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 96 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for bank robbery.
By State Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter to President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Hutchinson man was sentenced today to 60 days in federal prison for stealing $145,000 from a company where he worked, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, the defendant was ordered to pay full restitution.
