News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Oct. 3, 2018, Trinity Scott Johnson, 39, of Morristown, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 17 years in federal prison. Johnson pleaded guilty in July 2018 to conspiracy to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine (meth) or “Ice" and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced that James Thomas Butler II (38, Jacksonville) has been arrested and charged by a federal criminal complaint with production and attempted production of child pornography. In 2001, Butler was convicted of attempted sexual battery...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A nurse practitioner and a surgical technician pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday in connection to the unlawful distribution of prescription opioids and for committing Medicare and Medicaid fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement regarding Trump’s tax returns...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Sept. 18, 2018, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - 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 3, 2018
News Release: The owner of Blue Moon Coins in Vancouver, Washington was indicted by the grand jury on 11 counts of wire fraud and five counts of mail fraud for his scheme to defraud customers of more than $1.3 million, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. AARON MICHAEL SCOTT, 40, a resident of Portland, Oregon, is scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment in U.S. District Court in Tacoma at 10:30 on Thursday October 4, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a federal jury in Shreveport found five members of the “Block Boyz" gang guilty on RICO and drug trafficking offenses, as well as firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - One year ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made the centerpiece of the Department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven effective...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Carlos Conde, 37, of Smyrna, Georgia was arraigned on federal charges on Oct. 2, 2018, for allegedly violating the Clean Water Act and for making false statements to a federal agent. Conde was indicted by a federal grand jury on Sept. 25, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Westmoreland County has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal wire fraud and identity theft laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: MEDFORD, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited DuBell Lumber Company, of Medford, for exposing employees to combustible dust and other hazards. The company faces $106,432 in proposed penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Marcia Vázquez-Rijos and José Ferrer-Sosa were also found guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - David Tipton, 52, of Alexandria, Va., was sentenced today to a year and a day in prison for defrauding lenders who provided him with nearly $710,000 towards the purchase and renovation of a residential property in Northeast Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - An Arizona man has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter for his role in a fatal bus crash that happened after he parked his truck - without any lights or warning cones - on a highway on the Fort Irwin Army Base in the Mojave Desert.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Man Had Been Convicted in Two Previous Sexual Assaults.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Washington - On July 27, 2018, Hatch Auction Inc., doing business as Cow House (Hatch) Fruitland, N.M., waived its right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and paid a penalty of $650 for an alleged violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DEBRA KROM, age 36, a resident of Wylie, Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - 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...
