News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Defendant Tried to Trick Victims Into Believing They Won Mega Millions Lottery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Rasheed Stukes, age 27, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Theresa Springmann after pleading guilty to bank robbery along with using a dangerous weapon during such act, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Neil Andre Butler (47, Jacksonville) to 15 months in federal prison for possessing and passing fraudulent government securities-specifically, four U.S. Treasury checks. Butler was found guilty on July 20, 2018, following a bench trial.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
Release: October 25 2018 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has agreed to lift restrictions on imports of some fresh and frozen pork from Poland that were put in place Oct. 18, 2018 due to potential risk from African Swine Fever (ASF). After an ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - Two Salvadoran nationals, who are wanted in their home country for separate aggravated homicides and other charges, were removed by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Westmoreland County has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of copyright infringement, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Three men were charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) official pled guilty today to demanding and receiving bribes from three for-profit schools in exchange for enrolling disabled military veterans in those schools and facilitating over $2 million in payments from the VA using the veterans’ federal benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Vincent Gibson, 37, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with bank robbery, entering a bank with intent to commit a larceny, and interstate communication of a threat to injure a person. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A joint federal and state investigation has resulted in racketeering and murder charges against five alleged members of a Chicago street gang faction known as the Goonie Boss. The charges allege that Goonie members and their associates terrorized the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side and were responsible for a total of eleven murders.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 21-year-old Joaquin, Texas man has been arrested on child exploitation charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Vincent Gibson, 37, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with bank robbery, entering a bank with intent to commit a larceny, and interstate communication of a threat to injure a person. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Buffalo National River, Ponca, AR - Restoration and stabilization of the historic Ponca low-water bridge will begin early next week. Constructed in 1943 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Ponca bridge made it possible for vehicles to cross the Buffalo River along the historic route to and from Jasper for several decades. Today, the low-water bridge is primarily used by paddlers, hikers, anglers, and swimmers to access the Buffalo River and area trails.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Defendant Admits Concocting Stories That Ex-Girlfriend and Her Brother Were Planning A High School Shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: WAYCROSS, GA: Eleven people have been indicted on federal charges for importing and trafficking methamphetamine throughout southeast Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorneys Scott C. Blader of the Western District of Wisconsin and Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that they have appointed Assistant United States Attorneys to lead the efforts of their respective offices in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the November 6, 2018, general election.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - DEA announced the 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day will take place October 27th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. Sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can anonymously return their unwanted, unneeded or expired prescription drugs for safe disposal. (DEA cannot accept liquids, needles or sharps.)
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Two men were charged today in federal court in Springfield with distributing heroin in Northampton.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Ghana native residing in Dumfries, Va., has been indicted by a federal grand jury for his role in wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies as part of a more than $5 million romance fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Demetrius Kidd, a 37 year old resident of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay $43,608.00 restitution to the IRS for conspiring to file false tax returns for others and filing a false tax return for himself.
