News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that STEPHAN MITCHEL THOMAS, age 22, of Holden, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 to federal firearms violations and Hobbs Act robberies in a seven-count indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man was arrested today on tax fraud charges in connection with a “ten-percenting" scheme, in which he purchased millions of dollars’ worth of winning Massachusetts state lottery tickets at a discount in order to help the ticket holders avoid taxes on the winnings. In addition, two store owners have pleaded guilty in connection with the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein Announces New Funding for Tribal Assistant U.S. Attorneys and Support for Improving the Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program (ICJR) as the “backbone of VAW.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Elvis Lee Tom, 39, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Pinedale, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an assault on a federal officer charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Three Colombian nationals have pleaded guilty to a four-count federal indictment in the Southern District of Florida stemming from their roles in a scheme to smuggle illegal aliens from Colombia into the United States, which resulted in the rape of one and the death of two Cuban nationals.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Travis Raynard Edward, 30, of Saint Albans was sentenced yesterday to 8 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Stuart commended the efforts of the Drug Enforcement Administration AHIDTA Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein joined United States Attorney Justin Herdman, federal and local law enforcement officials today to announce a new strike force to target drug trafficking and violent crime in Cleveland.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: ALBANY-- United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Charles E. Peeler, announced Friday that Borris Fuller, age 41 of Moultrie, GA and four individuals involved in a Methamphetamine distribution ring were sentenced by the Honorable Leslie J. Abrams on Friday, October 26 in U.S. Federal Court in Albany. There have been a total of 21 sentencings this week related to the same illegal drug distribution ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on Oct. 25, 2018, Cristian J. Richards, 28, of Lincoln, was sentenced to 10 years and one month (121 months) in federal prison for distribution of and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more methamphetamine. Richards was also sentenced...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - On Oct. 25, the Public Land Foundation (PLF) presented its 2018 Landscape Stewardship Award to the Friends of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks. The award was presented to the Friends’ Executive Director Patrick Nolan and the Board of Directors by PLF Director-at-Large Rosemary Thomas and PLF State Representative Jesse Juen at a Friends’ board meeting in Las Cruces, NM.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Ely District, Caliente Field Office on Tuesday, Oct. 23, sold at public auction three parcels of BLM-administered land totaling 86.9 acres for $38,700.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EUGENE CARLIN, 58, of Middletown, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to drug trafficking and tax offenses.
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: WICHITA, KAN. - A former Wichita police officer was sentenced Friday to a year on supervised probation for failing to report what he knew about illegal poker games, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
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: 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 Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Ranger III ferry service connecting Houghton, MI to Isle Royale National Park completed 60 years of service this October. The Ranger III is a 165 foot long, 34 feet wide, 648 ton vessel that carries 128 passengers. An experienced nine-member crew takes great pride in maintaining the vessel and serving its passengers.
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: DETROIT - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging Detroit Police Officer Christopher Staton, 51, of Detroit, with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and one count of making a false statement to a special agent of the FBI, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - A previously removed Mexican national was arrested Thursday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in New York. ERO deportation officers assigned to the Criminal Alien Program arrested Adrian Solis-Castro, a 50-year-old citizen of Mexico, ...
