News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Creston man was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Rockford on charges of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a proposal by President Donald Trump on Medicare drug pricing...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Umar Adeyola, 48, of Amherst, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $135,739 to the U.S. Department of Labor, and $228,638 to health insurance companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein Announces New Funding for Tribal Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona and Support for Improving the Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Pro.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement following President Donald Trump’s speech on drug pricing...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Darron Wint, 37, also known as Daron Wint, formerly of Lanham, Md., was found guilty by a jury today of 20 felony charges, including multiple counts of first-degree murder while armed, for the May 2015 slayings of Savvas Savopoulos, his wife, Amy Savopoulos, their son, Philip Savopoulos, and a household employee, Veralicia Figueroa.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Oct. 25, 2018 - Unites States Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee and Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced today the formation of the Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force (ARPO...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Madison, Wis. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Tyler Stratton-Anstice, 22, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Stratton-Anstice pleaded guilty to this charge on July 26, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: An Elyria man was indicted in federal court for sexually exploiting a child in Utah and related child pornography crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that David Bills, 39, of Cleveland, OH, who was convicted of soliciting an image containing obscene material from a minor, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A former Kanawha County Deputy pled guilty today to lying to the FBI, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Robert Dwight Evans, 52, entered his guilty plea to providing materially false information to the FBI before United States District Irene C. Berger. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the FBI and the cooperation of the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A prominent member of the Five Deuce Broadway Gangster Crips (BGC) - who was found guilty by a jury last year of three counts of distribution of crack cocaine, which included him selling crack cocaine near schools - has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - After a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, nine people were indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. The separate, but related, indictments were returned on October 9, 2018. The defendants will be detained pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith Kruskall, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted Henry Stovall, Jr., on charges of methamphetamine conspiracy, possession with intent to...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A West Virginia man has been arrested and charged in federal court in Pittsburgh with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today issued a statement following President Donald Trump’s speech on drug pricing.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to President Trump’s Medicare prescription drug proposal...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District tentatively plans to conduct a prescribed fire project 20 miles northeast of Shoshoni as part of the BLM’s commitment to keeping public landscapes healthy and productive. This project is contingent upon fuel moisture and weather meeting optimal treatment conditions.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to President Trump’s Medicare prescription drug proposal...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to five years’ imprisonment, followed by 10 years’ supervised release, on his conviction of distribution and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
