News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: St. Louis - Curtis Alford, 20, of St. Louis, MO, and Jana Stowers, 18, of St. Clair, IL, have been indicted in connection with the June 16th carjacking that resulted in the death of Michael Arnold. The case was filed in the Eastern District of Missouri on Oct. 10, 2018 and the defendants made their...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced ROBERT LEE HOLDEN, JR., 50, of Wilson, to 264 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Akasha Crime Family Members Baktash and Ibrahim Akasha Abdalla Sought to Import Large Quantities of Heroin and Methamphetamine into the United States, Conspired to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Participated in an Extensive Bribery Schem.
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 Felix M. Velazquez, 42, of Buffalo, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after the White House announced it will create a National Spectrum Strategy to improve spectrum management and support next-generation networks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jason Solomon, 43, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce 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: PLEA - Larry Duncan, 72. On Oct. 22, four-term Dallas City Councilman Larry Duncan, a former president of Dallas County Schools’ Board of Trustees, pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion. The charge stems from the federal investigation into the Dallas County Schools bribery scandal, which claimed...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after the White House announced it will create a National Spectrum Strategy to improve spectrum management and support next-generation networks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Two men employed by an aluminum manufacturing company in Mahoning County were indicted for conspiracy to obstruct justice related to an investigation following the workplace death of an employee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Four additional members of Chicago area criminal street gang, the Latin Dragons Nation, have been charged with racketeering conspiracy and other related offenses in a second superseding indictment unsealed today, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II for the Northern District of Indiana announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public review of a site plan/environmental assessment that proposes to modify facilities at Desert View to create an Inter-tribal Cultural Heritage Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division today announced the formation of the Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force (ARPO Strike Force), a joint law enforcement effort that brings together the resources and expertise of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: St. Louis - Curtis Alford, 20, of St. Louis, MO, and Jana Stowers, 18, of St. Clair, IL, have been indicted in connection with the June 16th carjacking that resulted in the death of Michael Arnold. The case was filed in the Eastern District of Missouri on Oct. 10, 2018 and the defendants made their...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced TAMIKA RENEE WILSON, 30, of Fayetteville, to 28 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release for her participation in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud. She was also ordered to pay $95,000.00 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - As part of its strategy to reduce violent crime, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California announced the following indictments involving illegal firearms offenses.
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 Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s commitment to continue offering further tax relief to middle-class families while growing our economy...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Cheryl Barrera, 50, South Beloit, Illinois, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to four years in federal prison for possessing 50 grams of more of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Barrera pleaded guilty to this charge on Aug. 1, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recognized two teams from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and their partners in the FBI for outstanding achievements in national security cases involving attacks on American citizens abroad.
