News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A coal company executive who was in a scheme to bribe a state legislator to use his office to oppose Environmental Protection Agency Actions in north Birmingham, received a federal prison sentence today of 30 months, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr. and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Holloman.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Trenton, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in north central Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Shawn M. Dewitt, 34 years old, of Lafayette, Indiana, was found guilty of production, possession and distribution of child pornography after a three-day jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio, announced U. S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita woman was sentenced Monday to 110 months in federal prison for prying open a display case and stealing guns from a local store, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Oct. 24, 2018 - Former Nashville Metropolitan Police Department (MNPD) Sergeant James Dunaway was sentenced today to two years in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing more than $100,000 during the execution of search warrants, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Jacob Bowling, a/k/a “Jakey," age 32, of Baltimore, Maryland today to 12 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for racketeering and drug conspiracies related to his participation in the gang activities of the Murdaland Mafia Piru (MMP), a subset of the Bloods gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: Following eight days of trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn today convicted Larry Pagett, a leader of the Eight Trey Crips street gang, of murder in-aid-of racketeering. Pagett faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison when he is sentenced by United States District Judge William F. Kuntz, II.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daniel Sasiadek, 64, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of production of child pornography, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and 20 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL BAUER, 37, of North Branford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 35 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for downloading child pornography from the dark web.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC), and Subcommittee Chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC) released the following statements after President Donald J. Trump signed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that on Oct. 23, 2018, Robin Cintron-Pratts a/k/a Emanuel Jimenez was charged by Second Superseding Indictment with participating in a conspiracy to distribute drugs that resulted in the death of Joel Davis. The conspiracy is alleged to have lasted from at least January 2017 through March 2017, and to involve 100 grams or more of heroin and an amount of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: On Oct. 22, 2018, a Cuban national pled guilty to smuggling three women into the United States and requiring them to pay off an imposed debt through forced labor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jessica Jean Clark, age 38, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Child Neglect In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1151, 1153 and Title 21, Oklahoma Statutes, Section 843.5(C), punishable by up to life imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Norberto Aaron Bejarano, age 32, of Houston, Texas, to 33 months in federal prison following his conviction for distribution of 500 grams or more of cocaine. The Court further sentenced BEJARANO...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: SAN DIEGO - After collecting a total of more than 9.9 million pounds (nearly 5,000 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications during 15 previous events over the past eight years, the Drug Enforcement Administration expects to reach a total of 10 million pounds collected following...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Rocky Douglas Idleman, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was found guilty today of methamphetamine distribution and firearms charges after a three-day trial, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Daniel George Luntraru, 33, of Mesa, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 84 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Luntraru had previously pleaded guilty to four counts of distribution of heroin and one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin. Luntraru was sentenced to 84 months imprisonment on each of the five counts, with the sentences to be served concurrently.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions recognized 244 department employees for their distinguished public service today at the 66th Annual Attorney General’s Awards Ceremony. Thirty-six other individuals outside of the department were also honored for their work. This annual ceremony recognizes...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Robert J. Murphy, the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Atlanta Field Division announced that the DEA Atlanta is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, during its 16th National...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DEQUEISHA SLEDGE, also known as “Queish" and “Shontay," 36, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 18 months of home confinement and five years of supervised release for her role in a New Haven drug distribution ring.
