News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that United States District Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl entered a $3 million consent judgment against Melchor Martinez, Melissa Chlebowski, both of Allentown, PA, and their businesses, as follows: Northeast Community Mental Health Centers (in Philadelphia); Lehigh Valley Community Mental Health Centers (in Allentown, Easton, and Bethlehem); and Carolina Community Mental Health Centers (in Raleigh, North Carolina).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Three New York area men made their initial appearances in federal court this afternoon after they were arrested yesterday in Fairfax County for conspiring to purchase 100 kilograms of cocaine. Law enforcement seized over $1 million in cash at the time of the arrest.
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: A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced STANLEY KEON WALKER, 23, of Tuscaloosa to 120 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus S. Watson and Tuscaloosa County District Attorney Hays Webb.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Anthony Weber, 36, of Grand Island, NY, pleaded guilty to attempted receipt of child pornography, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - This Saturday, Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Drug Enforcement Administration and its local law enforcement partners will once again give the public an opportunity to safely dispose of their expired, unused, and unwanted prescription medications during the 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Carlos Peralta, age 28, of Wagoner, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patrick Griffin, State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of New Haven, announced that QUENTIN STAGGERS, 47, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to possessing with intent to distribute a synthetic cannabinoid commonly known as “K2.".
By DOE Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced two new manufacturing prizes as part of the Manufacturing Innovator Challenge, an effort to crowdsource solutions for next generation manufacturing, to increase energy productivity and strengthen America's industrial base. The challenge is being launched in partnership with Freelancer.com, the world’s largest freelancing and crowdsourcing platform with over 30 million users.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago man was charged Tuesday with threatening to publish sexually explicit photos of an underage girl unless she created child pornography for him.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Allentown, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of three years, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and a fentanyl analogue, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
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: ALBANY, NEW YORK - James Seeley, age 54, of Queensbury, New York, appeared today on a criminal complaint charging him with attempting to entice and coerce a minor into a sexual act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Valerie A. Nickerson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced a high-ranking member of the New Jersey Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: Defendants Worked as Personal Care Aides.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca G. Jennings sentenced Ariel Borrego-Hernandez, of Naples, Florida, to 54 months in prison, followed by 3 years supervised release for health care fraud, money laundering, and drug trafficking, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of three years and 10 months, to be followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging the owner and sole practitioner of a medical clinic with conspiracy to illegally distribute prescription drugs, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: Today, Oct. 24, U.S. Department of Interior and National Park Service officials celebrated the construction of new housing units at Rocky Mountain National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted under Project Safe Childhood.
