News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Rogelio Mendez was sentenced by United States District Judge Sandra Feuerstein to 57 months’ imprisonment for illegally reentering the United States after being deported. After illegally reentering the United States for a second time following his conviction...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Yesterday, London physician Dr. Anis Chalhoub was sentenced, by U.S. District Court Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, to serve 42 months in federal prison for health care fraud. In April 2018, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict, after hearing evidence that Dr. Chalhoub defrauded Medicare...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We write to express our deep concerns with the U.S. Department of Education’s (“Department") forthcoming negotiated rulemaking that seeks to modify regulations and student protections in the Federal Student Aid (FSA) programs authorized under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Gregory A. Mclin, age 45, of Huntsville, Alabama, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to serve 97 months in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Marco Quiroga, 37, of Lovington, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Quiroga will be sentenced to 70 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A California man who traveled to Syria to take up arms with terrorists pleaded guilty today in federal court in Chicago to providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization and lying to U.S. immigration authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald and Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Minneapolis Division Jill Sanborn will convene a community meeting in response to the tragic shooting that took place this past week at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Leaders of the interfaith community...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Faces at least 10 Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Middletown insurance agent and agency owner who specializes in providing equine insurance coverage has been charged in U.S. District Court in Providence with allegedly orchestrating a scheme which defrauded customers, insurance companies, and finance companies of approximately $1.3 million dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: A former executive director at the Venezuelan state-owned oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), pleaded guilty today for his role in a billion-dollar international scheme to launder funds embezzled from PDVSA.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: WHEELING - United States Attorney Bill Powell announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Stephen D. Warner will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election. AUSA Warner...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - Four individuals were indicted Wednesday following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). David Jones, David Duwayne Taylor, Kristin Knight, and Destiny Bishop are charged for their alleged involvement in a scheme by which...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Oct. 31, 2018 - Unites States Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys Steve Jordan and Sara Beth Myers will lead the efforts of his office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Today, a federal jury in Gulfport found Frederick Arayatanon, 35, of Westminister, California, guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, following a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr., announced United States Attorney Mike Hurst and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Derryle Smith with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Thomas Beatty Jr., 45, was sentenced on Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, in Omaha, Nebraska, by Chief United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp, for the crimes of mail fraud and money laundering. Chief Judge Smith Camp sentenced Beatty to 30 months’ imprisonment, a three-year term of supervised release, and ordered Beatty to make restitution in the amount of $142,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a Lafayette man was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for possessing a stolen pistol he had purchased on the street.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Edward Leonard Howard, Jr., was sentenced this morning on the charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Howard, 22, of Mobile, Alabama, pled guilty to the charge in July. United States District Court...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Luis Gardner, 41, and Heidi Langevin, 44, of Belmont, pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to participating in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced. Garner also pleaded guilty to illegal possession of firearms and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Sara Sullivan, 41, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 135 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Sullivan pleaded guilty to this charge on July 23, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A man and woman from Fayetteville, North Carolina, who were arrested for conspiring to engage in illegal gun-trafficking in South Jersey will be making their initial appearances in court in New Jersey today, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
