News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: MAYS LANDING, N.J. - Atlantic County is the latest region to be assigned the designation of being a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) through the federally funded HIDTA program, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner and Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three more Florida men have been charged for their alleged roles in transporting $2.3 million worth of stolen perfume products out of New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: DETROIT - 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 the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Alaa Mohd Abusaad was charged by complaint in Birmingham, Alabama with attempting to provide material support and resources to al Qaeda, a designated foreign terrorist organization, and aiding and abetting others, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2339B and 2. Assistant...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: Co-Defendant Previously Sentenced to Ten Years of Imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jose Isaias Guerrero, also known as Jose Isaia Herrera, age 41, and a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today to time served (6 months in jail) for illegal re-entry into the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
Release: SPRINGFIELD, N.J. - Residents of Union County, New Jersey, and the surrounding area will be able to apply for enrollment in the Transportation Security Administration’s TSA Pre✓® program at Keller Williams Midtown Direct Realty Nov. 26 - 30, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center in a specially equipped recreational vehicle designed for individuals to apply for TSA Pre✓®.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: POCATELLO - A federal jury in Pocatello convicted Travis M. Newbold, 47, on Friday, of conspiracy to import anabolic steroids, importation of anabolic steroids, and possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Newbold was charged by indictment on Nov. 28, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Olayinka Olaniyi, a citizen of Nigeria, was sentenced on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, computer fraud and aggravated identity theft. Olaniyi was convicted by a federal jury on August 9, 2018, after a three-day trial. Co-defendant, Damilola Solomon Ibiwoye, pleaded guilty to similar charges and was sentenced on Jan. 31, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to three years and 10 months in prison followed by six years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: Contact: uspp_pio@nps.gov. UPDATE: The victim of today’s shooting on Suitland Parkway has been identified as Jerome Robinson (a 23-year-old black male) of SE DC. He succumbed to his injuries at PG Hospital Center at 10:07 am. Suitland, MD-On Tuesday Oct. 23, 2018, at approximately 9:31am, officers...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher Wade Rebish, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to having a machine gun, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: Traveled from Mexico to Baltimore to Purchase 10 Kilograms of Cocaine, Which he Planned to Resell to Co-Conspirators; Arrested with Two Loaded Firearms in Car.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The founder and operator of a Swiss asset management firm has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of engaging in a massive global securities fraud scheme that netted trading proceeds of approximately $164 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A high-ranking North Carolina leader of the Nine Trey Gangsters set of the United Blood Nation (UBN or Bloods) street gang, was sentenced today to 19 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy. Also sentenced today were two other members of the Bloods gang. Sixty-seven defendants have now either pleaded guilty or have been convicted at trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - CALVIN WAYNE CADE, JR., 28, of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to eighteen months in prison for using credit profile numbers, or CPNs, to falsely report his Social Security Number in credit applications, announced Robert J. Troester of the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a fugitive citizen of Brazil Tuesday, wanted by Brazilian authorities for murder and attempted murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Daniel F. Dyer, 57, of Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, Canada was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 30 days in prison for importing illegally-taken moose antlers and a moose hide. He was also fined $5,000. He pled guilty on May 17, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Martin J. Shain, 61, of Seattle, Washington, was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for engaging in a fraud scheme with a former Oregon Department of Energy Employee. Shain was also ordered to pay more than $520,000 in restitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) released the following statement after postponing tomorrow’s interview with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein...
