News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Oct. 19, 2018 -Randall Griffin, 46, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was charged yesterday with mail fraud, for operating an embezzlement scheme, during which he stole more than $1 million from his former employer, Lasko Products, LLC., announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: A criminal complaint was unsealed in Alexandria, Virginia, today charging a Russian national for her alleged role in a Russian conspiracy to interfere in the U.S. political system, including the 2018 midterm election. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger of the Eastern District of Virginia, and FBI Director Christopher Wray made the announcement after the charges were unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA -U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that KENNETH MARTIN, age 44, from Slidell, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and to possesses with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and 100 grams or more of heroin, and to possession of three firearms in furtherance of his drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Dylan Robert Davison, 27, of Loxley, Alabama, was sentenced today for using, carrying or possessing a firearm during or in relation to a drug trafficking felony. Court documents reflect that Davison was stopped...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Triangle man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine, heroin, and using and carrying a firearm while drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - One suspended Massachusetts State Police Trooper and one retired Trooper have agreed to plead guilty today in connection with the ongoing investigation of overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch announces the return of a 14 count indictment that includes charges on conspiracy to straw purchase firearms, distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine and the possession of firearms by felons.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - On Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, Jamin C. Fletcher, age 35, of Council Bluffs, appeared before United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger and was sentenced to 108 months in prison for distribution and receipt of child pornography announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Fletcher was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine, $200 to the Crime Victims’ Fund, and serve ten years of supervised release to follow his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Alonzo Anderson, age 45, of Greenville, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Greenville, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846. United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain, of Anderson, sentenced Anderson to 57 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Lamar Tiquon Greene, age 39, of Easton, Maryland, today to seven months in federal prison, followed by seven months of home detention as part of three years of supervised release, for interstate transportation of stolen chicken parts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Defendant Sold Two Homes in the District of Columbia, Using Fake Identifications.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a federal jury today found LAVELLOUS PURCELL, a/k/a “King Casino," a/k/a “Mike Hill," guilty of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, and related offenses. PURCELL was convicted following a one-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 70-year-old Plano, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for a firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Donte Smith, age 33, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to assault of a federal officer and brandishing a firearm in the course of a crime of violence, in connection with the May 26, 2017, assault on two undercover Special Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
Release: ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Individuals with disabilities or medical conditions, and who use medical devices should not think of a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint as a barrier to travel. It’s okay to bring along a CPAP machine or a breast pump. Yes, passengers can travel with an insulin pump or an ostomy pouch. If an individual has a temporary medical condition, perhaps a broken leg, it does not prevent that individual from getting through a checkpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Triangle man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine, heroin, and using and carrying a firearm while drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Donald Edward Smith to five years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and to three years in prison for filing a false federal income tax return, the sentences to be served concurrently. In addition, the Court ordered Smith to...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho- The Bureau of Land Management Idaho Falls District is requesting public input on plans for additional recreational access and opportunities on the western and eastern shores of Henry’s Lake. Fremont County submitted a proposal to BLM to expand Bill Frome Park, located on the northwest...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - Gregory Scott Stephen, age 42, of Monticello, Iowa, pleaded guilty on Oct. 18, 2018, to five counts of sexual exploitation of a child, one count of possession of child pornography, and one count of transportation of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - The government intervened and filed a complaint in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Aarti D. Pandya, M.D. a/k/a Arati D. Pandya, M.D., an ophthalmologist from Conyers, Georgia, and her practice Aarti D. Pandya, M.D., P.C. (“the Pandya Defendants"). The lawsuit alleges that the Pandya Defendants...
