News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: For Distribution of Heroin. HAMMOND- Carlos Tate, 45, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced before District Court Judge Joseph Van Bokkelen on his plea to distribution of heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Tate received a sentence of 46 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, woman admitted today that she took part in a food stamps fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Defendant allegedly stole thousands of dollars’ worth of narcotics and other controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Yount, 47, of Lancaster, NY, who was convicted of making a materially false statement, was sentenced to serve two years probation by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. Judge Wolford also ordered the defendant to perform 100 hours of community service “that directly contributes to the betterment of this community’s environment.".
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: LOVELAND, Colorado -- The Bureau of Reclamation would like to announce the temporary draining of Pinewood Reservoir.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who was arrested as part of Project Huntington pled guilty today in federal court to drug and gun charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Eric Lee Burgess, 34, entered guilty pleas to distribution of heroin, prohibited possession of a firearm by a drug...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to three years’ probation, the first 90 days of which are to be served under home detention, on her conviction of maintaining a drug-involved premises, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Project Safe Neighborhood operation results in 32 federal convictions and significant time in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Nevada Recipients Include Deputy Ned Nemeth of the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office and Officers Jeremiah Beason, Patrick Burke, Monty Fetherston, and Steve Morris, Jr., of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: LOVELAND, Colorado -- The Bureau of Reclamation is forecasting a notable increase in releases from Olympus Dam to the Big Thompson River beginning on Sept. 20, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated that Travis Lamond Simpson, age 36, of Greenville, was sentenced in federal court to 70 months imprisonment with 3 years of supervised release to follow. Simpson previously pled guilty to felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain imposed the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Christopher Sacewell, 33, for being an alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition and illegal reentry.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man pleaded guilty Tuesday to robbing a liquor store, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger has sentenced Bernandino G. Bolatete (69, Jacksonville) to five years in federal prison for possession of an unregistered firearms silencer. A federal jury found Bolatete guilty on May 11, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for fraud and identity theft charges arising from unlawfully using the identity of a disabled Medicare beneficiary for 17 years.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: LOVELAND, Colorado -- The Bureau of Reclamation will be testing the emergency siren system at its water treatment plant near Mountain Valley Estates in Leadville, Colorado on Oct. 10, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Shines a Light into the Dark Web.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: FBI and Cottage Grove Police Department Searching for Attempted Bank Robbery Suspect.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Daniel Edward Johnson, age 47, Fifth Circuit Solicitor a resident of Blythewood, and Nicole Halliett Holland, age 49, Director of Communications a resident of Columbia, were charged in a 26-count Indictment by a Grand...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Tamiez Antwan Weeks, 22, of Mobile, was sentenced this morning in federal court on the charge of using, carrying or possessing a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking felony. Weeks pled guilty to the charge in June of 2018.
