News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Deandre Smith, age 28, and Karron Wheeler, age 35, both of Baltimore, to 12 years and 25 years in prison, respectively, for conspiring to sell heroin and fentanyl. Smith was sentenced today and Wheeler was sentenced on Sept. 12, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Darius Dix, 27, and Kurtis Washington, 27, both of Lockport, N.Y., who were convicted of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, were sentenced to serve 72 months and 96 months, respectively, in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A former Atlantic County resident now living in Florida admitted defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs out of millions of dollars by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito and N.J. Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Isidore Isidore, 61, of St. Lucia, was sentenced today for Improper Entry by an Alien, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to examine the role of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) in meeting European energy demand. Expert witnesses shared their views on the economic and geopolitical implications of a stronger U.S.-EU energy relationship, as well as what actions may be needed to maximize the benefits of LNG exports to our nation and our allies.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER MAN CONVICTED FOLLOWING A JURY TRIAL.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - Twenty individuals are facing criminal charges as part of joint federal and state investigations into drug and gun trafficking in Chicago.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and the House Natural Resources Committee Democrats today launched Wasted Resources, a new multimedia series highlighting the major natural resources policy issues the Republican majority ignored over the course of the 115th Congress and the misguided hearings they chose to hold instead.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: A Mexican national was indicted for having nearly half a kilogram of deadly opioids.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man admitted robbing 14 hotels in New Jersey and New York, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GISEL DE LA CRUZ, 44, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for heroin trafficking and immigration offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A former manager of a U.S.-based logistics and freight forwarding company pleaded guilty to a foreign bribery charge today for his role in a scheme to corruptly secure contracts and contract extensions from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA). The guilty plea of the bribed foreign official was also unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas announced today that Micah Neal, age 43, of Springdale, Arkansas, was sentenced today to three years probation including the first year to be served as home confinement and the second and third years...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Alfredo Quintero, 21, of Chicago, and Alonso Villalvazo, 22, Chicago, were charged in a federal criminal complaint regarding a traffic stop which resulted in the seizure of approximately 7.5 pounds of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A North Dartmouth woman and a Weymouth man were indicted yesterday and charged in connection with drug trafficking activities involving shipments of multiple kilograms of cocaine sent through the mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Mark A. Richards, 49, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to 17 years and six months in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for advertising child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Edward L. Donaldson Jr., 75, and John Jared Oertling, 42, both residents of Pearl River, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, were sentenced in Hattiesburg Tuesday on charges of conspiring to smuggle live white-tailed deer into Mississippi, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Luis Santiago of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A former resident of Clairton, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months of incarceration followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction of two counts of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: HINES, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management Burns District announced today plans to conduct a helicopter gather of wild horses within the Warm Springs Herd Management Area beginning in early October 2018. The gather is being conducted to remove approximately 652 excess wild horses and to initiate research on the effects of spaying wild horse mares and returning them to the range.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Defendant Arrested by Drug Enforcement Administration Agents at the Hilton Hotel Near JFK Airport.
