News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - Jamelah Y. Martinez (23, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. She faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Richard R. Edwards, 29, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 180 months in prison for distributing heroin and fentanyl that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Fort Lee man was sentenced today to one year in prison for physically assaulting a woman on Fort Lee in April.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: ST. JOSEPH, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed penalties of $199,183 to American Walnut Company LLC for two repeated and 14 serious safety violations. OSHA initiated an inspection of the St. Joseph sawmill after an employee suffered fatal injuries when he fell into a machine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Committee markup of H.R. 5634, the Medical Cannabis Research Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Zaid Bader Jacob, 49, of West Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - Jamelah Y. Martinez (23, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. She faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Gang Murdered Two Suspected Rivals and Brought Wholesale Quantities of Heroin and Fentanyl into Baltimore; Manager of a West Baltimore Drug Organization Also Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Harrison Lewis III, age 54, of Catonsville, Maryland, today to 11 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for six counts of bank robbery and one count of attempted bank robbery. A federal jury convicted Lewis of those charges on May 18, 2018. Lewis was dubbed the “winter hat" robber due to the hats he wore during the robberies as part of his disguise.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HOMERO JOSHUA GARZA, 33, of Texas, formerly of Somers, Connecticut, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 21 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, the first six months of which GARZA must spend in home confinement, for his role in his companies’ purported generation and sale of virtual currency.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christopher Hernandez Meza, 35, of Deming, N.M., pled guilty this afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to distributing child pornography. Based on his guilty plea, Meza faces a statutory mandatory minimum penalty of five years and a maximum of 20 years in prison. He also will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - As part of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California’s strategy to reduce violent crime by focusing on firearms prosecutions, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced the following cases involving illegal firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANIEL ADEKUNLE OJO, 34, a citizen of Nigeria last residing in Durham, N.C., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 32 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Timpanogos Cave National Monument is seeking public comment on its proposal to increase cave tour ticket fees in order to help address deferred maintenance needs while significantly improving customer service by increasing the number of cave tours available daily and potentially extending the tour season in spring and fall.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former music teacher who contracted with a number of school districts in Southern California was arrested today pursuant to a federal grand jury indictment that alleges multiple crimes against children, including the production of child pornography.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Charges Include Methamphetamine Distribution, Firearm Possession.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Larry Ratliff, 46 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was charged on Sept. 10, 2018 by criminal complaint with one count of bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Two Assistant United States Attorneys who successfully prosecuted an international terrorism investigation and a Canton police detective who worked collaboratively to combat the opioid epidemic are among those being honored with Justice Department’s highest recognition Tuesday.
