News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted in federal court for an armed bank robbery in Middleburg Heights.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, Senator Abel Nazario-Quiñones was arrested and charged in a 39-count indictment alleging the making or use of false documents and wire fraud, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rico Comptroller’s Office, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Inspector General (OIG), and the FBI are in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Konstantin Bas, age 41, of Brooklyn, New York, and co-conspirator Mubtagha Shah Syed, age 49, of Jersey City, New Jersey, today to a year and a day, and three months in prison, respectively, each followed by three years of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - Oliver Rocher (33, Alva, FL) has pleaded guilty to five counts of a federal indictment alleging drug and firearms offenses. Rocher entered his plea on the morning that his jury trial was set to begin. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing hearing has been set for Dec. 10, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 43-year-old Kingwood resident has been ordered to federal prison for the sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Stephen P. Lynch pleaded guilty June 6, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Cape May Court House, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Valerie A. Nickerson, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner, and Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae are announcing the conclusion of "Operation Forefathers," a large scale narcotics investigation initiated by the Cape May and Atlantic County Prosecutor's Offices and the DEA.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Defendant shot at the front door when officers arrived at his home.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A former executive of a Springfield, Mo., charity pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to misprision of a felony in connection with the concealment of a multi-million-dollar scheme by which other charity executives embezzled and diverted millions of dollars from the Springfield nonprofit corporation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Christopher D. Pinguely, 35, of Cold Spring, Kentucky, was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison, by United States District Judge Gregory F. VanTatenhove, for carjacking and possessing a firearm in furtherance of the carjacking.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Crashed Stolen Car into a Utility Pool While Fleeing Police.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tomorrow, the Committee on Natural Resources will markup the Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act (U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah), which currently has more than 150 bipartisan cosponsors.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Two Akron men were indicted in federal court after police arrested them with 14 firearms, stolen police body armor and more than 1,000 grams of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Antonio Raymond Leach, age 45, of Washington, D.C., on Sept. 10, 2018, to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for armed commercial robbery and for using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announces that today, FRANCISCO DAMIAN TORRES-VICTORIA, 25, of Elizabethtown, was sentenced by United States Senior District Judge Malcolm J. Howard for murder-for-hire and possession of a firearm by an alien. Judge Howard sentenced TORRES-VICTORIA to 120 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: In Midland today, a federal judge sentenced 40-year-old Jose Abelardo Dominguez to three years in federal prison for his role in money laundering and tax evasion schemes, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; FBI Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, Jr., El Paso Division; Internal Revenue Service-Criminal...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: BURNS, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management announced it will hold a meeting of the Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council. The public is welcome to attend the meeting, which will occur on Thursday and Friday, October 11 to 12, at the Harney County Chamber of Commerce, 484 N. Broadway, Burns, OR 97720, beginning at 8 a.m. Pacific Time each day.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: A Parma Heights man was indicted for robbing four banks this summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged four individuals with conspiring to illegally purchase firearms in an indictment returned here August 30 and unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: A man who used church funds for his own personal expenses over a thirteen year period pled guilty today in federal court in Sioux City.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate passed by unanimous consent H.R. 6124, the Tribal Social Security Fairness Act of 2018. In response, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement...
