News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - Two key figures in a ring that conducted a string of violent smash-and-grab robberies at Southland jewelry stores that resulted in the theft of approximately $6 million worth of high-end watches each have been sentenced to over two decades in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Memphis man has been sentenced to 65 months in federal prison for possession of access devices with intent to defraud and aggravated identity theft. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant of the Western Division of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Defendant Also Assaulted Federal Officers. TRENTON, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey man was sentenced today to 121 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute 140 kilograms of narcotics, and for assaulting two law enforcement officers, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Siddeeq...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The owner of a Canadian telemarketing operation - who was extradited to the United States last year after more than 10 years of litigation in Canada - was sentenced today to 135 months in federal prison for orchestrating a telemarketing scheme that falsely promised credit card fraud protection and defrauded at least 60,000 primarily elderly victims out of more than $18 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Public encouraged to notify law enforcement if they have any further information.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after Republicans released the text of their new tax legislation...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Due to Hurricane Florence’s projected path toward the North Carolina coast, and due to Dare County’s mandatory evacuation order for visitors and residents, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial will suspend visitor services and temporarily close all visitor facilities at 12:00 pm today.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Division A: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Andrew Emerson Beno, 31, of Chinle, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Beno had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Adam Alan Henry, 39, of Turlock, today to 20 years in prison to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, for child exploitation offenses, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Tybee Island shrimper and fisherman will spend more than six years in federal prison after United States District Court Judge William T. Moore Jr. sentenced him Aug. 30 for a case involving fraudulent claims for losses from foreign competition.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management, Barstow Field Office, has released a decision today, authorizing Southern California Edison to move forward with its Calico Peak 33 kV extension project, which includes a new four-and-a-half-mile distribution line that will transverse Department of Defense and BLM-managed lands, terminating at and providing power to the BLM Calico Peak communication site.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Tashawn Gay, 27, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to time served (36 months) by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Robert E. Sanford, age 37, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced September 7, 2018, by the Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., for bank robbery. Sanford received a sentence of 12 ½ years’ imprisonment, three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $4,315.00 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Sept. 10, 2018, Craig, Fine, 48, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas Phillips, Senior U.S. District Judge, to serve 153 months in federal prison for armed bank robbery and brandishing and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. Upon his release from prison, he will be supervised by U.S. Probation for three years. Fine was also ordered to pay $10,417.44 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: August 1 - Aug. 31, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Sergeant First Class Shane Morgan with the West Virginia Army National Guard and Master Sergeant (retired) Russell Morgan have admitted to charges related to the embezzlement and unlawful sale of government property, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a Monroe felon pleaded guilty to possessing a 12-gauge shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Jose Rivera-Morales, 31, of Dover, pleaded guilty in federal court to bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Also Admitted Taking Sexually Explicit Images and Videos of a Minor Female Beginning When She was 15 Years Old.
