News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - On September 5, 2018, Paige Elizabeth Thurman, age 29, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 140 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Thurman was ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow her prison term.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A New York man pleaded guilty today to cyberstalking victims in the Eastern District of Virginia and Washington, D.C. and to frame them for crimes or workplace violations they had not committed.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston with one count of passport fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 27-year-old Sarah Richford of San Antonio, to 20 years imprisonment in connection with the shooting of a U.S. Mail carrier last year in Spring Branch, TX, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Houston Division; and, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Onosemeraja Idodo-Umeh, a native of Nigeria who was residing in Atlanta, was arraigned on federal charges in an 18-count indictment that was unsealed yesterday. Idodo-Umhel is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, 10 counts of wire fraud, five counts of aggravated identity...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Alyssia Marie Jae Carey, age 26, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 8 months imprisonment and 2 years supervised release for two counts of Uttering A Counterfeit Obligation Of The United...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 96 months to be followed by six years of supervised release on his conviction of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: DAYTON - William Sparks, 66, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 108 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release for traveling interstate with the intent of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Warren Miles, 26, of Sells, Ariz., was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a federal jury in Tucson on Sept. 5, 2018. The case was tried before U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins from Aug. 29, 2018 through Sept. 5, 2018. Miles, a member of the Tohono O’odham Nation, is being held after trial. Sentencing is set before Judge Collins on Nov. 28, 2018.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Defendant targeted current or former Colorado college students.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Aris Jaramillo, 36, a non-Indian man residing in the Village of Encinal, in the Pueblo of Laguna, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to one year of probation for his conviction on a child abuse charge.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A retired Massachusetts State Police Trooper was indicted today by a federal grand jury in connection with the ongoing investigation of overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP).

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Gardner man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for a federal firearm offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: DAYTON - William Sparks, 66, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 108 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release for traveling interstate with the intent of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Jose Luis Chavez a/k/a "Big Head," 47, of Edinburg, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 143 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, 50 grams or...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Two Indiana Men Plead Guilty to Insider Trading in Advance of 2014 Acquisition.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Defendant Helped Manipulate the Stock Price of CodeSmart Holdings, Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Ricky Lee Richardson Jr., 42, of Stockton, was sentenced today my U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 11 years and three months in prison for sex trafficking of a child, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Ricky Lee Richardson Jr., 42, of Stockton, was sentenced today my U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 11 years and three months in prison for sex trafficking of a child, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced an initial appearance before Magistrate Judge Cheryl R. Zwart was held today for Maurice J. Paola, age 23, of Las Vegas, Nevada. Paola was recently charged by criminal complaint with one count of interfering with flight crew members and attendants which occurred...