News from September 2018
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: 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: OKLAHOMA CITY - GABRIEL ORTIZ, 36, of Oklahoma City, has been charged with taking bribes while serving as a Correctional Officer at the Federal Transfer Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: New York Attorney Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud Related to Multimillion-Dollar Embezzlement From Deceased Client’s Estate.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On September 5, 2018, following a two-day trial, a jury found Nedzad Juhic, age 46, of Urbandale, Iowa, guilty of receipt of child pornography and transportation of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Sentencing will be at a later date before United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose. Juhic was ordered detained pending sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: U.S. District Judge Federico A. Moreno sentenced a Miami area man to four years in prison, three years’ supervised release, and $1,800 in restitution for obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs by threatening, in a phone message, to detonate a bomb at a mosque in Pembroke Pines, Florida, U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Raymond Wilson Jr., 25, of Tuba City, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Wilson, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, had previously pleaded guilty to assault on a federal officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A veterinarian and a cattle company were indicted today for using false interstate certificates of veterinary inspection, to ship tens of thousands of cattle interstate, in violation of federal law.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that RANDY M. KILEY, SR., 64, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a former Sergeant Major in the Louisiana Army National Guard, was sentenced today to one year probation and restitution in the amount of $23,703.00 by United States District Court Judge Jane Triche Milazzo, after previously pleading guilty to Count 3 of the Indictment charging him with making a false statement to federal government.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Kansas Man Arrested and Charged With Murdering Girlfriend on Board Cruise Ship.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: A 19-count superseding indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging five new defendants, and four previously charged defendants, for their participation in a drug-trafficking enterprise based in Brooklyn and Queens, referred to in the indictment as the “Bushwick Crew." Eight defendants...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Gene Foland, 58, Jeffrey G. Klein, 63, Joel Marcus, 79, all of Florida, Saad Shuaib, 49, a citizen of Kuwait, and Walter Tatum, 60, of California, each pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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 DOL Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA, GA - Emergency crews and residents of the Gulf Coast region of Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi faced with debris caused by Tropical Storm Gordon should be aware of hazards they may encounter and take steps to stay safe, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) urges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Andre Eugene Shaw, 34, of Portland, was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for extorting child pornographers for money and services.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: OAKLAND - Quincy Krashna was sentenced today to 24 months in prison, and ordered to pay $450,000 in restitution to European concert promoters, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Jeffrey S. White, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Charge Arises out of Seizure of Almost Nine Pounds of Cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced today that Joseph Thompson, 61, of Lockport, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 40 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
Release: OAKLAND, Calif.- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today highlighted a computed tomography (CT) scanner that is currently in the security checkpoint at Oakland International Airport’s (OAK) Terminal 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Asbury Park, New Jersey, man was arraigned today before U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp in Trenton federal court, on an indictment charging him with distributing cocaine base, more commonly known as crack, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
