News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An Adams, Mass. man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield in connection with a plot to engage in terrorist activity inspired by and in the name of ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office and Cleveland Clinic, together with numerous community partners, will be hosting a daylong conference on Sept. 6 focused on solutions to the opioid and narcotics epidemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Steven Derek Dukes, age 35, of Mauk, Georgia, entered a guilty plea to Receipt of Child Pornography on September 5, 2018. The plea was entered before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Clay D. Land in...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Johnny L. Morgan, of Walsenburg, Colorado, has admitted to a drug charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), held a hearing to examine how the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) supports work-based learning, including on-the-job education and apprenticeships.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James D. Robnett, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), announced today MARY BOONE, a Manhattan art gallery owner, pled guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Scheme targeted hundreds of investors in more than 30 countries.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Eric Epstein, age 58, of Pompano Beach, Florida (previously of Owings Mills, Maryland) today to 135 months in prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, and sentenced co-conspirator...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Ricky Lee Banks Jr., age 40, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 3 years’ probation for Counterfeiting An Obligation Of The United States, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 471 and 2. The charge arose from an investigation by the Muskogee Police Department and the United States Secret Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a Bluefield man was sentenced to federal prison on drug charges. The case was investigated by the Southern Regional Drug and Violent Crime Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Connecticut woman was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for her role in a federal drug conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Assessment available for public review and comment until November 5, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott is pleased to announce two winners of the Eastern District of California Law Enforcement Awards, recognizing the outstanding professionalism and dedicated public service of our local and state law enforcement partners. These awards, presented annually...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: FBI Fugitive Missing for 25 Years Returns to Face Charges in Oregon: Barrett Busschau Faces Sex Abuse Charges in Clackamas County.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: TULSA, Okla.- United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that Dannie Dee Dill, 47, of Tulsa, pleaded guilty in United States District Court this morning to participating in a methamphetamine and heroin distribution conspiracy and to possession of methamphetamine and heroin with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - John D. Warbritton, III was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for transportation of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Spradlin, Drug...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Robert P. Hoopes, 71, of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and four counts of Hobbs Act extortion under color of official right. From February 2016 until December 2016, Hoopes...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Former director of public safety in Lower Southampton Township, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to money laundering and extortion charges Sept. 5, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), FBI, Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigations, and the Pennsylvania State Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bronx, New York, man was sentenced today to 44 months in prison for robbing a bank in Fort Lee, New Jersey, at knifepoint in January 2017, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Jordan T. Macbeth, 19, a resident of Culpepper, Virginia, was sentenced today in federal court for robbing the BP gas station in Nashville, Illinois. During the January 31 robbery, Macbeth brandished a loaded firearm and pointed it at the clerk. He was later caught, charged, and convicted after pleading guilty to a two-count federal indictment.
