News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Rajheem Kwamaine Roddey, 24, of Starke, Florida, was sentenced today to 144 months in prison after pleading guilty on June 5, 2018, to benefitting financially from child sex trafficking. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Madison, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments, and Use of a Fraudulent Identification Document was sentenced on Sept. 24, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On Sept. 22, 2018, James Jeffrey Hinkeldey, 66, of Scottsdale, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 30 years and five months in federal prison. Earlier this year, a federal jury convicted Hinkeldey of conspiracy, wire and mail fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft charges stemming from his role as one of the leaders in an $18 million investment fraud affecting 225 victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that PASCAL CALOGERO, III, age 59, a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, was charged today in a one-count bill of information with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 1594(c).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael C. Mikulka, Special Agent-in-Charge, New York Region, U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (“DOL-OIG"), Thomas Licetti, Acting New York Regional Director, U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: FIRE Website:. Howe: Boundary: Glacier National Park Information: 406-888-7800, www.nps.gov/glac. Weather: Today will be partly cloudy. Temperatures will be in the mid-50’s with chances of wetting rain at 10%. Winds will...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: A former Kent State University professor was sentenced to five months in prison to be followed by five months of house arrest for lying to the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DONALD TROSCLAIR, age 57, a resident of Jefferson, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman after previously being charged with receipt of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 2252(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: A Lima man was indicted in federal court for trafficking at least one kilogram of heroin and one kilogram of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Shyniquah Lightner, 26, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty today to two counts of sex trafficking of a minor.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Federal officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 98 criminal aliens and immigration violators in North Texas and Oklahoma during a 10-day enforcement action, which ended Friday.
By State Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA- The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comments on a regional environmental assessment that examines options for protecting shorebirds, sea turtles and beach mice from the threat of depredation at NPS units in the Southeast Region. The Coastal Species of Concern Predation Management Plan Programmatic Environmental Assessment (assessment) evaluates the best available predation management options and analyzes relevant environmental issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Juan Carlos Perez, 36, Beloit, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 10 years in federal prison for distributing heroin. Perez pleaded guilty to this charge on May 22, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis today sentenced Jeremy Scott Clark (45, Ponte Vedra) to seven years and six months in federal prison for transporting images depicting child sexual abuse over the internet. Clark was also ordered to serve a 15-year term of supervised release and to register as a sex offender. Clark pleaded guilty in June 2018 and has been held in federal custody since his arrest on March 8, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Shreveport man pleaded guilty Tuesday to using counterfeit cash to buy a car.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A federal grand jury today returned an indictment that charges a Santa Ana man with possessing significant quantities of narcotics - including the extremely potent synthetic opioid fentanyl - that he intended to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man was arrested today and charged in connection with a scheme to impersonate bank customers and fraudulently withdraw money from their bank accounts.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. Sept. 26, 2018 - With the changing of the seasons, the parks are announcing two priority prescribed burns to be completed before the end of the year, as cooler weather and moisture arrives to the area this time of year. One project is planned for each...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Ranking Member Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and members of the committee advanced a nominee to be deputy administrator of FEMA and 18 bills during a committee business meeting Wednesday. All bills were passed by voice unless otherwise noted.
