News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: Deceased Hate Crimes Subject Identified. Alexander Carballido, 40, of Miami, Florida, died yesterday evening in the vicinity of 72nd Avenue and NW 7th Street, Miami, Florida, following an exchange of gunfire with officers from the City of Miami Police Department (MPD), Miami Dade Police Department (MDPD)...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Greenfield woman pleaded guilty in federal court in Springfield yesterday in connection with concealing nearly half a million dollars from a federally insured financial institution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that a jury returned a verdict yesterday finding Steve Matisko, Jr., 54, of Raleigh, North Carolina, guilty of willfully failing to pay child support. The trial was held before Chief United States District Judge Nancy Torresen sitting in Bangor.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose Alvarez, 26, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, butyryl fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: Raleigh, N.C. - The National Park Service Incident Management Team (IMT) is responding to national parks impacted by Hurricane Florence. At this time, 57 National Park Service employees from 25 parks and 16 states and the District of Columbia are assigned to the incident. The public should not enter parks or areas of parks that are closed until stabilization and restoration efforts are complete.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shane Corter, 32, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was convicted of trafficking heroin today in federal court in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of JAMAAL MARQUIE MAYS, 33, for the armed robbery of an Inver Grove Heights business. MAYS and his co-defendant, JAQUON KESHAWN MOMAN, 26, were charged in a superseding indictment on February 7, 2018. MAYS entered his guilty plea today before Chief Judge John R. Tunheim in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota. MOMAN pleaded guilty on Aug. 1, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Andrew Boyd, Jr., 33, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 50 months in prison, followed by a five-year term of supervised release, for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, and possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to distribute. Boyd pleaded guilty to these charges on June 28, 2018.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, led a group of senators in requesting that the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Justice investigate a decision by the General Services Administration (GSA), made ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida - Everglades National Park announces the reopening of Paurotis Pond for recreational use. A seasonal closure since January was part of a continuing effort to protect the threatened Wood Stork and other wading birds in this popular nesting area from human interference during their nesting season. Visitors may now enjoy open access for fishing, non-motorized boating, and wildlife viewing.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced the unsealing of an indictment charging a Janesville man with being a felon in possession of ammunition. Royal Powell, 35, was charged in an indictment returned by a grand jury on Sept. 12, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia - Celebrate southern West Virginia’s hidden and not-so-hidden history at this week’s Tenth Annual Hidden History Weekend, September 28-30, 2018. This free event celebrates the wonders of Appalachian heritage, the rich sites and stories of our area’s diverse history. This week’s...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), will hold a hearing next Wednesday on the results of a review, initiated by the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, of the Service’s modernization program and recapitalization of its aging fleet of ships, aircraft, and shore infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A physician and former employee of New England Pain Management Associates, Inc. was convicted today by a federal jury of conspiring to falsify patient medical records between May 2012 and May 2013 in an effort to obtain payments from Medicare and commercial insurers for medical services that were not performed.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA -Ashley N. Rohrbaugh, of Purgitsville, West Virginia, has admitted to a heroin distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Antoine Jamel Henderson age 35, of Hagerstown, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 40 or more grams of fentanyl-as little as 2 milligrams of fentanyl can be a lethal dose. In his plea agreement, Henderson admitted that he and others distributed at least 280...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal grand jury indicted a City of Paterson police officer for multiple offenses arising from the assault of an attempted suicide victim at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced Benigno Godinez-Cortez, 45, of Ahuacuotzingo, Guerrero, Mexico was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to time servied (70 days) in prison for unlawfully re-entering the United States. He pled guilty on August 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2018
News Release: Man Robs Albuquerque Bank, Flees in White Jeep.
