News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSEPH PERCOCO, the former executive deputy secretary to the Governor of the State of New York, was sentenced to six years in prison for soliciting and accepting more than $315,000 in bribes in return...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 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 (DEA), New York Division announced today that Jose Alvarez, 26, of Buffalo, N.Y., 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 DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sergio Doriante Sanchez Reyna, 25, of Stockton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to four years and three months in prison and ordered to pay $436,091 in restitution for his role in a scheme to defraud the State of California by filing false unemployment insurance claims, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Justin C. McCoy, 30, was sentenced in federal court today in Omaha, Nebraska, for three counts of robbery and for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. The Honorable John M. Gerrard sentenced McCoy to 194 months of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing his term of imprisonment, McCoy will begin a four-year term of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management’s Eastern Interior Field Office will join the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in hosting a 50th anniversary celebration of the National Trails and the National Wild & Scenic Rivers acts on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, at the Morris...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: A convicted felon who has repeatedly unlawfully possessed firearms was sentenced on Sept. 19, 2018, to more than two years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Law enforcement seized four kilograms of suspected heroin during arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey woman was arrested and charged today for promoting a voter bribery scheme by use of the U.S. mail, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: A former inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Greenville, Illinois, pled guilty earlier today to assaulting a fellow inmate. Michael Griesinger, 23, admitted striking the victim - identified only as J.B. in court records - with his fists. As a result of the assault, J.B. suffered a broken jaw.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was indicted today in federal court in Boston in connection with making false statements in an application for a replacement Social Security card and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: St. Louis - Two St. Charles residents were charged in federal court for possessing with the intent to distribute two kilograms of fentanyl today in United States District Court in St. Louis.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams joined the Department of Justice in announcing more than $113 million in grant awards to improve public safety, serve victims of crime, combat violence against women, and support youth programs in American Indian and Alaska Native communities, including: the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, CT - Brian D. Boyle Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that David Monseratte Torres, 30, of New Jersey, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 170 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Klamath Falls Police Department Captain Graduates from the FBI National Academy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID MONSERATTE TORRES, 30, of New Jersey, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 170 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Defendant allegedly sold a shotgun in public housing development.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sept. 20, 2018 - A federal criminal complaint was issued yesterday charging Eric Swarbrick, 26, of Austin Texas, with interstate stalking and sending interstate communications with the intent to threaten, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: KANAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management will host two public meetings as part of the ongoing land use planning for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) and the federal lands excluded from the GSENM that are now identified as the Kanab-Escalante Planning Area. The draft management...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA - Twenty-six people, many of whom are alleged members and associates of criminal street gangs and the Mexican Mafia prison gang, are charged in complaints unsealed today with participating in drug- and gun-related conspiracies, including one that alleges a kidnapping and armed robbery that was prevented by law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Clarksville Bank & Two Nashville Banks Robbed.
