News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Sharday Monique Thomas, 32, of Hammond, Louisiana, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan, III to serve 41 months in federal prison for a wire fraud scheme in which she sought to fraudulently obtain money by faking her own kidnapping, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze. Her prison sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Japanese authorities have extradited to the United States two former executives of a Las Vegas, Nevada investment company in connection with their alleged roles in a $1.5 billion Ponzi scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc., and Outpatient Imaging Affiliates, LLC, collectively the owners and operators of Jefferson Outpatient Imaging and Radiology (“Jefferson Outpatient"), have entered into a settlement agreement...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence couple has pled guilty to charges they concealed $70,000 in assets from a federal bankruptcy court when filing a joint voluntary bankruptcy petition. The couple failed to report assets related to the receipt of a $70,000 insurance settlement in their bankruptcy filing. The couple also repeatedly deposited and withdrew the funds, using multiple bank accounts and, at times, keeping some of the funds in bank checks, in an attempt to conceal the assets.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that Kristy Brucz, 33, of Buffalo, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with obtaining controlled substances by fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Conifer, Colo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm and marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Michael MacDonald, 29, of Manchester, was sentenced to 78 months for bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., found probable cause to support a criminal complaint charging Daniela Cota-Guitimea with a fentanyl trafficking offense. The charge arises from a DEA seizure of approximately 18.144 pounds of fentanyl in Albuquerque on April 16, 2019. Cota-Guitimea was remanded into custody pending trial based on judicial findings that she poses a risk of flight and a danger to the community.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANDREW CUNNINGHAM, 39, formerly of Windsor, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 216 months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - In support of the Department of the Interior’s goals to sustainably develop the nation’s natural resources, the Bureau of Land Management has released its initial environmental analysis of the Moneta Divide Oil and Gas Development Project in central Wyoming. The Draft Environmental Impact...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond woman and Chesterfield man were sentenced to one year and four months in prison, respectively, for crimes involving obstruction of justice and drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: DENVER - In February of 2017, the HIDTA Southern Colorado Drug Task-Force initiated an investigation titled Operation Double Dippin. The HIDTA Southern Colorado Task-Force is comprised of members from the Pueblo Police Department, Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Colorado...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Two cousins were sentenced today to a combined 24 years in prison for their roles in an armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
Release: Washington, DC, April 18, 2019 - For the first time, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants will be able to select and pay for their groceries online, during a two-year test (pilot) launched today in New York State. In making the announcement, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty today to exploiting an elderly man’s diminished mental capacity to defraud him of nearly $157,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: FBI Albany Announces Reward in Tammy Mahoney Case.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Demario Boler, a/k/a “White Mike," a/k/a “Mike," 23, of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack," and distributing crack.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 46-year-old Laredoan has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiring to transport 78 aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jesus Alberto De La Cruz pleaded guilty Oct. 4, 2018.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS, Mont. - A Montana man was sentenced Thursday to nearly six years (68 months) in federal prison and four years of supervised release for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute it locally.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Grand Junction Field Office is seeking the public’s input on a proposal to improve camping opportunities in Rabbit Valley.
