News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced jeremy hough, 35, of Raleigh, North Carolina to 78 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Wood, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Prohibited Person in Possession of Firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert C. Logel, 55, of Williamsville, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to wire fraud and tax evasion. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: Douglas Earles, 60, of White Lake pleaded guilty to conspiring with co-defendant, James Warner, a field inspector at the Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA), to steal over $100,000 from the airport between June of 2010 and August of 2013, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Abusive Sexual Contact.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - An Ohio man who pretended to be a missing Illinois boy has been indicted by a grand jury with charges related to making false statements to federal agents and aggravated identity theft.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: St. Louis - Daichi Horiace, 42, of St. Louis, and Marquise Cortez Brown, 26, of St. Louis, were sentenced to 120 months and 70 months in prison, respectively. Both were involved in a conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl centered in the Clinton-Peabody housing complex on the near south side of the City of St. Louis. Fentanyl is a controlled substance that is deadly in doses of only a few milligrams. Both appeared before the Honorable Catherine D. Perry.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: Essex National Heritage Area recently awarded 12 community partnership grants to ensure the continued appreciation and preservation of the vital cultural and historic resources of Essex County, Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Samuel Melendez, 43, of St. Croix, appeared before Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon for an Initial Appearance after his arrest by Homeland Security Investigations Special Agents on the charge of Possession of a Firearm within a School Zone.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Keith A. Jefferson, 26, of Lexington, was sentenced today, to 100 months federal in prison, by United States District Judge Karen K. Caldwell, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Mashpee man was arrested yesterday in connection with falsely representing himself as a law enforcement officer in order to purchase two Glock firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury here returned two additional charges today in the case involving former Columbus Vice Detective Andrew K. Mitchell.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL DRZAL, 29, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to six months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for violating the conditions of his supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Joel G. Rivera, 33, of St. Croix, pled guilty on April 18, 2019, in District Court to one count of Using a Firearm during a Violent Crime, and one count of Carjacking, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
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 DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that defendant JERRELL ENCALADE, age 35, of Boothville, LA, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiring to traffic cocaine hydrochloride and cocaine base (“crack"), in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), and 846. ENCALADE...

By Homeland Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - On Thursday, April 18, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced a York Man, Pennsylvania man, was indicted, by a federal grand jury for the exploitation of minors, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) ...

By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: Gateway Arch National Park also hosts these events during National Park Week.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Rahem “Kimby" Hendrickson, of St. Croix, appeared before Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon for an Initial Appearance on April 17, 2019, after his arrest by Homeland Security Investigations Special Agents on the charges of Possession of a Firearm within a School Zone, Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute, and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Shelly A. Dreyer-Aurila, age 53, of New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, was indicted on April 17, 2019, by a federal grand jury for embezzlement of funds involving federal programs.