News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On April 15, 2019, Ryan Pearson, 32, of Payson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to five years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Pearson had previously pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Mokhtari (619) 546-8402, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Ari Fitzwater (619) 546-8756, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Gibbons (619) 546-8419.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: ARPO Strike Force grows to Ten Districts, Expanding to Include the Western District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that United States District Judge James C. Dever III, sentenced Rufus Lamar Parker, 28, of Wilmington to 78 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Former Manager for International Airline Pleads Guilty to Acting as an Agent of the Chinese Government.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid (ARPO) Strike Force Takedown Results in Charges Against 60 Individuals, Including 53 Medical Professionals.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Lawrence C. Berry, age 25, and Brittany E. Berry, age 24, of Cortland, New York, were charged today with conspiring to sexually exploit a child.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Dear Ambassador Lighthizer:. As our Committee prepares to consider the renegotiated trade agreement with Canada and Mexico (“the new Agreement"), we write to express our concerns regarding whether the new Agreement will lead to meaningful improvements in standards of environmental protection, particularly...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Billy Don Urango, age 27, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Failure To Register As Sex Offender in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2250(a)(1), 2250(a)(2)(B) and 2250(a)(3), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Timothy Haley, Sr., 63, of Dunellon, FL, and Joseph Michael Long, 40, of Maryvale, TN, who were convicted of RICO conspiracy, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. Haley was sentenced to three years supervised release to include eight months home detention, and Long was sentenced to serve 27 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Miami-based, gold refinery Republic Metals Corporation (“RMC") executed a non-prosecution agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida (the “Office") after cooperating in an investigation focusing on money laundering and violations of the Bank Secrecy Act in...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE/MONROE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES, La. - The Department of Justice today released two complementary reports that focus on the mental health and safety of the nation’s federal, state, local and tribal police officers. The reports, Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act: Report...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO -Phillip LeBlanc was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for committing three bank robberies, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentenced was handed down by the Hon. Maxine M. Chesney, Senior U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: An indictment was returned by a Grand Jury charging three Romanian nationals with conducting an elaborate ATM skimming scheme throughout several Michigan cities, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: HUNTSVILLE, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with the University of Alabama Consultation Program, the United Association of Journeymen Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the U.S. and Canada Union, and Holder Construction to promote worker safety and health during construction of a Huntsville, Alabama, data center.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man who reportedly struck and dragged a police officer with his vehicle and stockpiled a large number of firearms in preparation for a shootout with officers was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing methamphetamine and firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two Guatemalan men have been ordered to federal prison after their involvement in an alien-smuggling event which resulted in the deaths of two Ecuadoran men, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick. Melvin L. Barahona-Godoy, 23, and Yoryi Alexis Perez, 29, both of Guatemala, pleaded guilty April 30, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on April 16, 2019, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Xengxai Yang (age: 19) of Appleton with armed robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Crystal Martin, former Associate Registrar at a Delaware public university, pled guilty in federal court today to a charge of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds. Martin’s sentencing...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice today released two complementary reports that focus on the mental health and safety of the nation’s federal, state, local and tribal police officers. The reports, Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act: Report to Congress and Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness...
