News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that KENDALL BARNES, age 23, of New Orleans, and DERRICK GROVES, age 21, of New Orleans, were charged in a ten-count superseding indictment on April 11, 2019 by a federal grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GREVY GERARD PIERRE-LOUIS, a/k/a “Cadillac Slim," a/k/a “Caddy," was sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and conspiracy to transport minors interstate for the purpose of prostitution. PIERRE-LOUIS pled guilty on September 6, 2018 before Chief U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon, who imposed today’s sentence.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: ALLENTOWN, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited framing contractor Navy Contractors, Inc. for willfully exposing employees to fall hazards at residential construction sites in Royersford, Collegeville, and Center Valley, Pennsylvania. The company faces $603,850 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
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By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Josh Harry Isler, age 55, from St. Ansgar, Iowa, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids to serve 42 months’ imprisonment as a result of his July 11, 2018, pleas of guilty to one count of trade secret theft and one count of making a false statement to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. .
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, NY - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Roy Richmond, 55, of Batavia, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to access with intent to view child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Dr. Zongli Chang, M.D., was ordered today to serve a sentence of 135 months for conspiring with seven other patient recruiters (co-defendants in this case) to illegally distribute prescription drugs, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Leff, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office, announced the arrest of Waldemar Torres, Jimmy E. Santiago Burgos, Jose Luis Ortiz Ruiz, and Jose Rafael Mulero Rivera.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - On April 17, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers removed a fugitive wanted by Brazilian authorities for fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced today that members of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Omaha Police Department, and the United States Marshals Service conducted an early morning operation in Omaha, armed with arrest warrants for six individuals on federal and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Single Largest Prescription Opioid Law Enforcement Operation in History - Charges Brought Against 60 Individuals, Including 53 Medical Professionals.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 33-year-old Salvadoran citizen has been indicted for immigration violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: BOYNTON BEACH, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with the University of South Florida, SafetyFlorida Consultation Program, H.J. High Construction, and the Haskell Co. to promote worker safety and health during the construction of the City of Boynton Beach’s Town Square development project in Boynton Beach, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Thomas A. Olive, II, and his brother, Thorne A. Olive appeared today before U.S. District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez, for a preliminary detention hearing after their arrest by the Federal Bureau of Investigations for Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana and Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned indictments charging LESTER ALEXANDER FLORES-PAZ, age 34, of Guatemala, VICENTE GONZALEZ-PITEROS, age 32, of Mexico, and ALDO NOE RAMOS-ANDINO, age 32, of Honduras, with Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Ying Lin pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), without notification to the Attorney General, by working at the direction and control of military officers assigned to the Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of...
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: 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 DOE Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a total of $20 million in funding for innovative research and development in artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning. DOE’s Office of Electricity has selected eight projects to receive nearly $7 million in total to explore...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 39-year-old Houston resident has been ordered to federal prison for nearly 30 years for sexual exploitation of a child, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. John Ferguson was found guilty following a bench trial May 30, 2018.
