News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser announced today that FRANKI NOEL ORTIZ-BERNARDEZ, age 34, pleaded guilty Tuesday, April 9, 2019 to a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 44-year-old man from Humble has received a massive federal prison sentence following his convictions for sexual exploitation of a child as well as receipt and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Moises Valdez pleaded guilty April 4, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 42-year-old Houston woman has been sentenced in Corpus Christi federal court following her conviction of possessing with the intent to distribute approximately 10 pounds of heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. A federal jury convicted Marlo Denise Young Feb. 6, 2019, following two days of trial and approximately 20 minutes of deliberations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Renard Gray, of Philadelphia, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Petrese B. Tucker for his participation in a criminal conspiracy to traffic firearms into the Philadelphia region.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Angel Forteza-Concepcion, 20, of Manchester, has been sentenced to five months in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $4,055.85 for conspiracy to commit bank fraud, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: FBI Portland Hosts National Diversity Recruitment Conference for Special Agents: Take the Challenge, Take the Chance.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: PEORIA, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed an alliance with the Illinois On-Site Consultation Program, and Illinois Funeral Directors Association (IFDA) to address safety and health hazards faced by industry employees.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: PENDLETON, Ore. - This afternoon, April 11, 2019, the Bureau of Reclamation will be increasing operational releases out of McKay Dam by 250 cubic feet per second, to approximately 1,400 cfs into McKay Creek. Releases are currently expected to continue through Sunday, April 14, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Paul Eugene Thomas, 38, of Portland, pleaded guilty on April 10, 2019, to one count of conspiring to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute, distributing marijuana, maintaining drug involved premises and one count of money laundering for his role in a vast conspiracy to traffic marijuana grown in Portland to Virginia and Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to 17 years in prison for aiding and abetting the commission of two armed bank robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Julian P. Assange, 47, the founder of WikiLeaks, was arrested today in the United Kingdom pursuant to the U.S./UK Extradition Treaty, in connection with a federal charge of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break a password to a classified U.S. government computer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: President of E-Commerce Company Pleads Guilty To Price Fixing.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) today sent a letter with Rep. TJ Cox (D-Calif.), chair of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and Rep. Harley Rouda (D-Calif.), chair of the Oversight...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Pompano Beach, Florida, has pleaded guilty to charges of violating federal armed bank robbery laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) released the following statement on the confirmation of David Barnhardt as the Secretary of the Department of the Interior.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - “Fugitive of the Week," Robert Adkins, Jr., 31, was quickly located and arrested in Bristol, NH after tips pointed law enforcement in the right direction. Adkins was being sought on an outstanding Grafton County (NH) arrest warrant for possession of controlled drugs and receiving stolen property.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) today sent a letter with Rep. TJ Cox (D-Calif.), chair of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and Rep. Harley Rouda (D-Calif.), chair of the Oversight...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Stefan Brown, 21, of Jackson, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette to 108 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for robbing a local business and brandishing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Washington -- United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank joined the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) in announcing the award of $9.4 million to support crime victims in Native American communities in eight states: Alaska, California, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-On Thursday, April 10, 2019, Paul Eugene Thomas, 38, of Portland, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute, and distribute marijuana and maintaining drug involved premises, and one count of money laundering for his role in a vast conspiracy to traffic marijuana grown in Portland to Virginia and Texas.
