News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced ERIC HERNANDEZ, 24, of Sampson County to 102 months’ imprisonment, followed by 4 years of supervised release. On Nov. 19, 2018, HERNANDEZ pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute 50 grams or more of Methamphetamine and 2 counts of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Quantity of Methamphetamine.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Yesterday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) hosted a tabletop exercise in collaboration with the Secure Community Network (SCN). The exercise brought together Jewish community leaders from across the nation, along with federal and state law enforcement and interagency partners to examine how they would act in a notional event focused on threats of violence including scenarios based on current events.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Following four days of deliberations, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts for seven individuals implicated in the Forest Park Medical Center bribery scheme Tuesday evening, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - Nearly four dozen people are facing state felony charges after being arrested for attempting to solicit children for sex following a four-day sting operation conducted during the Final Four weekend of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournament.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced a former detention officer at the Bexar County Adult Detention Center (BCADC) to 18 months in prison for his scheme to smuggle methamphetamine to inmates, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Former Priest Extradited from Morocco in September 2018 Found.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced DARRICK LAMORRIS MCKENZIE, 39, of Lumberton, to 379 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release and ordered to pay $9,500.00 in restitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Government Operations Subcommittee, took steps to continue their investigation of actions taken by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Dennis Lee Richardson, 29, of Shreveport, was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. for possessing a semi-automatic pistol. He was also sentenced to three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Newport News woman pleaded guilty today to her role in a conspiracy to defraud the Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF), a non-profit corporation that provides case management services and financial aid to Americans with chronic, life-threatening, and debilitating illnesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Freeport man was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala on a federal drug trafficking charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania joins with the Justice Department to raise public awareness of victims’ rights in observance of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 7-13, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A former North Providence and Pawtucket resident found to be in possession of electronic storage devices containing more than 11,400 images of child pornography, including videos he produced that depict him sexually assaulting a minor female, is facing between 15-40 years in federal prison, having pleaded guilty on Tuesday to production and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Dkyle Jamal Bridges, Kristian Jones, and Anthony Jones were convicted of sex trafficking of minors and sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion, as well as conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking following a three-week trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury in Rhode Island indicted a Rhode Island man yesterday on multiple counts of wire fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion after allegedly running decade-long schemes to defraud investors and the United States Treasury, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Aaron Weisman for the District of Rhode Island.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - An orthopedic surgeon, who formerly practiced in Claremore, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for leading multiple conspiracies to write fraudulent opioid prescriptions from October 2015 to October 2017, announced United States Drug Enforcement Administration Dallas Division Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. and U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Kenneth Minnick (43, Fort Myers) to 20 years in federal prison for receiving and possessing images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned a four-count indictment charging CLEMENTE HOLMES, also known as “Cavali" and “Vali," 29, of Hamden with firearm and narcotics offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Chanel Holland, age 36, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, today to a year and a day in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for obstructing an official proceeding. The charges were a result of an investigation showing...
