News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Overstayed Visitor Visa and Illegally Worked under False Name.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
Release: BANGOR, Maine - Nationally, the number of passengers expected to fly this spring and summer is expected to be the highest in years with more than 2.3 million passengers per day expected to pass through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints during the popular spring and summer travel period.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man, Juan Isom, 55, pled guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Michael Peterson, age 48, of Alpharetta, Georgia, on April 26, 2019, to five years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after Peterson pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Thomas Gillen Admits to Conspiring to Riot in Connection with the August 2017 “Unite the Right" Rally in Charlottesville.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -On Tuesday, April 30, 2019, the Subcommittee on Environment will hold a hearing on “Climate Change, Part II: The Public Health Effects."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Lawrence woman also pleads guilty to fentanyl conspiracy.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota issued the following statement on the passing of former Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Michael Lewis Killin, age 46, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Possession Of Firearm In Furtherance Of Drug Trafficking Crime, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c), punishable by not less than 5 years imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - An indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in Providence on Friday charges seven individuals with allegedly participating in a “card cracking" scheme, with the intent of defrauding banks of approximately a million dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced today that on May 1, 2019, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine, the York County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI, and York County District Attorney’s Office will present the TRUST (Teach mutual Respect and Understanding through SimulaTion) Program to about 50 Massabesic High School students at Massabesic High School, located at 88 West Road, in Waterboro, Maine.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Three artists have been selected to participate in the 2019 Artist-in-Residence Program at Glacier National Park. The artists are Amory Abbott, Chad Farnes and Nic Fischer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: A Detroit, Michigan, man was sentenced for knowingly and intentionally distributing fentanyl in Huntington, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Joshua McCarver, 20, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Huntington Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - DEA Special Operations Division Special Agent in Charge Christopher T. Tersigni and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced today the extradition of Muhammad Khalid Khan for attempting to import heroin into the United States and laundering what he believed...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Burlington, VT - The U.S. Marshals-District of Vermont is currently searching for a man wanted for murder and sexual assault on a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose Rodrigo Silva-Oliveira, 43, a Brazilian citizen living in New Jersey, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with transporting aliens for financial gain or commercial advantage. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KENNETH J. PEDROLI, 60, of Stony Brook, New York, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud related to a scheme to defraud an Illinois-based company.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS CIRINO, also known as “Gordo" and “G," 42, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 135 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND, Ind. - Jay Joshi, 34, of Woodridge, Ill., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to 15 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release, a $7,500 fine, and a $100 special assessment after pleading guilty to the felony offense of dispensing hydrocodone, an opioid, outside the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Abdul Karim Oluwafemi Adepoju, 33, of Fairbanks, was sentenced on Friday, April 26, by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to serve 68 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. In January 2019, Adepoju pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of a controlled substance.
