News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Husband’s Brother Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Receipt of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Justin David Peters, of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, has admitted to failing to update his sex offender registry, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ruben Ruiz Jr., 27, of Escondido, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to 10 years in prison for possessing heroin for distribution, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - James Strohm, 47, a Philadelphia police officer and resident of Philadelphia, was charged today by Complaint and Warrant with distribution and attempted distribution of child pornography, announced United States Attorney William M. McSwain. If convicted of this offense the defendant faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years’ incarceration.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Dyshawn Fisher, age 24, of Troy, New York, was arraigned Monday on a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Williams announced that former Mayor of Reading, Vaughn Spencer, 71, of Reading, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 96 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and a $35,000 fine by the Honorable Juan R. Sanchez, Chief Judge, United States District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Donald L. White, 24, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to bank robbery. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Tuesday, after a six-day trial, a federal jury found Jaime Mayorga, 40, and Ruben Rodriguez, 42, both of Sacramento, guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The president and founder of a Falmouth mortgage company was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with defrauding the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) out of approximately $2.5 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Herman Terrell Govan, of Inwood, West Virginia, has admitted to selling fentanyl, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Michael Westfahl, 37, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, is charged with three counts of being a felon in possession of firearms. The indictment alleges that on Nov. 17, 2018, he possessed a.45 caliber handgun; that on Dec. 1, 2018, he possessed a.308 rifle; and that on Dec. 21, 2018, he possessed a loaded.223 rifle, a loaded.40 caliber handgun, and a loaded. 38 caliber handgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEXANDER CALDERON, 23, of Thomaston, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin and crack cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve management has determined there is no longer adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in all areas of the 1980 additions to Denali National Park and Preserve except the area from the North Fork of the Eldridge Glacier to Windy Creek in Cantwell.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Pinedale, Wyo. - The Jonah Interagency Office (JIO) and Pinedale Anticline Project Office (PAPO) Boards of Directors will meet at the BLM Pinedale Field Office, May 9. The PAPO Board meeting is scheduled for 8:30-10 a.m. The JIO Board will meet immediately after the PAPO meeting and is expected to conclude by 11:30 a.m. Both meetings are open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Embezzlement and Theft from a Tribal Organization and Larceny.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: DENVER - Dr. John Alan Littleford, DO, age 73, of Manhattan, Kansas and formerly of Parker, Colorado, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to serve 87 months in federal prison followed by 3 years on supervised release for charges related to the illegal distribution...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jonathan L. Thompson, 31, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison today by U.S. District Court Judge William M. Conley on nine counts of aiding and abetting bank robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm. Thompson was convicted on Jan. 30, 2019, after a three-day jury trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Four Florida men were charged in a complaint partially unsealed today in federal court in Boston in connection with the fraudulent abuse of the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Informed Delivery electronic notification system.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Wyatt, 38, of Rochester, New York, and Andre Cunningham, 25, also of Rochester, pleaded guilty, before Chief United States District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that two Nigerian nationals have been charged in a 13-count indictment alleging they engaged in an online scheme to defraud victims of bitcoin virtual currency.
