News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Allegedly Conspired to Import, Smuggle, and Sell Counterfeit Pandora Jewelry, Ray-Ban Sunglasses, and other Consumer Goods to Obtain More Than $2 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The former head coach of the men’s tennis team at the University of Texas at Austin pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with accepting a $100,000 bribe to secure the admission of a purported student-athlete to the university.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Joseph W. Cronin, Inspector in Charge of the Boston Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Stamford Police Chief Jonathan...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for 22 counts of Wire Fraud.
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: WASHINGTON - Candace Marie Claiborne, a former employee of the U.S. Department of State, pleaded guilty today to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, by lying to law enforcement and background investigators, and hiding her extensive contacts with, and gifts from, agents of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), in exchange for providing them with internal documents from the U.S. State Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Ronreco Lashawn Broughton, 38, of Moss Point, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to 120 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Broughton was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Saguaro National Park News Release 19-21.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JENNIFER GUILLOT (GUILLOT), age 40, of Chalmette, Louisiana was sentenced to serve 30 months in Federal Prison and two (2) years supervised release on April 17, 2019. She was charged by a Bill of Information for Bank Larceny, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(b).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Third Thursdays will bring longer hours and new programs to the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center this summer, as the Gettysburg National Military Park and Gettysburg Foundation extend opportunities to visit and explore the park.
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 DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Bernardino County man has been sentenced to 79 months in federal prison for conspiring to defraud the government out of more than $1.3 million in benefits, including Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster relief funds intended for victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - James Aubin, 46, of Dover, pleaded guilty in federal court on April 23, 2019, to committing a bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
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: LOS ANGELES - A public official in Los Angeles County’s Internal Services Department and the electrical contractor from whom he accepted nearly $300,000 in bribes have both agreed to plead guilty to bribery and tax charges.
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: CHICAGO - A federal judge has sentenced a Chicago man to 30 years in prison for leading an armed robbery crew that targeted stores on the city’s North and Northwest Sides.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that two men and one woman from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, convicted of Counterfeiting United States Currency and Possession of Stolen Firearms, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Ernest Eugene Leffew, 47, a former resident of Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to serve a total of 49 months in federal prison for possession of stolen mail and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. Leffew was also ordered to pay a $2,000 fine and $2,514 in restitution to multiple victims.
