News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin will join the DEA on April 27th for its 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The biannual event is an effort to rid homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs and will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at thousands of collection sites around the country, including law enforcements agencies within the Middle District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford man was indicted today in federal court in Boston on a federal drug charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Oscar Simmons, Jr., of Dayton, Ohio, was sentenced today to 108 months incarceration for drug distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Eminence, MO: The annual Junior Ranger Day event at Ozark National Scenic Riverways will be held at Alley Spring on Friday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A resident of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal firearms and narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
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: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of then-Gov. Christopher J. Christie’s senior staff was sentenced today to 13 months in prison for her role in a scheme to punish the mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey, by misusing Port Authority resources to cause traffic problems in the borough, Attorney for the United States Mark Coyne announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jarvell Kent, 21, and Olona Roba, 20, of Washington, D.C., have been sentenced to 10-year prison terms on federal charges stemming from their involvement in a total of four armed robberies that were committed in three quadrants of the District of Columbia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: In the case of United States v. Hansmeier, et al., defendants PAUL R. HANSMEIER and JOHN L. STEELE will be sentenced on June 4, 2019, before Judge Joan N. Ericksen in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota. HANSMEIER and STEELE were charged and convicted of orchestrating a multi-million dollar...
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: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on April 22, 2019, Jeffrey Melgar (age: 33), of Appleton, Wisconsin, was sentenced to a term of ten years in federal prison, followed by six years of supervised release, for possessing with the intent to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a) and (b)(1)(A).
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
Release: BOSTON - Massachusetts residents who want to board an airplane will soon need a star on their driver’s license, indicating that it is a REAL ID credential or they will need another form of approved identification to board their flight or enter a secure federal facility or military base. Massachusetts’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Jose Daniel Molina, 36, of Veracruz, Mexico, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter for illegally possessing a revolver and a shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford man was indicted today in federal court in Boston on a federal drug charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Matthew Lagoe, 34, of Jamesville, New York, was sentenced today to serve 24 months in prison, to be flowed by a three-year term of supervised release for attempting to possess with intent to distribute the drug MDMA, also known by its street name ecstasy, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Kevin M. Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - The former Linn County Attorney pleaded guilty today to federal charges of stealing 350 to 500 items including electronics and equipment that belonged to the county, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today. The estimated value of the items is $75,000.
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: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 21-year-old Mexican national living in Liberty, Texas, has been convicted of federal kidnapping charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted opening bank accounts and recruiting others to open bank accounts as a conduit for stolen funds in connection with a wide-ranging business email compromise scheme, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito 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.
