News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Two residents of Butler County, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of mail fraud, conspiracy to commit mail fraud, embezzlement from a healthcare benefit program, conspiracy to commit money laundering, money laundering and false statement in a loan application, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: Planned an Armed Home Invasion after Owner of “doitforstate.com" Refused to Sell.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - An Indian national was extradited to the United States from Singapore to face charges related to his role as an operator of a “call center" network that targeted U.S. victims. The massive India-based telephone impersonation fraud and money laundering conspiracy defrauded thousands of U.S. residents out of hundreds of millions of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - ALANNA JEAN ORR, 50, of Oklahoma City, has been charged with felony murder of a child in Indian Country, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 23-year-old El Salvadorian citizen has pleaded guilty for his role in a horrific gang slaying, admitting he and two others murdered a teenager in the Sam Houston National Forest, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: CONCORD, NH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited DCI Inc. for exposing employees to crushing and struck-by hazards at its Lisbon, New Hampshire, manufacturing plant. The furniture manufacturer faces a total of $378,488 in penalties after OSHA found 37 violations of workplace safety and health standards at the facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: One defendant admits ties to Mexican drug cartels.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn today announced the promotion of four Assistant U.S. Attorneys to supervisory posts within the Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: An Akron man was charged in federal court with bank fraud and possession of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser announced that KEITH ANTHONY RAMIREZ, age 34, pled guilty before the United States District Court to a one-count Indictment charging him with bank robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Gregory Pritchett, 47, of Covington, was sentenced today, by United States District Judge David L. Bunning, to a total of 242 months in federal prison, for unlawfully possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Wagner, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault of an Intimate Partner by Strangulation and Suffocation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: Fifth Defendant Pleads Guilty to Laundering Millions of Dollars of Hard Narcotics Proceeds for Sinaloa Cartel.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on April 18, 2019, Robert Joe Kinney, Sr., age 59, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A Jarvey for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. Kinney was sentenced to 140 months in prison to be followed by a term of supervised release of eight years.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Beverly man was sentenced today in connection with mailing threatening letters containing suspicious white powder to high-profile individuals, law enforcement officials and others.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Three Camden men have been convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to sell cocaine base (crack cocaine), furanyl fentanyl, and heroin, distributing and possessing with intent to distribute these drugs, being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun, and witness tampering, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: In June of 2019, Big Thicket National Preserve, in partnership with Conservation Legacy, the Texas Historic Commission, Caddo Mounds State Historic Site, and others will be hosting the 2019 Preserve America Youth Summit. During this four day youth summit, more than 50 middle and high school students...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Darnell Antonio Mills, 38, of McClain, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 278 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On April 19, 2019, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against Lawrence James Halamek, 36, of Safford, Ariz., after a four-day trial before District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps. Halamek was convicted of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and travel...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Philadelphia Field Division along with its partners in the Philadelphia Police and Fire Departments, and the Philadelphia Fire Marshal’s Office, announced today the arrest of Joseph Wolbert from Philadelphia, in connection with the 4-alarm fire that occurred on April 7, 2019, at the Thrifty Irishman Thrift Store, located at 2226 East Butler Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
