News from August 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: A potentially useful material for building quantum computers has been unearthed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), whose scientists have found a superconductor that could sidestep one of the primary obstacles standing in the way of effective quantum logic circuits.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Michael Alex Miller, 19, of Gulfport, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 70 months in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for accessing with intent to view visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. B A Durham resident was sentenced today in federal court in Winston-Salem on bank fraud and wire fraud charges, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Kristina Blake, 29, of Northfield, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: NEWARK - The United States has reached agreements with the election boards for Ocean and Union counties to ensure people with disabilities can physically access polling locations, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. -Following a two-week trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict against Rafael Antonio Fabian for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute narcotics, specifically crack cocaine. When sentenced by United States Chief District Court Judge Dora L. Irizarry, the defendant faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life imprisonment. Chief Judge Irizarry ordered the defendant remanded.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Robert Hammac, 45, a former officer of the Lake Charles Police Department, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge James D. Cain Jr. for using excessive force against an arrestee, announced U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph for the Western District of Louisiana, Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and FBI’s New Orleans Field Office Acting Special Agent in Charge Andrew Anderson.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Stormey Angel Lois-Hite, of Anmoore, West Virginia, was sentenced today to three years probation with the first six months on home detention for a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: FBI Warns of Scammers Spoofing FBI Phone Numbers in Southern California to Trick Victims Using Threats, Intimidation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-Crow Agency resident Ralph Kenneth Costa was sentenced today to two years in prison and three years of supervised release after he admitted to assault charges for dragging the victim with his vehicle, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Donald Johnson, 34, of Nashua, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy on Aug. 14, 2019, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit bank fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Joshua Carey, age 38, of Stamford, New York, and Ariel Machia, age 28, of Middleburgh, New York, were sentenced today to 40 years and 30 years in prison, respectively, for their sexual exploitation of an infant.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A man from El Dorado was indicted Wednesday on charges that even though he already was a registered sex offender he produced and distributed child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that HENRY BABIN, age 29, of Gonzales, Louisiana, pled guilty before Brian A. Jackson to possessing child pornography. As a result of his conviction, Babin faces a term of imprisonment, a fine, and a period of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), the Chairman of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Katie Porter (D-Calif.) wrote to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A Busby man who admitting having sex with a minor on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in 2017 was sentenced today to 37 months in prison and to five years of supervised release, said U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man who allegedly sold nearly two kilograms of fentanyl and nearly 400 grams of heroin while under surveillance by members of the DEA Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday on fentanyl and heroin trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Tataw Ayuk-Arrey Obenson, age 21, of Burtonsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty on Aug. 14, 2019, to interference with interstate commerce by robbery; and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: Defendants Conspired to Defraud Government Tax Systems by Hiding Cash Sales, Funneling Proceeds to Overseas Accounts, and Failing to Pay Some Employment Taxes on Workers.
