News from August 2019
By USDA Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
Release: Summary:The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has added Cambodia to the list of regions affected by African swine fever (ASF). On April 3, 2019, the Cambodian veterinary authorities reported an ASF occurrence to the World Organization of Animal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Mojtaba Biria, age 68, and a citizen of Germany, was sentenced today to time served (approximately 21 months in jail) for conspiring to unlawfully export gas turbine parts from the United States to Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - The pastor of a Sharonville church has been charged federally with coercing a minor female in a criminal complaint that details interactions with two alleged victims.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: POCATELLO, Idaho - Lex Bennett Goodwin, 34, of Pocatello, was sentenced to 100 years in federal prison for producing, transporting, and possessing child pornography, Brad Bench of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Seattle Field Office and U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brandon Barclay, 31, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to distribution of fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Julius Hatten, Jr., 29, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Hamlin, West Virginia man pled guilty to being in possession of a sawed off shotgun that was not registered with the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jeffery Turley admitted that on March 17, 2018, he was in possession of a sawed off shotgun that was not registered.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Nicholas Slatten, 35, a former security guard for Blackwater USA, was sentenced today to life in prison without parole for committing first-degree murder in the killing of Ahmed Haithem Ahmed Al Rubia’y, one of 14 unarmed civilians who were killed in a shooting by Blackwater guards that took place at Nisur Square in Bagdhad on Sept. 16, 2007.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Ronald Collins, 39, of Greenbrier County, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for federal gun crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. The sentence was an upward departure from the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. The Court found that Collins obstructed justice when he assaulted...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
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By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Clarksburg, WV - The U.S. Marshals in the Northern District of West Virginia have located a missing child from Webster County in Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: WAYCROSS, Ga. -- Two drug traffickers, including an illegal alien with ties to a Mexican drug cartel, will spend more than a decade in federal prison after sentencing in a methamphetamine conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A north suburban man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for distributing thousands of sexually explicit images and videos of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
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By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Galvan L. Betonie, 25, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Smith Lake, N.M., was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 216 months of imprisonment for his conviction on two aggravated child sexual abuse charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was arraigned in federal court today for extorting $100,000 from another person who was visiting Las Vegas, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Dominique Lavelle Oatis, of Centralia, Illinois, pleaded guilty today to an indictment charging him with distribution of methamphetamine (3 counts), carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The offenses all occurred in Centralia in March 2018. Oatis, 28, remains in custody without bond after he was arrested on the charges in Kansas earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Jeffrey Stoneburner II, age 38, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after his guilty plea to transportation of child pornography, announced U.S Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment yesterday charging DR. JENNIFER FARRELL, 37, with 35 counts of distribution of narcotics without a legitimate medical purpose.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that José Ruben Gil, 53, of Bell Gardens, California was sentenced to serve 144 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo, following Gil’s conviction for operating a continuing criminal enterprise and his role in a money laundering conspiracy.
