News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jeremiah Raye Post, age 33, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Felon In Possession Of Ammunition, in violation of Title 18...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement reacting to the Department of Interior's announcement of final revisions to their July 2018 proposed regulations that will weaken key aspects of the Endangered Species Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of the New Jersey Grape Street Crips appeared in court today on charges that include two attempted murders charged as part of a RICO conspiracy, as well as narcotics trafficking, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Canadian national was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison for running a $7.5 million Ponzi scheme in which he defrauded investors by posing as a successful beverage entrepreneur with close ties to well-known business executives and professional sports stars, including NBA star Stephen Curry.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Stephen M. Dickson was sworn in today by U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao as the 18th Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). An aviation industry professional with nearly 40 years of experience, Dickson is widely respected and assumes the role of Administrator of the agency during a critical moment for aviation safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - A federal jury has convicted Dravion Sanchez Ware for conducting a string of armed robberies targeting Asian owned-and-operated businesses in Atlanta, Doraville, Duluth, Roswell, Stone Mountain, and Norcross in October and November 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A second former postal employee who helped deliver marijuana which was mailed from California to Huntington over a period of several years pled guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Michael Mason Morton, 54, entered a guilty plea to distribution...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Fairview, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Stephen S. Landes, 29, of Roswell, New Mexico, pled guilty today to making interstate bomb threats, before the Honorable Richard G. Andrews, United States District Judge for the District of Delaware.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Stephen S. Landes, 29, of Roswell, New Mexico, pled guilty today to making interstate bomb threats, before the Honorable Richard G. Andrews, United States District Judge for the District of Delaware.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: In Midland today, 62-year-old David King pleaded guilty to a federal child pornography production charge, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, F.B.I. Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, Jr., El Paso Division, and Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 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 a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jose Velez, 36, of Buffalo, New York with five counts of distribution of heroin and fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two New Jersey men pled guilty today for their participation in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) in Fayette County, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Fuquan Hagler, 40, of East Orange, New Jersey, entered his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and Brian...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that NICHOLAS ZANEN, 46, of Belgium, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson to a conspiracy charge stemming from his role in an insider trading scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that BILL TSAI, an analyst at an investment bank with offices...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: DUBLIN, GA: A correctional officer at a federal prison has been charged in a 14-count indictment with accepting bribes in return for smuggling cigarettes to an inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: He Will Owe Over $1 Million to Medicare and Medicaid.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: Las Vegas - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold an auction Thursday, August 29 at 10 a.m. to sell 61 parcels of public land, totaling 893.35 acres. Parcels vary in size from 1.87 to 270 acres and are located throughout the Las Vegas Valley. Of the 61 parcels, 50 are within Clark County jurisdiction, 10 are within City of Las Vegas jurisdiction and one is within City of North Las Vegas jurisdiction.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A former Joplin, Mo., police officer pleaded guilty in federal court today to receiving and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a cyberstalking conspiracy that utilized GPS tracking devices to help carry out the murder of a Kansas City, Missouri, man.
