News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: Defendant Falsely Claimed that He Was the Sole Provider For His Children and that They Lived with Him.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that it has resolved its inquiry into complaints that certain units at the Severance Corners housing complex were built with architectural barriers that made them inaccessible to people with disabilities in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The matter was handled by United States Attorney’s Office and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Jada Gean, 31, has been sentenced to 115 months imprisonment on federal charges for conspiracy to distribute 26 grams of actual methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Daniel Flores-Ventura, a/k/a “Necio," age 26, of Aspen Hill, Maryland, today to 30 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for his participation in the racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, including a murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JOSE DE JESUS ALVAREZ-BRIONES, age 20, was charged on Monday, Aug. 26, 2019 in federal court in a one-count Bill of Information for illegal use of a Social Security Number.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - This morning, “Fugitive of the Week," Stephen Reagan, 24, was arrested hiding in a closet in Milton by members of the U.S. Marshals - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force. Reagan was being sought on an outstanding parole violation warrant on his original conviction and sentence for theft by unauthorized taking. Reagan also has an extensive criminal history involving drugs, thefts, assaults and weapons.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: Alan Safahi Charged In Connection With Alleged Bank and Wire Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Federal Bureau of Prisons Corrections Officer Carlos Ochoa, age 33, of Puerto Rico, was sentenced today in two separate cases to a total of 120 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Fabjan Alameti, a New York City resident who was arrested at a Bozeman shooting range, today pleaded guilty to charges of making false statements involving international terrorism to the FBI, announced U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme for the District of Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - An associate of a former U.S. Border Patrol (BP) agent has been sentenced to for conspiring to accept money in return for helping to smuggle marijuana and other illegal drugs into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: DEA Takes Administrative Action and Immediately Suspends Seven Pharmacies and Two Providers; DOJ Also Announces Expansion of Health Care Fraud Strike Force into Rio Grande Valley and San Antonio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal Grand Jury returned a 28 count indictment yesterday against a Las Vegas businessman for aiding in the preparation of false tax returns, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan for the IRS-Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced that former Buncombe County Manager, Wanda Greene, three former County employees, and a County contractor involved in embezzlement schemes that defrauded the County of hundreds of thousands of dollars were sentenced to prison today by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced to 24 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Shanton Penn, 27, of Charleston, previously pled guilty to distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced MICHAEL ANTONIO GATLING, 37, of Raleigh, North Carolina, to 57 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised released.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is leading the effort to bring smart cities standards to the nation’s public safety community. Today, DHS S&T is launching a smart cities technology integration pilot in St. Louis, Missouri, in collaboration with both the city and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - More than 50 people have been indicted on federal charges as a result of a three-year investigation to identify traffickers behind a rising tide of heroin, fentanyl and other drugs on the streets of Manhattan, Kan., U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man has been charged in a federal complaint with charges related to a fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A doctor and nurse were charged in a 15 count indictment alleging they conspired to prescribe opioids not in the usual course of professional practice, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Daniel W. Neill of the DEA.
