News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced six defendants from Shreveport and the surrounding area were sentenced this week and two Monroe residents pleaded guilty for drug distribution and federal firearms offenses. The firearms cases were brought as part of Project Safe...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeriel Slay, 29, of Brooklyn, NY, and co-defendant Sirr Wright, 44, of Norfolk, VA, who were each convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, were sentenced to serve 112 months and 48 months in prison respectively by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Ramon Lenoir, age 38, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Leff, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office, announced the arrest of Félix Santos Sepúlveda (Santos).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: Sentences. Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal sentenced ZACHARIAH ISAIAH MARES, 29, of Thornton, Colorado on December 9, 2019 for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Mares was arrested in Adams County, Colorado. He received thirty months of imprisonment, to be followed by forty-eight months...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Armand White, 32, of South Bend, Indiana, was charged in a criminal complaint for Hobbs Act robbery, bank robbery, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Daniel S. Dixon, Jr. Tubby, 39, a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, was sentenced Friday by Chief United States District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 33 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for sexual abuse of a minor within the Pearl...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Glenn Frierson, 39, of Shreveport, was sentenced this morning by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr., to 151 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Local authorities arrested Frierson on Jan. 15, 2019, in connection with the death of Shreveport Police Officer Chateri’ Payne.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Harley Wayne Batchelor, 28, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. A federal grand jury indicted Batchelor on March 12, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) announced that they have reached an agreement on a strategy for the Committee to pursue in addressing the nation’s surprise medical billing crisis.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: The staff at Big Thicket National Preserve encourages you to take advantage of the cooler days of winter and early spring by visiting your local national preserve. People can explore the preserve on their own or join preserve staff on some of the many ranger-led programs being offered throughout the next several months.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD - A former Loves Park woman pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Two Baltimore men, Stewart Williams, age 35, and Kelvin McFadden, age 26, have pleaded guilty to a federal robbery charge in connection with a series of four robberies of video game stores committed over a 12-day period. Williams and McFadden admitted that they brandished what appeared to be a firearm during each robbery. Williams entered his plea on Dec. 11, 2019, and McFadden entered his plea on Oct. 1, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding the United States’ Phase One trade deal with China.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: A resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty yesterday to multiple criminal copyright and money laundering charges related to his running of iStreamItAll, one of the biggest illegal television show and movie streaming services in the United States, and to his working as a computer programmer with...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News couple has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for their respective roles in manufacturing and trafficking narcotics in Hampton Roads.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following remarks in opposition of H.R. 3, partisan and dangerous legislation that would lead to fewer cures for patients...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man, dubbed the “Inconvenient Crook," was arrested this morning and charged in connection with the armed robbery of a Quincy convenience store.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On Dec. 2, 2019, Marcus Bryan Lee, 26, of Chinle, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 17.5 years’ imprisonment. Lee had previously pleaded guilty to second degree murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with selling fentanyl.
