News from December 2019
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: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for cashing fraudulently obtained tax refund checks issued by the U.S. Treasury, unlawfully utilizing the stolen identities of residents of Puerto Rico to effectuate the scheme, and tampering with a witness, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that defendants Joseph Fabiilli, 58, of Middle Village, New York, and Christopher Knight, 55, of Forest Hills, New York, were charged by Indictment and arrested for conspiracy to commit securities fraud and securities fraud, related to their manipulation of the securities of Mainstream Entertainment, Inc., n/k/a Volt Solar Systems, Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William Jung today sentenced Mark Edward Allen (61, St. Petersburg) to five years in federal prison for attempting to destroy United States government property with an improvised explosive device. Allen was arrested on June 1, 2019. He had pleaded guilty on Sept. 23, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A South Los Angeles man was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison for robbing more than half a dozen credit unions - including two additional credit union robberies he committed while he was out on bond awaiting trial on federal bank robbery charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Roslyn, New York, man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for demanding bribes in exchange for his assistance in securing contracts between a Texas financial services company and two New Jersey information technology staffing companies, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, sent letters to Google and Apple seeking information related to whether they require mobile application developers to disclose potential overseas affiliations before making their products available to U.S. users.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs today announced awards of more than $333 million to help communities affected by the opioid crisis. $4,096,482 will help public safety and public health professionals in the Western District of Michigan combat substance abuse and...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Changa Bush (41, New York) has pleaded guilty to possession of credit card manufacturing equipment. He faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison, plus an additional penalty for violating his parole. Bush is currently on parole out of New York for assault causing serious physical injury; he has been detained since his arrest on September 6, 2019. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: Travel on the majority of the Teton Park Road, Moose-Wilson Road, and Signal Mountain Summit Road within Grand Teton National Park is now open to over-snow access only. The designated portions of these roads now accommodate winter recreation, and the use of wheeled vehicles is prohibited for the season.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Willie Lee Lewis (48, Ocala) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Lewis had pleaded guilty on March 12, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Hemet man recently pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting a Highland woman in making false statements in acquisition of a firearm, a charge to which she pleaded guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: For Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: Allegedly Collected Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Cash Payments by Falsely Telling the Victims that a Relative-Typically a Grandchild-Needed Money for Bail, Legal Fees, and Other Expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Hassan Alqahtani, 28, of Saudi Arabia, made an initial appearance in federal court in Albuquerque today on a criminal complaint charging him with illegal possession of a firearm by an alien admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Anthony David Diehlman (41, Ocala) to six years and six months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Diehlman had pleaded guilty on July 9, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: RENO, Nev. - Building on the Trump Administration’s ongoing efforts to reduce the threat of wildfires through active management, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada State Office issued a new policy to limit fire risk from power lines crossing BLM-managed public lands. The policy provides guidance for effective vegetation management within and adjacent to electric transmission and distribution line rights-of-way, also known as ROWs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Eric Kurrelmeyer, 32, Maiden Rock, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 12 years in federal prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for distributing child pornography. Kurrelmeyer pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 3, 2019.
