News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: SEATTLE - Two Skagit County residents are charged in U.S. District Court in Seattle in connection with a drug distribution ring selling fake oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl in Whatcom and Skagit Counties. The pills are linked to the overdose death of a 17-year-old Bellingham teen. Rosaliana Lopez-Rodriguez, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An Easthampton attorney pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield to numerous financial fraud charges.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: White Sands National Monument Addresses Infrastructure Needs & Improves Visitor Experience.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Otha Ray Flowers, 37, of Jackson, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Henry T. Wingate to 8 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Flowers was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NORMAN WIGGINS, 28, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 23 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for unlawful possession of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Computer Solutions of Spokane, Inc., doing business as New Horizons Computer Learning Center (New Horizons Spokane), and its General Manager, Spirit Dorris, agreed to pay over $120,000 to resolve...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: Las Cruces Man Faces International Parental Kidnapping Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Carlo Varnado, age 41, of South Glens Falls, New York, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiring to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man previously convicted of multiple felony offenses, including robbery, burglary, and aggravated assault, was indicted today for unlawful possession of a handgun and possessing fake law enforcement officer credentials, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, a federal judge sentenced 51-year-old Texas Mexican Mafia member Robert Eugene Hernandez (aka “Gino") to 35 years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to extort money from drug traffickers operating in their territory without permission, announced U.S. Attorney John Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge today sentenced a Chicago man to more than 16 years in prison for shooting an agent from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR - The Department of Justice today announced that it has awarded more than $376 million in grant funding to enhance state, local, and tribal law enforcement operations and reinforce public safety efforts in jurisdictions across the United States. $2,790,908 will support public safety activities in the District of Puerto Rico. The awards were made by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: More than $77 Million Will Support Crime-Fighting Efforts in the District of Minnesota.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a full committee hearing on the Trump administration's immigration policies and children's development...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - Three Houston men have been sentenced for their participation in a rip crew, with the leader receiving a significant 30-year-term, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - David Weekly, 23, of Concord, pleaded guilty in federal court to unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Antonio Rivera, 36, of Williamsville, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The defendant was also ordered to pay $2,500,000 in restitution to CVS Pharmacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Ontario man was arrested today for allegedly playing a key role in an international drug-trafficking organization that was responsible for shipping more than 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine across the globe.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Saul Carrasco, age 35, of Simi Valley, California, pleaded guilty on Dec. 3, 2019, before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin.
