News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Peter Wong, 61, founder and former CEO of Sunrise Shoes and Pedorthic Service Corporation, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to five years in prison for health care fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Harrisburg, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrests of Anu-Malik Johnson - a 21-year old York man - and Jonathon Julius Martin - a 31-year old man formerly of York.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - George Cruz, 30, of Nashua, Isaiah Kinard, 30 of Manchester, and Melvin Nooks, Jr., 29, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, have pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Roberta A. Guedes (40, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to mail fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a fraudulent scheme wherein she posed and practiced law as a licensed attorney. Guedes faces a maximum sentence of 22 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Shaun Salazar, 59, Bonner Springs, Kan., is charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. The crimes are alleged to have occurred Dec. 15, 2018, in Wyandotte County, Kan.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced DAVID CHRISTOPHER STUART, 33, of Clinton to 130 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERTO ACOSTA-TORRES, 59, of Hartford, was arrested today and charged in a federal criminal complaint with production of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: The Operation will surge federal law enforcement resources into seven of America’s most violent cities - including Memphis.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TORRENCE GAMBLE, also known as “Bones" and “Bone," 46, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 92 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his participation in a New Haven drug trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Jamiek Moore, 23, formerly of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Monday to 130 months’ imprisonment (10 years and 10 months) on his convictions for violating the federal narcotics and firearms and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W, Brady announced today. Following a two-day...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of MARTAVIS SHAWN DEMAR JAMES, 38, to 180 months in prison for the robbery and attempted robbery of 10 Twin Cities businesses. JAMES, who was convicted on May 17, 2019, was sentenced on Dec. 17, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - The United States Marshals Service has been so fortunate to be partnered with Peter St. James & Pat Kelly with the “NH Wake Up Show" featuring the “Fugitive of the Week" program for the State of New Hampshire. This program has continued to grow with each passing year and we continue to...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GORDON FREEDMAN, a doctor who practiced in New York, New York, pled guilty today to one count of distributing oxycodone and fentanyl to a patient for no legitimate medical purpose, which resulted in the overdose of the patient. FREEDMAN pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge ordered 48-year-old Bradley Lane Croft, owner of Universal K-9, Inc., to forfeit over one million dollars in assets derived from his scheme to defraud the federal government with respect to the use of GI Bill benefits to train service canines and their handlers...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: SAN DIEGO - The DEA and U.S. Coast Guard announced today a significant offload of drugs seized in international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Agents with the DEA and the crew of the USCG Cutter Bertholf offloaded 18,000 pounds of cocaine - worth an estimated $312 million - at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal in San Diego.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced the sentencing of James C. Hull, age 41, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as part of Operation Hidden Fee, an extensive federal, state, and local investigation by the Middle District Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) aimed at a drug trafficking network based and operating in Baton Rouge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal grand jury has returned an 18-count indictment against the founding superintendent of Zoe Learning Academy on charges of conspiracy, mail fraud, theft of government funds, money laundering and false bankruptcy declarations, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rob Portman (R-OH) applauded the Senate passage of their bipartisan bill to help save taxpayer dollars by updating policies to help federal agencies adopt electric...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: POTOMAC, Md.- Entrance fees for the Great Falls area at both Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md.) and Great Falls Park (Va.) will increase on Jan. 1, 2020 as part of the National Park Service’s ongoing efforts to address infrastructure needs and improve future visitor experiences.
By State Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following remarks before the House voted on articles of impeachment...
