News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 40-year-old resident of Atlanta, Georgia, resident has been sentenced to prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Derrick Ervin pleaded guilty Nov. 19, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - While Katherine Hernandez is new to DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM), she already finds it comfortable and familiar.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jacob Tunison, 29, of Olean, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production of child pornography. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum penalty of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged three Cincinnati men in a narcotics conspiracy punishable by at least 10 years up to life in prison in an indictment returned here February 6 and unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Cara Dubaskas, age 26, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, received a time served sentence of seven months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release on Feb. 15, 2019, by United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for conspiring to distribute heroin, crack cocaine, and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Brian P. Hale Named Assistant Director of the Office of Public Affairs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Cameron Carlucci, 27, of Philadelphia, PA, entered a guilty plea today to a federal indictment which charged him with two counts of distribution of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography. The indictment...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A local man has pled guilty to six counts of Hobbs Act robbery and two counts of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty plea today.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: KENNETT SQUARE, PA - After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has entered a consent judgment ordering Blown Away Dry Bar and Salon - based in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania - to pay a $40,000 settlement to a fired hair stylist. The legal action resolves a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to more than 15 years in prison for conspiring to distribute and possess heroin and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: The conspirators helped illegal aliens obtain Michigan driver’s licenses. These aliens had criminal convictions that previously led to their removal to the Dominican Republic.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, a former detention officer at the Bexar County Adult Detention Center (BCADC) was sentenced to three years in federal prison for a scheme to smuggle methamphetamine to inmates, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart will hold a press conference tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 10:30a.m., to discuss developments regarding health care fraud related matters.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Christopher Anthony Samuels, 37, of Montego Bay, Jamaica, appeared in federal court and pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and importation related charges. U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer presided over today’s plea hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Fairbanks, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Eric Whitebread, 43, resident of North Pole, Alaska, was sentenced on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline, to 15 years in prison, to be followed by a 35-year term of supervised release, for distribution and receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged three Cincinnati men in a narcotics conspiracy punishable by at least 10 years up to life in prison in an indictment returned here February 6 and unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Allen Malcolm Stienke, 35, of Robertsdale, Alabama, was sentenced on the charge of felon in possession of a firearm. Court documents reflect that Steinke was in a vehicle stopped by the Elberta police for displaying...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- A Huntington man was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment today for embezzling over $80,000 of his brother’s Veteran’s benefits, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. In addition to the 6 months imprisonment, Washington will spend 6 months on home confinement following his...
