News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Teresa D. Hudrlik, of Valley Grove, West Virginia, was sentenced today to six months incarceration for committing wire fraud while employed by the City of Wheeling, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: ST. LOUIS - The National Response Team (NRT) of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) arrived on-scene Tuesday to join agents from the St. Louis ATF Office in investigating the fire that destroyed the Woodard Cleaning and Restoration warehouse in Rock Hill, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Alex Alberto Castro received 42 years in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine. A federal jury convicted Castro in October 2018. He was the lead defendant of a 20-defendant drug conspiracy that began in 2013 and continued until all defendants were arrested in 2017. Chief United States District Judge Robert J. Jonker handed down the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury in Chicago has convicted the self-appointed bishop of a Pennsylvania ministry of forcing church members to work certain jobs, pocketing their earnings, and directing them to defraud various hotels.
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: PROVIDENCE, RI - Four Nigerian nationals who admitted to participating in a large-scale bank fraud and counterfeit passport scheme in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, with an intended loss of more than $1.2 million dollars, have been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence, announced United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Peter C. Fitzhugh.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Cameron Dixon, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Bryant Calloway a/k/a “Bigs," 32, of Philadelphia, was convicted today by a jury of one count of murder. He was also convicted of one count of conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base; one count of using, carrying...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: ORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 23-year-old legal permanent resident of Katy has been convicted of transporting illegal aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ann Marie Stankus, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, has admitted to distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Felon in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on Feb. 19, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
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: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Fawzi Al-Arashi, 41, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, was sentenced to serve 12 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Gaithersburg Tax Preparer Indicted for Preparing False Tax Returns and Identity Theft.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Richland Operations Office (RL) has awarded occupational medical services contractor HPM Corporation (HPMC).
By EPA Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 10:00 am in the John D. Dingell...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-Billings resident James Nevels, III, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release today for trafficking methamphetamine in the Billings community, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
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: AIKEN, S.C. - An organization managed by the management and operations contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently expanded its continuing training to strengthen its nuclear materials operations and employees’ knowledge of work procedures.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Today, House and Senate Democrats sent Education Secretary Betsy DeVos a second request for information regarding an abandoned effort to replace the Department’s Acting Inspector General, an independent watchdog tasked with investigating allegations of fraud, waste, and criminal wrongdoing within the...
