News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Roland J. Bourgeois Jr., 55, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release on charges that, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, he shot at three young African-American men because of their race as the men attempted to evacuate New Orleans...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jerry Hayes, 71, of West Seneca, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to unlawfully mailing lottery tickets and related matter. The charge carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: A Waterloo marijuana user who possessed a gun and high-capacity magazine was sentenced yesterday to more than two years in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signed by U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ron Johnson (R-MN), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), John Barrasso (R-WY), Rob Portman (R-OH), Todd Young (R-IN), and Ted Cruz (R-TX) requesting more information on Jamal Khashoggi's murder.
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, this week hosted a South Korean delegation led by National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang in a meeting with committee members. Chairman Engel and Speaker Moon discussed shared interests in stability, peace, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Chicopee man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sergio Ramses Mucino, 48, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of tax evasion and conspiracy to unlawfully employ more than ten aliens during any 12-month period, was sentenced to serve 12 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Feb. 14, 2019 - A federal jury returned guilty verdicts today on all counts against James Frei, 50, of Union Mills, North Carolina, after a trial on child pornography related offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee. Frei was indicted in...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Bryan Campbell, 27, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 15 years and one month in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release on his convictions for conspiring to rob three area banks, armed bank robbery, attempted armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Previously Had His Nursing License Revoked in 2008 for Similar Conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Two men made their initial appearances in federal court yesterday on charges related to the possession of 65 firearms, including machine guns, and silencers, stolen at a Las Vegas gun show last month, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Ray Roundtree of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Bank Offers Reward for Armed Bank Robbery.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Representatives from a variety of federal and state law enforcement agencies, as well as nonprofit organizations hit the streets of Charlotte early Thursday morning to target potential human traffickers and aid victims in the hours leading up to NBA All-Star 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service seeks public comment on a proposal to develop seasonal housing for concessions employees in Yellowstone National Park at the West Entrance and Canyon Village.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: HARTFORD, CT - Brian D. Boyle Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Orlando Quiros, also known as “O" and “Gordo, 42, formerly of New Britain and Suffield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 136 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for cocaine trafficking and firearm possession offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Roger Dale Boshers was sentenced today to 150 months in prison for coercing and enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Spradlin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable William H. Orrick, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Chicopee man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Ronny Mota, age 29, of Bronx, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A man who had owned Stat Source, Inc., has been ordered to prison for willfully failed to truthfully account for and pay over employment taxes to the IRS, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick along with Special Agent in Charge D. Richard Goss of IRS - Criminal Investigation (CI). Jonathan Adam Van Pelt pleaded guilty Nov. 8, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 12, 2019, a grand jury sitting in Greeneville, Tennessee, returned an nine-count indictment against Xiaorong You, a/k/a Shannon You, 56, of Lansing, Michigan, and Liu Xiangchen, 61, of Shandong Province, China, for conspiracy to commit theft of trade secret information (TSI) related to formulations for bisphenol-A-free (BPA-free) coatings. You was also indicted on seven counts of theft of trade secrets and one count of wire fraud.
