News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: A man who admitted to being a money collector for a large‑scale ice methamphetamine distribution operation was sentenced February 7, 2019, to thirteen years in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A joint collaborative effort between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and members of HSI’s Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations, and Australian federal authorities...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: TAMPA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) office partnered with Clear Channel Outdoor on a Tampa Bay area human trafficking awareness outreach campaign utilizing billboards across the region.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: MONROE, La. - The Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that Quintail Credit, a former officer at the Richwood Correctional Center, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday for his role in a conspiracy to cover up the physical assault of five inmates by officers. Credit...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a former Ravn Alaska supervisor has been sentenced for stealing mail, including Apple computers destined for school districts in Alaska villages, from the U.S. Postal Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: Defendant Tried to Trick Victims Into Believing They Won Mega Millions Lottery.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Keniel Thomas, 29, a Jamaican national, was sentenced today to 71 months in prison for trying to extort money from a couple in Washington D.C., who he tried to trick into believing they won the Mega Millions lottery, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Nancy McNamara, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Benjamin Macias, 40, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 12 years in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine, distributing cocaine, possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: On February 6, 2019, a former Palm Beach County School Police Officer was sentenced federally for filing a false income tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Chesapeake Sheriff’s Deputy was arrested this morning on charges related to his role in smuggling heroin into the Chesapeake City Jail.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Wesley Dallas Ayers, 27, of Anderson, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court for using, attempting to use, and threatening to use weapons of mass destruction; possession and discharge of a firearm in furtherance ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Tyvon Bannister, also known as “Turtle," a member of the Crips-affiliated Cypress Gangsta Crips (CGC) street gang, was sentenced by United States District Judge Brian M. Cogan to 30 years’ imprisonment following his conviction for the July 8, 2014 murder of Rayvon Henreques. Bannister pleaded guilty in May 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: Multiple park facilities damaged by significant snowfall earlier this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser announced yesterday that ORLIN DANERI SUAZO-SUAZO, age 29, was charged in a two-count indictment for misuse of a Social Security number and reentry of deported alien, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 408(a)(7)(B) and 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), respectively.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Leff, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office, announced the arrest of Hector J. Sanchez Morales.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: Four men from Toledo were indicted for firearms crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Antonio Rivera, 35, of Williamsville, NY, was arrested and charged by complaint with theft of pre-retail medical products; trafficking in stolen pre-retail medical products; conspiracy to sell and distribute stolen pre-retail medical products; and wire fraud. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Daniel Thompson, a/k/a “Daniel Walker," 21, formerly of South Paris, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy Torresen to five years in prison and three years of supervised release for maliciously damaging property used in interstate commerce by fire. He was also ordered to pay over $184,000 in restitution. Thompson pleaded guilty on Aug. 10, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F Shappert announced today that a nine-member administrative team in the Virgin Islands U.S. Attorney’s Office (VI-USAO) has been recognized for their extraordinary service, following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. In September of 2017, the VI-USAO became the only USAO to encounter...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Lon R. Sweeney, age 53, making threats against a federal employee and assault of federal officers.
