News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Orneth South, age 49, of Charlotte, North Carolina, pleaded guilty late on February 6, 2019, to robberies of two armored vehicles - one in Maryland on Jan. 22, 2018, and one in North Carolina on February 9, 2015. South has a 2007 armed robbery conviction in the Eastern District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man today admitted in federal court to participating in a conspiracy to sell fentanyl and firearms to a person assisting the FBI Rhode Island Safe Street Task Force in a Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Brandon Edelman, age 32, of South Bend, Indiana was convicted of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking offense, and possession of a firearm after having previously been convicted of a felony, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced that JOSE LOPEZ, a/k/a “Joey," was arrested yesterday for selling heroin that caused the death of Luxi Gong in October 2018. LOPEZ was presented yesterday in Manhattan federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry B. Pitman.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Bedford, Mass. man was arrested late last night on a federal arrest warrant in Key West, Fla., and charged in connection with a kidnapping that began in Concord, Mass., and ended in Connecticut.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Today’s first hearing in the 116th Congress of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee highlighted the importance of finding solutions to America’s infrastructure needs; solutions that include the safe integration of innovative technologies and reducing the length of the project delivery process.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John B. Devito, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"), James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD")...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: A 36-year-old resident of Grove was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for possessing an unregistered “pipe bomb" discovered at his former Afton residence last August, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Today, the House Judiciary Committee announced that the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law will hold a hearing on competition in the wireless market on Feb. 14, 2019 at 10: 0 a.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building. This hearing will provide an opportunity for the Antitrust ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and John Hoeven (R-ND) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to develop and retain highly-skilled cybersecurity professionals in the federal workforce. Agencies across...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Brandon Edelman, age 32, of South Bend, Indiana was convicted of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking offense, and possession of a firearm after having previously been convicted of a felony, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Former Officer at Louisiana Correctional Center Pleads Guilty for Role in Conspiracy to Cover Up Physical Assault of Five Inmates.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that PASCAL CALOGERO, III, age 59, a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, pleaded guilty yesterday before United States District Judge Sarah S. Vance to the one-count bill of information pending against CALOGERO, which charged him with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 1594(c).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Four people were indicted in federal court for firearms crimes. Indicted are: Jevonn Goolsby, 29, of Akron; Seirgio Kindell, 30, of Canton; Charles E. Goode Jr., 37, of Lakewood, and Dwayne J. Wilson, 34, of Euclid. Goolsby is charged with being a felon in possession of ammunition. Goolsby possessed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Defendant Trafficked Heroin while on State Probation; Toddler in Car with Drug Stash in Reach.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced that Joseph F. Wiseman, Jr., 58, of Roswell, Georgia, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge today, for his role in a bribery scheme involving three former top Buncombe County Officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Jennifer Dwyer, 48, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, has been indicted on a charge that she embezzled more than $2 million over a ten-year period from her Lyndonville employer, Northeast Agriculture Sales, Inc. (“NEAG"). Dwyer...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A former Virginia Beach probation officer was sentenced today to eight years in prison for committing bank and wire fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Mr. President: Today, I want to express my strong concerns about countries around the world potentially implementing discriminatory tax laws that target U.S.-based multinational companies operating in the high-tech, or digital, industry. Let me be very clear right from the outset. These countries should...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: ALBANY - A convicted felon with an extensive criminal history was sentenced to 100 months for possession of a firearm today in federal court, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. James T. Parker, 36, of Leary, GA, was sentenced to 100 months, plus...
