News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Aaron Hicks, a/k/a Boog, a/k/a Boogy, 34, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute marijuana, was sentenced to serve 30 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. In addition, Judge Arcara ordered the defendant to forfeit $10,400,000 in proceeds from illegal drug trafficking activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), James D. Robnett, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of the Internal Revenue Service...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Harold Blackwolf Jr., 35, of Warm Springs, Oregon, pleaded guilty today to two counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury today indicted Christopher Paul Hasson, age 49, of Silver Spring, Maryland, on federal charges for unlawful possession of silencers, for possession of firearms by a drug addict and unlawful user, and for possession of a controlled substance. Hasson was arrested on related charges on Feb. 15, 2019, and has been detained since his arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Travis Jonathon Card, 38, of Westbrook, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy Torresen to five years and ten months in prison and three years of supervised for interfering with commerce by robbery. The charges arose from a series of robberies and attempted robberies in the greater Portland area in March and April, 2018. Card pled guilty to the charges in August, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that the First Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday affirmed the conviction and 20 years plus life in prison sentence of Gregory Owens, 62, formerly of Londonderry, New Hampshire, imposed in July 2016 in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama- On Feb. 25, 2019, Tanya Lee English, (a/k/a Tanya Roberts and Tanya Wilson), 44, of Tuskegee, Alabama, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and federal firearms charges, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., and Postal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: Nine former supervisory and safety officials charged.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - A federal jury has found Kay F. Gow (68, Naples), Robert T. Gow (77, Naples), and John G. Williams, Jr. (67, Virginia Beach, VA) guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. The Gows were also found guilty of conspiracy to commit money laundering and illegal monetary transactions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX- On Feb. 25, 2019, Oscar Hernandez, 58, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $121,548 in restitution to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEPHEN T. GIONFRIDDO, 68, of Middletown, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling more than $500,000 from his former employer, and stealing nearly $400,000 from his brother to pay back his employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: MACON -United States Attorney Charles “Charlie" E. Peeler stood alongside law enforcement leadership from across the Middle District of Georgia today in support of the region’s collective efforts to make communities safer and deter crime. Macon Regional Crimestoppers, a community-run organization dedicated...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart issued the following statement after meeting with Attorney General William Barr.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - A federal jury has found Kay F. Gow (68, Naples), Robert T. Gow (77, Naples), and John G. Williams, Jr. (67, Virginia Beach, VA) guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. The Gows were also found guilty of conspiracy to commit money laundering and illegal monetary transactions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: Former Operator of Illegal Booter Services Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Computer Damage and Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Three Albany men were charged today in connection with an armed robbery yesterday of an M&T Bank branch in the Town of North Greenbush, in which a bank employee was shot.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - On Feb. 21, 2019, a federal Grand Jury returned an indictment against Jeffrey Cole, 57, of St. Thomas, charging him with failing to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney Gretchen Shappert announced. Cole appeared in court today before Federal Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller where he entered a plea of not guilty. Cole’s trial date is scheduled for April 15, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Antonio Broadus, 33, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession with intent to distribute and distribution of butyryl fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: New York Man Charged with Cryptocurrency Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - On Feb. 19, 2019, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Jamie Lynn Opalia, age 37, of Council Bluffs, to three months in prison for Social Security Representative Payee fraud, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Opalia was ordered to...
