News from January 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - On Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, Dontarius Marquis Hall, 39, of Gaston County, N.C., was sentenced to 27 years in prison for drug trafficking conspiracy, distribution and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that David Wikel, president of Florida-based Therma-Seal Roof Systems, LLC, was charged with providing kickbacks in connection with the $1.7 million dollar federal government subcontract to retrofit the roof of the Ron de Lugo Federal Building in St. Thomas, VI.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who was arrested as part of Project Huntington who previously pled guilty to drug and gun charges was sentenced today to 72 months and 1 day in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Eric Lee Burgess, 34, previously entered guilty pleas to distribution ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: Chinese Telecommunications Conglomerate Huawei and Huawei CFO Wanzhou Meng Charged With Financial Fraud.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - Alexander Rosado-Figueroa, 45, of Orlando, was sentenced to six years and three months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute heroin and cocaine on supervised release for a prior drug conviction. Rosado-Figueroa had pleaded guilty to the possession and distribution offenses on July 3, 2018. He admitted to violating the terms of his supervised release on Nov. 13, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that Joel Hunsicker, age 38, of Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to serve two years on probation and pay restitution for his theft of government funds during a six-year time period.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: With the enactment of a continuing resolution on Friday night, staff at Buffalo National River resumed regular park operations over the weekend. Please visit www.nps.gov/BUFF for updated information about the park, including scheduled programs and accessibility. As a reminder, Lost Valley is closed until further notice for major improvements to the hiking trail, entrance road, and parking area. This work is scheduled to be completed in late February.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: A Miami, Florida woman was sentenced to 46 months in prison on Jan. 3 for her role in a $1.36 million health care fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - On Jan. 16, 2019, a federal jury found Trumaine “Lucky" Muller (34, Orange Park) guilty of one count of distributing fentanyl that resulted in the overdose death of an 18-year-old woman, one count of distribution of heroin and furanylfentanyl, one count of possessing with the intent...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: A Lorain man was sentenced to life in prison for selling fentanyl that killed a 23-year-old Lorain man.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - On Jan. 16, 2019, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Andres Fernandez (37, Orlando) with 12 counts of wire fraud. If convicted, Fernandez faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each count.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Paul Bernard Jones, 58, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to a federal bank robbery charge for a hold-up last summer in downtown Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Nancy McNamara, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A fugitive who fled the scene of a fatal car crash that killed a 78 year-old woman on Wednesday afternoon made his initial appearance in federal court today on robbery and gun charges.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- With the enactment of the continuing resolution, staff at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) have resumed regular operations. Some areas of the park remain closed, however, due to impacts from the Woolsey Fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man with a prior felony conviction for bank robbery pleaded guilty in federal court today to robbing Guaranty Bank in Springfield.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Irvine engineer who stole trade secrets belonging to two former employers, both of which develop and manufacture medical devices used to treat cardiac and vascular ailments, was sentenced late this afternoon to 27 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - On January 8, 2019, United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard ordered Craig Harry Lipinski (50, Jacksonville) to pay a total of $12,000 in restitution to two victims depicted in images and videos found in Lipinski’s collection of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced today that East Coast Stepping Stones, Inc. (“ECSS") has paid the United States $360,000 to resolve a False Claims Act allegation that it submitted false claims to the TRICARE program for therapy services for children with autism.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Nyanzangusa Baldwin, also known as “Botch," 45, from Michigan, pled guilty to a federal drug conspiracy charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Baldwin, who was caught with heroin in August 2017, entered his guilty plea to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute heroin. Operation Saigon Sunset was a joint investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Violent Crime and Drug Task Force West.
