News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - The former Chief Executive Officer of a publicly traded engine manufacturer in a northwest suburb of Chicago has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly deceiving investors about the company’s financial performance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: Victim Held in Trunk of Car During Kidnapping.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: Ronald R. Springfield, 35, of Paducah, Kentucky, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: A Massachusetts man was sentenced today to eight years in prison to be followed by 15 years of supervised release for child pornography charges, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling of the District of Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - D’Vonta Middlebrooks, 24, of Lexington, was sentenced today, to 115 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Nathaniel Hall, 54, has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for possession of firearm by a convicted felon. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Harrison City, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charge of intentional damage to a protected computer, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - A September trial date has been scheduled for a former student of Western Illinois University indicted on charges that he engaged in a two-year scheme to defraud Amtrak. The indictment charges Ryan Taylor Minter, 23, of Calumet City, Ill., with using stolen credit card information to purchase Amtrak tickets online. Minter then allegedly sold the tickets to students at a discount and pocketed the money.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Damon Edwards, 33, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 18 years in prison by the Honorable Judge Paul S. Diamond.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a Spanish national Monday, wanted in her home country on narcotics trafficking charges. Martha Valencia-Gutierrez, 50, was removed from the United States via a commercial flight and transferred into the custody of Spanish law enforcement authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 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 Jonathan Arce Carrillo aka "El Joyero" and Anthony Gonzalez Miranda aka "Tony".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: FLORENCE, S.C. - United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Leroy Anthony Griffin, 31, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., was sentenced to over nine years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute Oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada announced that Justin and Joshua Fisher, identical twin brothers, pleaded guilty today to Sexually Exploiting Children, Conspiring to Sexually Exploit Children, Coercing and Enticing Minors, and Distributing, Receiving, and Possessing Child Pornography. Justin Fisher pleaded guilty to an additional charge of Conspiracy to Tamper with a Victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Travis Trumaine Singleton, 35, of Morgan City, Louisiana, was sentenced today to 50 months in prison and two years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Robert R. Summerhays for possessing an assault rifle after being convicted of a felony, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced. Singleton previously pleaded guilty to the federal charge on April 16, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Harrison City, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charge of intentional damage to a protected computer, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada announced that Justin and Joshua Fisher, identical twin brothers, pleaded guilty today to Sexually Exploiting Children, Conspiring to Sexually Exploit Children, Coercing and Enticing Minors, and Distributing, Receiving, and Possessing Child Pornography. Justin Fisher pleaded guilty to an additional charge of Conspiracy to Tamper with a Victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: Export Company Executive Pleads Guilty to Violating U.S. Sanctions against Iran.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: Contact: press@oc.usda.gov. USDA Awards Agricultural Trade Promotion Funding. Washington, D.C., July 19, 2019 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $100 million to 48 organizations through the Agricultural Trade Promotion...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Thomas Nestor, age 41, of Ringtown, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to 47 months’ imprisonment and to serve four years on supervised release for his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: SHANKSVILLE, PA - The landscape of this former coal mine continues to transform eighteen years later into one of a living memorial to honor the passengers and crew members aboard Flight 93. Planned for 2019.
