News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, known by various aliases, including “El Chapo" and “El Rapido," was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Brian M. Cogan to a life term of imprisonment plus 30 years to run consecutive to the life sentence for being a principal leader of a continuing criminal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Clement Bougouneau, 52, of St. Thomas, was found guilty of bank burglary and larceny after a two-day jury trial in District Court, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Paul M. Camara Jr., president and co-owner of an insulation contractor, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for his role in schemes to rig bids in violation of the antitrust laws and engage in criminal fraud on insulation contracts, marking the third conviction in this ongoing investigation, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - July 17, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to five years’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release, on his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Before chairing a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee roundtable on the crisis at the border, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) spoke with Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom" this morning about the ongoing crisis at the border and action that Congress should take to address it.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel today sentenced Jamila Kibibi Hargrove, a/k/a Ms. Bossy, age 42; and Lonnell Staton, a/k/a Papi Chulo, age 38, both of Washington, D.C., to five years and eleven years in federal prison, respectively, for their roles in a cocaine distribution conspiracy. Hargrove and Staton each pleaded guilty in September 2018 to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A Lame Deer man who admitted stabbing two women on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation last year was sentenced today to 68 months in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection watch commander at the Long Beach Seaport pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for running an illegal gun-selling business, unlawfully possessing more than 40 machine guns and other prohibited firearms, failing to disclose his foreign financial interests and contacts in China in order to obtain a secret-level security clearance, and cheating on his federal income taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Four Port Everglades employees, William Woessner, 68, of Margate, Florida, David Moore, 43, of Pompano Beach, Florida, John McGahee, 43, of Davie, Florida, and Rajindra Lallharry, 60, of Coral Springs, Florida, and business owner Bryan Zascavage, 57, of Pompano, Florida, were each charged in an one-count Information with Conspiracy to Commit Fraud Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Defendant posted internet threats to shoot attendees and bomb Harvard University.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Jeffrey Luis Rodriguez (34, Tampa) and Mary Bell Rodriguez (62, Tampa) have each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl and heroin, causing serious bodily injury. Jeffrey Rodriguez also pleaded guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that Robert Arnold Koester, 52, a photographer from Yamhill County, Oregon, has been charged with six counts of production of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Eight months after the largest fire to ever hit Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, all 67 miles of the park’s most famous trail have finally reopened to the public. The final six miles of the Backbone Trail that had remained closed since the November fire re-opened on Thursday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Mark Adkins, 46, of Powell County, Kentucky was sentenced yesterday, by U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, to 224 months in federal prison, for distributing methamphetamine.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled: “State of Aviation Safety."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced ALLEN WENDELL MCNEIL, 36, of Fayetteville, North Carolina to 114 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An Arizona man was sentenced today in connection with posting threats to bomb Harvard and shoot attendees at the Black Commencement event held in May 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Prosecutes Dark Web Drug Distributor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RASHAAN WOOLFOLK, also known as “Booka," 27, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 21 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a New Haven drug trafficking ring.
