News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 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 RODNEY DURRELL THOMAS, also known as “LIL BRUH," 21, of Elm City, North Carolina to 156 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Alice Belmonte, a disbarred attorney formerly with offices in Long Island and Manhattan, was sentenced by United States District Judge Denis R. Hurley to 24 months’ imprisonment for engaging in a wire fraud scheme and stealing $2 million from victims...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Courtney Guess, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to her role in a cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Robert Randall Deen (60, Jacksonville) and Shannon Jeanette Heller (42, Jacksonville) to three years and six months in federal prison, for possessing firearms while an unlawful user of a controlled substance (Deen), and possessing firearms as a convicted felon (Heller). Heller had pleaded guilty on Jan. 24, 2019. Deen had pleaded guilty on March 12, 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry announcing DOE has approved a petition from the Competitive Enterprise Institute to create a new class of less efficient dishwashers - the latest in DOE’s series of energy efficiency rollbacks...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - James Goodwin, 53, of Northwood, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: MILWAUKEE - United States Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division Associate Special Agent in Charge Robert A. Bell and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Matthew D. Krueger announced that federal, state and local law enforcement officers engaged in a significant operation...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee Hearing entitled “Our Wireless Future: Building A Comprehensive Approach to Spectrum Policy:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for selling fentanyl near a playground.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A City of Paterson police officer today admitted conspiring to violate the civil rights of individuals in Paterson, using unreasonable and excessive force, and filing a false police report to conceal his criminal activity, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal jury today convicted Dr. PATRICK EMEKA IFEDIBA, 60, of Shelby County and Patrick Ifediba’s sister, NGOZI JUSTINA OZULIGBO, 49, of Trussville of numerous crimes stemming from their involvement with Care Complete Medical Clinic, located in Birmingham, Alabama, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr., and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a federal jury yesterday found LLOYD KIDD, a/k/a “Chris Kidd," a/k/a “Gerard Agard," a/k/a “Red," guilty of sex trafficking of a minor and enticement of a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct, following a six-day jury trial before U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Alice Belmonte, a disbarred attorney formerly with offices in Long Island and Manhattan, was sentenced by United States District Judge Denis R. Hurley to 24 months’ imprisonment for engaging in a wire fraud scheme and stealing $2 million from victims...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing as part of a continuation of Congressional efforts to stop illicit fentanyl, “Oversight of Federal Efforts to Combat the Spread of Illicit Fentanyl."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that federal, state, and local law enforcement officers engaged in a significant operation in Milwaukee today that targeted a violent drug-trafficking conspiracy led by Jimmy D. Bates. The operation coincided...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on, “Oversight of Federal Efforts to Combat the Spread of Illicit Fentanyl:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN T. FINKLE III, 57, of, East Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud related to a scheme to defraud an Illinois-based company.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee Hearing entitled “Our Wireless Future: Building A Comprehensive Approach to Spectrum Policy:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-Dannie Kay Alston, 67, was sentenced today to 110 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for robbing four Oregon and Southwest Washington banks in a four-week period beginning in August 2017. Alston has no known permanent residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Joseph P. Willner, a self-described day trader, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit securities fraud and illegally profiting from a series of coordinated trades involving more than 50 hacked online brokerage accounts. The plea took place before United States...
