News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Carnegie, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession with the intent to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today welcomed House passage of the National Defense Authorization Act which included measures authored by Chairman Engel addressing a wide range of foreign-policy concerns, from enhancing congressional oversight...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - "Major Stackz Street Gang" member Terrence Harper a/k/a "Red", 45, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess methamphetamine and heroin with intent to distribute. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-David Hartsell, who admitted to starting the fire that ultimately destroyed the Germantown Apartment Complex in Conway and injured multiple people, will serve 15 years in prison after being sentenced on Thursday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MIGUEL CLAUDIO, also known as “Mega," 36, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 96 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for firearm offenses related to a shootout in Hartford’s South End in April 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Fort Belknap man admitted on Thursday to sexually abusing a girl on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND - Brad Bench of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Seattle Field Office and United States Attorney Drew H. Wrigley, District of North Dakota, along with United States Attorney Billy J. Williams, District of Oregon, and Assistant Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - Chicago recording artist ROBERT SYLVESTER KELLY, also known as “R. Kelly," has been arrested on federal child pornography and obstruction charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Michael Hallmon, 34, of Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 51 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Hallmon pleaded guilty to the charge on March 8, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: Skagway - Join Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park to celebrate Junior Ranger Day on Thursday, July 18th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Moore Homestead, located on 5th Avenue and Spring Street. All events are free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on July 9, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: Justice Department Reaches Agreement with Sandoval County, New Mexico, to Ensure Accessible Voting.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Ryan Kleinschmidt, 25, Merrill, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 54 months in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Kleinschmidt pleaded guilty to these charges on April 11, 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - Robert Sylvester Kelly, AKA “R. Kelly," was arrested in Chicago Thursday night following an investigation by the joint Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York and New York City Police Department (NYPD) Public Safety Task Force and special agents with HSI Chicago. A five-count superseding...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: Many Victims of His Fraud Are Elderly and Disabled.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Kia Zolfaghari pleaded guilty today to charges regarding his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, as well as to related weapons and money laundering charges, announced U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson and DEA Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen. The plea was accepted by Senior United States District Judge Susan Illston.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: Brothers charged with manufacturing machine guns for ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROBERT ACOSTA and JOSE DIAZ were sentenced in Manhattan federal court today. Both men were sentenced to life in prison for their roles in the Dec. 22, 1997, murders for hire of Alex Ventura, 25, and Aneudis Almonte, 20, in the Bronx, New York. The defendants were convicted following a three-week trial before U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel, who imposed today’s sentences.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kevin James Fox, 63, of Limestone, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 220 months in prison and lifetime supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
