News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and New Haven Police Chief Otoniel Reyes today announced that a grand jury in New Haven returned a 15-count indictment yesterday charging 25 individuals with federal narcotics offenses related to the distribution of crack cocaine, cocaine and heroin in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former pharmacy owner pleaded guilty today to fraudulently filling and dispensing thousands of prescription medications, including opioids, outside the usual course of professional practice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and New Haven Police Chief Otoniel Reyes today announced that a grand jury in New Haven returned a 15-count indictment yesterday charging 25 individuals with federal narcotics offenses related to the distribution of crack cocaine, cocaine and heroin in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man who negotiated the sale of 17 firearms over a five-month period was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: GREENVILLE - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that yesterday Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced, ANTHONY DEPREE SMITH, also known as “Straight," a 45-year-old resident of Jacksonville, to 360 months imprisonment ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT J. BARRY, 78, of Woodbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 21 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, the first six months of which Barry must serve in home confinement, for stealing from his elderly client trust accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 8, 2019, Michael J. Propst (age: 46) of Green Bay, Wisconsin was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison by Chief District Judge William C. Griesbach.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: MOOSE, WY- Travelers on U.S. Highway 89 in Grand Teton National Park should plan for 30-minute delays as the park’s pavement preservation plan is underway. Work is currently taking place between the Jackson Hole Airport and Antelope Flats Road, just north of Moose Junction. When this section is completed...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - An innovative strategy to use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and remote sensing devices to detect a fungus decimating Hawaiian forests has earned Dr. Ryan Perroy of the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo (UHH) the $70,000 ‘Ōhi‘a Challenge prize.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man affiliated with the Vine/Forest Street and Orchard Park gangs pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: An indictment unsealed today charges Dr. Vasso Godiali, age 56, vascular surgeon, with orchestrating a $60 million health care fraud scheme. Dr. Godiali is also charged with money laundering, for financial transactions involving approximately $49 million in proceeds he derived from the scheme. The indictment was announced by United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Honduran man was sentenced to “time served" for an immigration crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Elmer Hernandez, 30, entered a guilty plea to the felony offense of Reentry of a Removed Alien on May 15, 2015 and has been in federal custody for four months. He was immediately remanded to ICE officials for removal proceedings. Stuart commended the work of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the West Virginia State Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Two KC Men Face at Least 20 Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston to racketeering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Michael Lambert Seabrooke, of Columbia, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint and charged with possessing firearms (destructive devices) which are not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A previously convicted felon is now in federal custody after exchanging gun fire outside of a local fast food restaurant, announced United States Attorney Russell Coleman.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle, DEA Regional Director for Europe Kevin M. Scully and United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Andrew E. Lelling today announced the addition of fugitives Mihael Karner, Alenka Karner and Matevz Karner to the U.S. Department of State Narcotic Rewards Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Skylaar Daylan Ford, 24, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced today to 86 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for using the darknet to sell ecstasy to customers across the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Also Obstructed Justice by Threatening Witnesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Heir Location Services Company and Co-Owner Plead Guilty To Antitrust Charge for Long-Running Agreement Not to Compete.
