News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Miguel Angel Garcia-Escobar, 26, an illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to “time served" (132 days) and one year of supervised release for unlawful reentry by an alien after removal, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Scott Sutterfield, Acting Field Office Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: A North Canton man was indicted for lying about numerous previous domestic violence convictions while purchasing firearms and for illegally having firearms after being convicted of domestic violence.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R.397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act, legislation also known as the Butch Lewis Act...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - On Tuesday, July 23, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers removed a Turkish man, convicted in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York (SDNY) of conspiracy, bank fraud, and money laundering, in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: This morning, we first will hear from Brent McIntosh, who is nominated to be Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs. This position has a broad portfolio that includes working with many multi-national organizations such as the World Bank and the IMF.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives was sentenced today after pleading guilty to wire fraud and willfully violating the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) by operating fraudulent and unregistered political action committees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Charles J. Chambers, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 33 months incarceration for drug distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Melanie Lyn Outen, Ted Alexander Voss, and Michael Dean Smith, all of Petersburg, West Virginia, have admitted to their roles in a fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Shelby Jude Darby, 27, of Lafayette, was sentenced Tuesday to 100 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell for illegally possessing a 9 mm pistol and an AK-47 style rifle. He pleaded guilty on March 27, 2019, to possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
By State Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today convened a full committee hearing on "Reviewing Authorities for the Use of Military Force", with witness testimonies from The Honorable David Hale, under secretary for political affairs at the Department of State, and Mr. Marik String, acting legal adviser at the Department of State.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced today that Mineral Resources, Inc., an oil and gas company located in Greeley, Colorado, has agreed to a $214,706 payment to resolve allegations that it drilled an oil and gas well in Weld County, Colorado, to extract federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Anthony Weber, 36, of Grand Island, NY, who was convicted of attempted receipt of child pornography, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to serve 75 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The former owner of Giovanni’s Roast Beef & Pizza in Saugus pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to failing to report $800,000 in corporate and personal income to the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A man was sentenced Tuesday to 11 years and six months in federal prison for his role in a series of violent armored car robberies in Las Vegas and Henderson, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on July 22, 2019, Liza Robles, age 35, of Freeland, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release, by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced today that eight individuals were arrested on July 19, 2019 as a result of a year-long investigation involving several law enforcement agencies from the Omaha metropolitan area. Four other individuals were previously arrested for their role in this investigation prior to this organized sweep. This investigation is intended to address the burgeoning violent crime occurring in Southeast Omaha.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The imprisoned former owner of Pacific Hospital in Long Beach has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for illegally selling his luxury cars and keeping the proceeds for himself, disobeying a court order that he forfeit the money because of a previous conviction for orchestrating a nearly $1 billion health care fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: Yakima, WA - The U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (PNVOTF) announced today that Operation Invictus Civitas, Undefeatable Community, made their 100th arrest since launching the operation on June 3, 2019. According to Chief Ed Levesque of the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDNRIA, La. - Freddie Lewis, 28, of Alexandria, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell to serve 54 months in federal prison and one year of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph. Lewis previously pleaded guilty to the federal charge on April 16, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Shelby Jude Darby, 27, of Lafayette, was sentenced Tuesday to 100 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell for illegally possessing a 9 mm pistol and an AK-47 style rifle. He pleaded guilty on March 27, 2019, to possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
