News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned three indictments on June 13, 2019, against Armando Garcia, aka Thien Quach, 44, of Los Angeles; Manuel Reyes, 35, of Sacramento; Elton Padilla, 35, of Sacramento; Julio Adrian Jiminez-Sevilla, aka "Mudo", 31, of Burns, Oregon[KCS(1] ; Manuel Rubin Perez...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: Defendants ordered to pay $42,501.95 in restitution.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - An Irvine man who was part of a father-and-son crew that illegally distributed methamphetamine on one of the world’s largest darknet marketplaces pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal drug charge, 11 days after a federal jury found his father guilty of drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAMON HERNANDEZ, 60, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and admitted that he violated the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on June 14, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: (MILES CITY, Mont.) - A public meeting to discuss the Bureau of Land Management Miles City Field Office Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement has been scheduled for July 17 in Miles City.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Cabell County man was sentenced today to spend seven years in federal prison for child pornography crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Scott Edward Riggs, 41, of Huntington, previously entered his guilty plea to distribution of child pornography in March. Stuart...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A California man pled guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Gerardo Delgadillo, Jr., 22, entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging him with possession with the intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Carmelo Collana, 49, of Kenmore, NY, and Debbie Seright, 52, of Niagara Falls, NY, who were each convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for their roles in a debt collection scheme, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to serve 12 months and 24 months in prison respectively.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Transportation Security Administration officers at Newark Liberty International Airport stopped a man from bringing six smoke grenades onto an airplane when they were detected in his carry-on bag at one of the airport checkpoints yesterday, June 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces today that ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON of Columbus County, pled guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: In advance of Floor consideration this week, the House Appropriations Committee released a division-by-division summary of the second minibus of fiscal year 2020 appropriations bills. The House is expected to consider the legislation, H.R. 3055, beginning Wednesday, June 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted in a bench trial today of illegally possessing a firearm.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, June 17, 2019-Getting an excellent rabbiteye blueberry harvest requires helpful pollinators-particularly native southeastern blueberry bees-although growers can bring in managed honey bees to do the job, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of malicious destruction of property by fire, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Mustafa al-Imam, a Libyan national approximately 48 years old, was found guilty of terrorism charges for his participation in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Special Mission and Annex in Benghazi, Libya. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and U.S. government personnel Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty died in the attack at the Mission and the nearby CIA Annex in Benghazi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on June 17, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
Release: Update: Due to a technical issue the Office of the Federal Register is experiencing with the Public Inspection List on its website, USDA is delaying the registration for the second Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee meeting to ensure equitable access for all who wish to participate. Registration will open at 9:00 am, Eastern Time, Tuesday, June 18, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Nickolas M. Godfrey, 41, of Fort Mill, South Carolina, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for securities fraud, wire fraud, and transactional money laundering in connection with a $1 million investment fraud scheme and a related tax evasion scheme, announced Andrew Murray, U.S...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller sentenced Jim A. Meron, 54, of Granite Bay, today to 33 months in prison and three years of supervised release on two counts of wire fraud arising out of a government-procurement fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. As part...
