News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former New Jersey securities broker pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark, N.J. today to charges of defrauding his clients by engaging in a multi-year “cherry-picking" scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement on the Senate passage of the Taxpayer First Act. The House of Representatives passed the bipartisan bill on Monday. It now goes to President Donald Trump to be signed into law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that KEVIN CRAWFORD (“CRAWFORD"), age 34, of New Orleans, pled guilty yesterday to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Vaudencia Ceballos Hamilton, 55, of Hesperia, California, and Matthew Lee Sedillo, 30, of Eagle, Idaho, were sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl resulting in death, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge Nye sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former Chicopee police officer was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield in connection with immigration fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: EASTHAM, Mass. - Summer is here, and Cape Cod National Seashore is again hosting free evening events at the Salt Pond Visitor Center in July and August. Join music ensembles, performing artists, scientists, and historians to learn about the seashore’s resources and fascinating stories. Programs are held...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - A federal Grand Jury returned an indictment against individuals including Akil Erickson, 26, of Orlando, Florida and Mikiel Robin, 21, of the British Virgin Islands, charging them with international money-laundering and bulk cash smuggling, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. The indictment also alleges that each defendant made false statements to Customs and Border Protection officers.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) made the following statement on the retirement of Rep. Susan W. Brooks. Rep. Brooks serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is a member of the Communications and Technology, the Health, and the Oversight and Investigations subcommittees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. -Tonya Levera Davis, 49, of Newton, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to aggravated identity theft and to making false statements, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Department of Transportation, Office of Inspector General Regional Special Agent in Charge Todd Damiani.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that WILMER ADONYS OSORTO, a/k/a OMAR ORLANDO CUADRADO, age 41, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information with making a false statement in a United States passport application, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1542.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Valentin Camacho-Alvarez, 27, an illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Henry T. Wingate to 16 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally reentering the United States after being convicted of a felony...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - DEA Special Operations Division Special Agent in Charge Christopher T. Tersigni, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman and United States Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced that Moazu Kromah, aka “Ayoub," aka “Ayuba," aka “Kampala Man;" ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: WILKES-BARRE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Joseph Morales, age 27, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 12, 2019, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo to eleven years’ imprisonment and ten years on supervised release for his role in a Monroe County-based heroin and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve is seeking a diverse suite of voices to help share the unique story of Denali through art. Alaska Native artists are strongly encouraged to apply.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Yesterday, following a four-week trial before U.S. District Court Judge Marcia G. Cooke, a federal jury convicted a former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Safety Inspector Manuel R. Fernandez, 42, of Miami, of twenty-one criminal counts for his participation in a bribery and fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rico Freeman, 35, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 280 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - After an eight-day trial, Dr. Krishan Kumar Aggarwal, of Moon Township, Pennsylvania, and Dr. Cherian John, of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, were found not guilty of drug charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Crater Lake, OR - The North Entrance Road and West Rim Drive in Crater Lake National Park will open for travel on Saturday morning, June 15, 2019. Superintendent Craig Ackerman announced that visitors can now drive to and from the park via this popular route and access spectacular views of the lake from West Rim Drive.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: A Cleveland man with a history of violent crimes was sentenced to more than three years in prison for having a firearm.
