News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Golden City, Missouri, man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - David Diaz Rodriguez, 68, of Edcouch, Texas, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to 41 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Rodriguez was further ordered to pay a $3,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore today sentenced Anthony Phillips III (18, Tampa) to 20 years in federal prison for two counts of carjacking and two counts of brandishing firearms in furtherance of carjacking, which he committed with his father, Anthony Phillips, Jr., in St. Petersburg, Florida.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: TODAY, at 4:15 p.m., or immediately after final passage of H.Res. 430, a civil enforcement resolution, top House Chairs will hold a press conference.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Marquee Hicks, 22, of Philadelphia, PA, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and robbery affecting interstate commerce, was sentenced to serve 140 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Zakaryia Abdin, 20, of Ladson, South Carolina, was sentenced yesterday to 20 years to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Abdin previously entered a guilty plea in August of 2018 and has remained in federal custody since his arrest by the FBI in March of 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Quniton Kinyoun Peairs, 34, of Pascagoula, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to 120 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, and 123 months for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Interim Police Chief Otoniel Reyes of the New Haven Police Department today announced that a grand jury in New Haven has returned a nine-count superseding indictment charging the following 14 individuals with heroin, cocaine and fentanyl trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Dustin Joseph Albini, 36, of West Sacramento, today to five and a half years in prison and five years of supervised release, for assaulting a federal officer and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: A man who escaped from custody while serving a federal sentence in the Gerald R. Hinzman Center pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee hearing on the state of U.S. agricultural products in foreign markets.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Harold Blackwolf Jr., 35, of Warm Springs, Oregon, was sentenced today to 71 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for involuntary manslaughter and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr and U.S. Attorney Trent Shores today announced the formation of a Domestic Violence Working Group aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of convicted domestic abusers, using the tools of federal prosecution to stop and prevent domestic violence. The group will operate...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: MACON - The Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force in Georgia arrested 81 alleged offenders as part of a two-month, nationwide operation, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District. The Department of Justice announced earlier today that almost 1,700...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General William P. Barr today announced the formation of a Domestic Violence Working Group aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of convicted domestic abusers, using the tools of federal prosecution to stop and prevent domestic violence. The group will operate under the auspices...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Defendant Traveled with Teen Bowlers, Drugged Them and took Pictures of Sexual Molestation.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Gettysburg National Military Park will commemorate the 156th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg with Park Ranger and Licensed Battlefield Guide programs throughout the three-day battle anniversary from July 1-3, 2019. These programs include Real Time programs that provide a brief overview of key...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, was sentenced to two years and 10 months (34 months) in federal prison and three years of supervised release as a result of his conviction for cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Harold Blackwolf Jr., 35, of Warm Springs, Oregon, was sentenced today to 71 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for involuntary manslaughter and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a two-count indictment charging Karen Owens, 54, of Phelps, NY, with wire fraud and bank fraud. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
