News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a nine-count indictment charging Haki Toplica, 24, Luisa Rivera Goris, 22, Kathryn Lissette De La Torre, 24, Haider Islam, 21, and Robert Rosso, 27, all of New York, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and interstate transportation of stolen property.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Indian national today admitted conspiring to smuggle foreign nationals into the United States via commercial airline flights, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A Crow Agency man convicted of beating his partner on the Crow Reservation and of trying to get her to not testify about the assaults was sentenced on March 13 to a total of 78 months in prison, with credit for 106 days for time spent in tribal custody, and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Two Portsmouth men were arrested today for their alleged roles in a racketeering conspiracy that included the murder of 23-year-old Delante Eley.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: PITTBURGH - A resident of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of theft of government funds and providing false documentation to the government, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha County felon pled guilty to a federal gun crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Mason Laviro Scragg, 24, of Chesapeake, West Virginia, entered his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Six people and two Florida corporations were charged in an indictment for their roles in a scheme to distribute illegal dietary supplements, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Benjamin David Danneman, 37, of Eureka, pled guilty on March 13, 2019 to federal charges of healthcare fraud, social security fraud and aggravated identity fraud. He appeared in federal court before U.S. District Judge Ronnie White who accepted his guilty plea and set sentencing for June 12, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted a New York man today on charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Anthony Pandrella, an alleged longtime associate of the Gambino organized crime family, with the Hobbs Act robbery and murder of 78-year-old Vincent Zito. The indictment was returned under seal by a federal grand jury on March 7, 2019. Pandrella was arrested last night and is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Ramon E. Reyes, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Mark Consiglio, 49, of Elsmere, Delaware pled guilty today in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware to possessing a destructive device, commonly known as a pipe bomb. Consiglio...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man pleaded guilty Tuesday, March 12, 2019, in federal court in Springfield in connection with making a machine gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment Thursday against Los Angeles residents Josue Garcia-Beltran, 40, and Rafael Medina Labrada, 34, charging them with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Bridgette McClain, 31, of Buffalo, NY, with retaliating against a witness, and retaliating against a person for providing truthful information to a law enforcement officer. The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: A pair from the Mahoning Valley were indicted for sexually exploiting a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Kevin Jones, 48, a former contract oversight specialist with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), pled guilty today to a federal bribery charge stemming from a scheme in which he provided non-public information about pending HUD contracts to a business owner in exchange for tickets to sporting events, travel, and cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Jamie Rivera, a member of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation street gang, pleaded guilty to the 2005 murder of C.W. Post student and basketball star, Tafare Berryman. The guilty plea was entered before United States Magistrate Judge Anne Y. Shields.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: GLENNALLEN, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a proposal to construct a dock extending from private property at 725 Alice Loop in Sitka to BLM-managed submerged lands in Middle Channel.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Lowell man was charged today in federal court in Worcester with drug and firearm offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service has published a Long-Range Transportation Plan for parks in the Greater Washington area. While recognizing the pivotal role many national park roads play in region’s greater transportation network, the 20-year plan establishes a vision for equitable and safe access...
