News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Stephen Mendoza Arellano, 31, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to a 71 month term of imprisonment followed by 15 years of supervised release based on his previously entered guilty plea to the offense of traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in sexual contact with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Carlos Ramos, 34, of Philadelphia, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury of one count of attempted possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine within 1,000 feet of an elementary school.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - An El Salvadoran national pleaded guilty today to illegal reentry after sustaining a felony conviction for aggravated sexual battery of a child less than 13 years old.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. (Mar. 28, 2019)- Today, Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, the Chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to Department of the Interior (DOI) Acting Secretary David Bernhardt requesting that he make four top Department officials available for transcribed interviews.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Defendant provided drugs for cross-country conspiracy targeted by multiple agencies in Operation Five Hole.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Harold Thomas Martin, III, age 54, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charge of willful retention of national defense information.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) announced at today’s hearing on the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan that he will introduce legislation - expected early next week - to enact the Drought Contingency Plan into law and expedite its passage through the Committee. The plan will safeguard...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: National Park Service visitation tops 318 million nationwide in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida- United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Charles S. Leis (48, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to attempted enticement of minors to engage in sexual activity and possession of child pornography. Leis faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison for the attempted enticement count and up to 10 years in federal prison for the possession offense. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip charging Robert Quarles, Charles Scruggs, Michael Steketee and Deena Colgan with conspiring to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine base in the Riverhead area. Quarles, Scruggs and Steketee were arrested this morning, and were arraigned...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa -- Fifteen defendants are facing criminal charges as part of a joint federal and state investigation of the Des Moines-based C-Block criminal street gang and associated cocaine trafficking organization. Criminal complaints unsealed in the United States District Court in Des Moines charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX- On March 26, 2019, Frankie Nez, 38, of Sanders, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 20 years in prison, followed by life time supervised release. Nez had previously pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual abuse by force.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Fuwad Twalib Nassir, 29, of Mombasa, Kenya, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to making a material false statement to law enforcement. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: A Massillon man was indicted for selling heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs over the dark web, as well as on firearms charges and for operating a drug house.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: A Massillon man was indicted for selling heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs over the dark web, as well as on firearms charges and for operating a drug house.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of mail by a postal employee, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Defendants shot at Brockton Police during high speed chase while fleeing the scene.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that SHALLON DAVIS DUNMILES, together with LASHONDA MELANCON, DANYELLE TUCO, ANDREA STALKS, EBONY STEWART, CORTAZ WILLIAMS, and DANIELLE ANDERSON, have pled guilty on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 to charges stemming from their arrest in St. John the Baptist Parish last year. WILFRED PERRILLOUX pled separately on an earlier date.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 49-year-old Weslaco man has entered a guilty plea to one count of threatening to assault a federal law enforcement officer while engaged in the performance of official duties, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Daniel Francesco Vidal (29, Jacksonville) to 10 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The court also ordered Vidal to forfeit the Walther PPK pistol that he had possessed.
