News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Leff of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), San Juan Field Office, announced the arrest of LUIS ALBERTO FALCON-ORTIZ.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An inmate pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with a murder-for-hire scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Also Charged with Possession of Images of Sexual Abuse of Children.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Michael Corey Williams, Jr., 32, St. Louis, was sentenced to 123 months in prison for carjacking and brandishing a firearm during a federal crime of violence. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Nahshon Nance, age 21, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to serve 46 months in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, in connection with his plea of guilty to possessing a.45 caliber revolver as a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Grant C.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - Six defendants have been charged as part of an ongoing federal investigation into corruption schemes allegedly carried out by city of Harvey officials or their associates. Among the defendants are two cousins with high-ranking relatives in Harvey government who allegedly extorted cash from...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 36-year-old Houston woman has been ordered to pay more than $15 million in restitution following her conviction of conspiring to commit $50 million health care fraud as well laundering money, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. A jury convicted Daniela Gozes-Wagner in September 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - James Timothy Cobb, of Fairmont, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 110 months incarceration for a child pornography charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Stanley Charles was sentenced today to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay $657,888 in restitution for tax fraud, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Special Agent in Charge Kareem Carter. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Maxine M. Chesney, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of possession of a prohibited object in prison, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A 61-year-old man was sentenced Tuesday to 210 months in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of using a file sharing network and the internet to receive and distribute sexually explicit images and videos of children, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Good morning. We meet today to consider the Committee’s annual budget views and estimates for fiscal year 2020 in accordance with the requirements of section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and rule x, clause 4(f).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Bordentown, New Jersey, woman and a Philadelphia man today admitted their respective roles in a GoFundMe scam that gained nationwide attention, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Defendant Jose Tapia-Rubio and sixteen others were charged in a drug ring alleging they brought cocaine and methamphetamine from Mexico which then travelled through California to Metro Denver where it was sold to drug users.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND -James Robert Lewis was sentenced to 76 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for violating the terms of his supervised release, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down today by the Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton, Chief United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man today admitted distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Celebrate Women’s History Month at the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site (NHS). The National Park Service invites you to visit this recently refreshed and reopened historic site, which is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Admission is free.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - BRANDON BYRGE, 29, of Texarkana, Arkansas, has been sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay $25,000 for interstate transportation of stolen property, announced Robert J. Troester of the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: The Blue Ridge Parkway’s 469-mile scenic drive, 369 miles of trail, 14 visitor centers, 8 campgrounds, 10 concession operations, 15 picnic areas, and numerous other recreation opportunities welcomed over 14 million visitors in 2018. These visitors enjoyed high quality experiences on and off the Parkway thanks to the vital relationship between the National Park Service and the Parkway’s neighboring communities throughout the region.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - Following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations and the Rhode Island State Police (RISP), a Massachusetts man was sentenced March 5, in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island to seven years in federal prison for transporting, distributing and possessing child pornography
