News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - DEA New Jersey Division Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced a member of the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to 19 years in federal prison for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy that involved using other gang members to intimidate a witness during a state criminal trial, as well as conspiracies to distribute heroin and crack-cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - In support of the Department’s goal to promote responsible energy development and create jobs, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) High Desert District Office has released a Record of Decision (ROD) on three right-of-way applications submitted by Denbury Resources. The BLM assessed feedback received during the 30-day availability period of the Final Environmental Impact Statement prior to issuing the ROD.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND- Roberto Molina, 38, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen to 57 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute 1 kilogram or more of heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Jonathan E. Field, age 41, and Shena J. Field, age 40, both of Mauldin, South Carolina, were found guilty of a conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. A federal jury returned guilty verdicts late Friday evening...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: Fruit harvest season is approaching! Cherries, apricots, peaches, plums, apples, and pears are typically available for harvest each summer at Capitol Reef National Park. Predictions for the 2019 fruit season show that the bloom may begin in early April and last for two to three weeks. Bing Cherries are...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A 30-year-old man was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to selling Fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic opioid with the street name “China White," in North Las Vegas, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - Kelsey Powell, 47, of Lemon Cove, Calif. and her former husband, Michael Powell, 53, of Wellsville, Ohio were each sentenced today by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to over one year in prison. Rachel Ellerbrock, 46, of Gilbert, Ariz., was sentenced to probation. The Powells and Ellerbrock...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of attempted distribution of heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We write to follow up on our letter of Aug. 28, 2018 requesting the Administration to take strong measures in response to egregious human rights abuses perpetrated by the Chinese Government in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). We received your response dated September...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A Tennessee resident waived indictment and pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh to conspiracy and transferring counterfeit currency, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two Mexican national men pled guilty to the felony offense of Reentry of a Removed Alien, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, 26, and Huber Rodriguez-Diaz, 24, will be sentenced on April 8, 2019. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Maximillian Sams, 31, of Elmira, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue, was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with the arson at the Columbia Health Center (operated by Planned Parenthood Great Plains) on Feb. 10, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - Law enforcement authorities associated with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force on Sunday arrested a Long Beach man on federal charges stemming from an explosion last year that destroyed a day spa in Aliso Viejo, killed the man’s former girlfriend, and caused serious injuries to two spa clients.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced more than $5 million in undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships to students pursuing nuclear engineering degrees and other nuclear science and engineering programs relevant to nuclear energy. The awards include 45 scholarships and 33 fellowships for students at U.S. colleges and universities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Tyvon D. Taylor, 24, of Shreveport, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. for possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced. Taylor was also sentenced to three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that, on Feb. 27, 2019, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned a five-count indictment alleging that LYDIA CABRERA, 36, of Southington, embezzled from her employer.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: FARGO, N.D. - A Nigerian man, extradited to the United States from Canada, was sentenced in federal court Monday to an additional 10 years in federal prison for obstructing investigators looking into a multi-million-dollar credit card fraud scheme involving more than 20 U.S. banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On March 4, 2019, Caitlin Persis Deighan, Zoe E. Anderson, Logan Thomas Hollarsmith, and Rebecca Kate Grossman-Richeimer entered into a plea agreement in which the defendants pled guilty to a civil infraction, and the United States agreed to dismiss the criminal charges against them. Each defendant was also ordered to pay a $280.00 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ISIAH SHIPMAN, 29, of Bloomfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 20 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a loaded handgun.
