News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Anastasia C. Vandergriff, 37, pleaded guilty today, to a single count of producing child pornography. A co-defendant, Rafael W. Poynter, pleaded guilty to the same offense last week.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Derrion Stewart, 20, of Jackson, was sentenced Friday by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to serve 57 months in federal prison, followed by a three years of supervised release, for carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Christopher Freeze, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi. Stewart was also ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution to the victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - 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, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus spreads much more aggressively in pigs than previous research suggests, according to a new study by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ) scientists.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Bruce Ralph Sturtz, age 73, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, for possession and distribution of child pornography. The indictment was returned on Feb. 25, 2019 and unsealed today upon Sturtz’s arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JOHN L. MURRAY, age 65, was charged Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 in a one-count indictment for bank robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: Sale Included 2 lbs. of Methamphetamine and Two Assault Rifles.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man who told investigators he had been viewing child pornography online for decades was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephan McAllister said.
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: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - ANDREA HARRISON, age 57, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 before Chief United States District Judge Nanette Jolivette Brown to a one-count indictment for false statements in relation to programs under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kristina O’Connell, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that THERESA FOREMAN, 57, of St. Cloud, Florida, formerly of Madison, Connecticut, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - A federal jury has found Jamaal Abu Talib Hameen (58, Jacksonvile) guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Hameen, who qualifies as an Armed Career Criminal, faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 3, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: Napa, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, Central California Area Office, has temporarily closed the Capell Cove launch ramp at Lake Berryessa today, March 4, due to high lake levels. The launch ramp may close and reopen whenever the conditions are unsafe for the boating public.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin collected $10,164,702.99 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2018. Of this amount, $5,209,589.92 was collected in criminal actions and $4,955,113.07 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: On March 1, 2019, two individuals, including a City of Fort Lauderdale Parks and Recreation Department employee, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom in Miami.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Feb. 28, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Héctor Sánchez-Morales for kidnapping, harboring of an illegal alien, and extortion, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The FBI is in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Compton, Calif., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine through the mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: Complaint Alleges that Defendant Defrauded the Company of More than $9.3 Million.
