News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Kevin Soriana-Hernandez, a/k/a “Brocha," age 19, of Riverdale, Maryland, today to 26 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for his participation in the racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, including a murder and attempted murder.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau delivered the Public Law 94-171 Redistricting Data File prototype to all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico today as part of the final 2018 Census Test requirements. This milestone marks the successful completion of the 2018 Census Test.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Deangelo Raheem Roseboro, age 25, of Lancaster, South Carolina, entered a guilty plea in federal court to possession of a firearm by a person who had been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a year.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Howard Joseph Vorder Bruegge, III (36, Tampa) pleaded guilty today to possessing and distributing child pornography. Vorder Bruegge, a former mathematics professor at Hillsborough Community College (HCC), faces a minimum mandatory penalty of five years, and up to 40 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Napa, Calif. - With summer months approaching, the Bureau of Reclamation is preparing for increased recreational use at Lake Berryessa by expanding operating hours, beginning on April 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A federal grand jury has indicted 19 individuals from Laurel, Knox, Whitley, and Jefferson Counties, on drug trafficking and firearm offenses, in indictments that were unsealed today. The following individuals were named in the indictments.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Defendant was a gang member involved in shooting a handgun at a pedestrian.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A retired Kansas native residing in Panama was sentenced to 17 ½ years in federal prison Friday for using sexually explicit depictions of a minor to import into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Texas Man Arrested and Charged with Bribery Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Culpepper man was sentenced today to nine years in prison for operating a Ponzi scheme that took in approximately $9 million and defrauded over 20 victims of $1.8 million.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -The National Park Service and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department will conduct traffic safety enforcement patrols March 30 at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that Acacia Mental Health Clinic, LLC (“Acacia") and its owner, Abraham Freund, have agreed to pay approximately $4.1 million in cash and other compensation to the United States and the State of Wisconsin.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking help from residents of Sevier County, Tennessee, who were affected by the November 2016 Chimney Tops 2 Fire. These residents are being asked to participate in a survey that will help researchers...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Sonora, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is hosting a variety of activities from kayaking to counting butterflies this spring at New Melones Lake.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Vincenzo (Vincent) G. Savarese (36, Melbourne) to 15 years in federal prison, for accessing with the intent to view child pornography and for violating the terms of his supervised release. The court also ordered Savarese to serve a lifetime of supervision following his release from prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: ORLANDO - A man was sentenced to 80 years in federal prison for production and possession of child pornography yesterday. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, and the Cocoa Beach Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - James Benjamin, 57, of Ellicott City, Maryland, pled guilty yesterday to a federal charge stemming from making a false statement to the FBI, and to a District of Columbia charge stemming from a scheme to defraud individuals that trusted the defendant to invest money on their behalf announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Nancy McNamara, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A former Springfield, Ill., man whose business supplied incontinence products to Medicaid recipients, Kevin W. Schaul, was sentenced today for defrauding Illinois’ Medicaid program. U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough ordered that Schaul, 53, currently of Augusta, Mo., serve 24...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. - The Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire and Aviation Management Unit (UCR) is preparing to conduct prescribed burns on White River National Forest and Bureau of Land Management lands in Eagle, Garfield, and Pitkin counties, weather and conditions permitting.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A California man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in federal prison for making a hoax call to Wichita police that resulted in an innocent man who had no connection to the defendant or his co-conspirators being shot and killed by police, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
