News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Patrick Nathan Broxton, age 48, of Ellicott City, Maryland, today to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for a heroin distribution conspiracy and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that a convicted felon was sentenced today for illegally possessing a firearm at Juneau International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 38-year old Houston resident and documented 59 Bounty Hunters criminal street gang member has been ordered to federal prison for multiple convictions, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: MACON - A businessman convicted in a complex scheme to defraud the Bibb County School District (BCSD) will spend 50 months in prison for his crime, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Dave Carty, 49, of Macon, was found guilty on February...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: A 33-year-old Port Angeles, Washington, man was arrested this morning in connection with a Sept. 26, 2016, laser pointer strike on a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. RANDALL MUCK was indicted by a grand jury last week, charging him with aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft and making false statements to government agents. MUCK will make his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Tacoma at 2:30 today.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: ELKO, Nev. --. The Bureau of Land Management, Tuscarora Field Office has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze the impacts of installing a new radio repeater site on Pinon Mountain. The proposed site is located approximately 25 miles southwest of Elko, Nevada and approximately 16 miles south of Carlin, Nevada. The 15-day review period begins May 20 and ends June 3.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Media are invited to capture exclusive Lake Mead National Recreation Area B-roll footage, photos and interviews before the busy Memorial Day weekend during the annual media ride-along 10 a.m. to noon May 23 at Las Vegas Boat Harbor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of ANGELICA PINO PERALTA, 37, to 24 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin. PERALTA, who pleaded guilty on Jan. 22, 2019, was sentenced on May 17, 2019, before Chief Judge John R. Tunheim in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Wilson, age 26, of Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 90 Months’ imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release for distributing heroin and unlawfully possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Louisiana Couple Pleads Guilty to Criminal Civil Rights Charges for Abusing Woman With Disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that David Bomboy, age 59, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was indicted on May 14, 2019, by a federal grand jury for conspiring to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The founder and ex-chief executive officer of Celerity Educational Group, a Koreatown-based non-profit owner and operator of charter schools, was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for conspiring to misappropriate approximately $3.2 million in public education funds allocated to some of her company’s schools.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Johnny Kajitani Jr., 47, of Clovis, was sentenced Monday to two years and 10 months in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. In addition, U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd ordered Kajitani to pay almost $44,000 in restitution to his various victims.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 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, today announced that on May 17, 2019, RAYMOND GEORGE, 52, of Hamden, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: An owner of a now-defunct Miami, Florida, home health care agency was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his participation in a scheme that caused Medicare to pay approximately $1 million in false and fraudulent claims for home health care services that were never provided.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 38-year old Houston resident and documented 59 Bounty Hunters criminal street gang member has been ordered to federal prison for multiple convictions, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Johnson City, Texas -- Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park begins its popular summer “Movies Under the Stars" series on Saturday, June 1, with the screening of “Support Your Local Sheriff." Starring James Garner in the leading role, this western comedy delighted audiences fifty years ago-including...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 23-year-old legal permanent resident of Katy has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of transporting illegal aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Yabar Ayan Portes-Arevalo pleaded guilty Feb. 18, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Defendant stole 16 pieces of mail and White House Christmas ornaments.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) St. George Field Office is seeking public comment on a proposal to sell two parcels of public land located near Virgin and St. George, Utah. The parcels are identified as available for disposal in the St. George Resource Management Plan as amended, and would be offered under the competitive sale process.
