News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A California man was sentenced today to more than one and a half years in prison for threatening to kill the family of Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Six Akron men were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to bring more than 200 pounds of methamphetamine from California and sell it in the Akron area.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Department of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin refused to comply with a subpoena for six years of the President’s personal and business tax returns...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Presley Dexter Sandoval, 25, of Pueblo Pintado, N.M., pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to committing aggravated sexual abuse against a child within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: EL CAJON, Calif. - Yesterday, DEA’s Narcotic Task Force (NTF) responded to a hash oil extraction laboratory explosion in the city of El Cajon. This explosion occurred less than two weeks after the significant hash oil extraction laboratory explosion in the Mira Mesa area of San Diego, which sent three people to the hospital with serious injuries.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A Mexican citizen convicted in an investigation in which law enforcement seized 34 pounds of meth, worth an estimated $1.5 million, from a hotel room was sentenced to 57 months in prison and five years of supervised release on Wednesday, U.S. Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Hoodsport, WA: Staircase Road and Campground will reopen Friday, May 24 for Memorial Day weekend. However, an additional two-week closure is necessary due to unexpected culvert repairs. The campground will be closed to overnight stays beginning Monday, May 27 and will reopen when the work is completed. For public and worker safety, the road will be closed to vehicles and pedestrians at the park boundary Tuesday, May 28 and is expected to reopen by Saturday, June 8.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Ali Kourani Convicted in Manhattan Federal Court for Covert Terrorist Activities on Behalf of Hizballah’s Islamic Jihad Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 34-year-old Laredoan is now the 23rd defendant to be headed to federal prison following his conviction of money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Eight people from Northwest Ohio were indicted for firearms violations or armed robbery charges as part of a continued collaborative effort to reduce violent crime in the Toledo area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Horn Lake resident Michael D. Love, 45, has been found guilty of kidnapping and raping six Memphis women, and attempting to kidnap and rape an seventh, over a period of seven years. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, recognized the service and sacrifice of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers on the occasion of National Police Week, and commented on the FBI’s 2018 Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted report.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that David A. Kelly, 33, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 54 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Kelly pleaded guilty to the charge on March 14, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TROY YOUNG, a/k/a “Hollywood," pled guilty today to involvement in a racketeering conspiracy in connection with his membership in “Southside," a violent street gang that operated in the City of Newburgh...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On May 15, 2019, Stephen Allen Lamont, 61, and Elvia Lorena Lamont, 51, were sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson for their involvement in a Medicare fraud scheme. Lamont previously pled guilty to Health Care Fraud and his wife, Elvia Lamont, previously pled guilty to Misprision of a Felony.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On May 16, 2019, Kristin Daniel Horn, age 40, of Burlington, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 360 months imprisonment, after pleading guilty to Production of Child Pornography, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Horn was ordered to serve ten years on supervised release to follow his prison term and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Samuel C. Thompson, 34, of Grass Valley, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 10 years and four months in prison for receipt of child pornography and attempting to use the internet to entice a child to engage in sexual activity, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Ryan Newell, 31, and Cory Woods, 29, both of Columbia, were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in armed bank robberies. Newell was sentenced to over 24 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to three...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-Billings resident Keith Alan Rose, who admitted to methamphetamine trafficking crimes, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on May 16, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On May 16, 2019, Sean Michael Kinard, age 31, of Mount Pleasant, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 130 months imprisonment, after pleading guilty to Receipt of Child Pornography, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Kinard was ordered...
