News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - After a one-day court trial, Robert Hosler, 28, Austin, Texas, was found guilty today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson of two counts involving interstate communications and travel to engage in illegal sexual activity. The verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Scott C. Blader for the Western District of Wisconsin. Hosler waived his right to a trial by jury.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the conviction of MARTAVIS SHAWN DEMAR JAMES, 38, for the robbery and attempted robbery of 10 Twin Cities businesses. Following a four-day trial before U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson, the jury found JAMES guilty on all counts.
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 DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Men charged with defrauding bankruptcy debtors and financial institutions in Interstate vehicle title washing scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - John Jerome O’Hara, of Lexington, Paul Anthony Long, II, of Lexington, and Mitzi Shawn Sears, of Nancy, Kentucky all appeared in federal court today on charges related to elder financial exploitation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - On May 15, 2019, a Federal grand jury returned a 34-count indictment charging Gopalkrishna Pai, of Euless, Texas, and previously residing in Puerto Rico, with conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud, 19 counts of wire fraud, five counts of aggravated identity theft, and nine counts of money laundering, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The investigation was conducted by the FBI, and is ongoing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - Kenneth Bernard Smith, 54, of Winter Garden, Fla., pleaded guilty today to two counts of possessing ammunition and a firearm as a convicted felon and two counts of distributing cocaine and heroin. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. Smith is scheduled to be sentenced in August 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced today that on May 16, 2019, United States District Court Judge Robert Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Luther Gilmore, age 57, of Omaha, Nebraska, for his conviction for felon in possession of a firearm. Gilmore, who went to trial and was found guilty, was sentenced to a jail term of 71 months and was placed on supervised release for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - An 18-year-old LaPorte, Texas man has pleaded guilty to bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: (MISSOULA, Mont.) - The long-awaited plan guiding the management of some federal lands in the Missoula region is one step closer to completion.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former engineer at Skyworks Solutions, Inc. surrendered to law enforcement today on a federal criminal complaint alleging he obtained his employer’s non-public financial results without authorization and then illegally used the confidential information to purchase large amounts of Skyworks securities prior to the information being made public.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: SODA SPRINGS, Idaho - Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls District released a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) analyzing a mine and reclamation plan (M&RP) submitted by P4 Production, LLC for the proposed Caldwell Canyon Mine. P4 Production, a subsidiary of Bayer, would like...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Timothy Hopkins, 43, of O’Fallon, MO, and Richard O’Hara, 30, of Richwoods, MO, each pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Each appeared in federal court this afternoon before U.S. District Judge John A. Ross who accepted the pleas. Sentencing for both Hopkins and O’Hara has been set for Aug. 27, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Bryan Boley, 33, of Takoma Park, Maryland, pled guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to commit access device fraud, using or attempting to use a counterfeit access device, possession of 15 or more counterfeit or unauthorized access devices, and possession of device-making equipment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Mellissa Krystynak, 49, of St. Lucie, Florida, was sentenced to six months in prison for a mail fraud scheme she executed while employed as a counselor at Greenbrier West High School, in Charmco, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. She was also ordered to pay $13,750 in restitution to the victim scholarship organizations, and she was fined an additional $5,000.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement in response to the White House announcement that is considering restricting imports on autos and auto parts from the European Union and Japan in 180 days...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Greenville, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of time served or 200 days, to be followed by two years of supervised release on her conviction on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
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 Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: MOAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comment on a proposal to change the designated season of use for a dead-end road in the Fish Ford area. The proposal would keep the road open to public use during the fall season when the area is used for turkey hunting and dispersed...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Seventeen people in four states have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics, money laundering and postal laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. The three separate, but related, indictments were returned on May 8, 2019 and unsealed this week.
