News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Elmer Alexander Andrade today to imprisonment for 175 months, to be followed by a 5-year term of supervised release. Andrade was convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. § 846.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Federal Witness was Threatened & Tortured.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Anthony Ellis, a 34 year old resident of Selma, Alabama was sentenced to 100 months of incarceration for possession of a.38 caliber Rohm pistol after being convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that the former owner/operator of a Harrisburg based dental and vision claims processing business, Michael Timothy Buchanan, age 68, of Fishers, Indiana, pleaded guilty on May 14, 2019, before U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo, to one count of Health Care Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Anthony Johnson, age 51, of York, Pennsylvania, was convicted on May 16, 2019, for Hobbs Act robbery and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence after a two-day jury trial before Senior U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Loren John Jay Meade, age 32, of Moses Lake, Washington, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on Oct. 2, 2018, to conspiracy to distribute 50 or more grams of actual methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization was sentenced on May 13, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Kevin B. Merrill, age 53, of Towson, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy and wire fraud arising from a $550 million investment fraud scheme that operated from 2013 through September 2018. Co-defendant Cameron R. Jezierski, age 28, of Fort Worth, Texas, previously pleaded guilty to his role in the scheme. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a parallel civil complaint in this matter.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of felon in possession of a firearm by prohibited person was sentenced on May 13, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Defendant Uploaded Child Pornography to His Google Account and Stored Child Pornography on Electronic Devices in His Home.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart recognized the service and sacrifice of federal, state, and local police officers yesterday at the annual memorial ceremony hosted by the Huntington Police Department and the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Gold Star Lodge 65.
By Homeland Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Honduran man attempting to cross the border with an unrelated 6-month-old infant last week underscores what U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents have described as an increasing trend of fraudulent families presenting at the border in order to take advantage of loopholes in immigration laws and avoid being detained by immigration authorities.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone is releasing a series of major strategic priorities that will guide short and long-term decision making over the upcoming years. The priorities focus heavily on the park’s team and organization, strengthening the condition of the Yellowstone ecosystem, improving visitor experience, investing in infrastructure, and expanding partnerships and coalitions.
By Homeland Newswire | May 16, 2019
Release: DULLES, Va. - A Loudoun County, Virginia, man was caught with a gun and two magazines of ammunition at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) on Wednesday, May 15, after a Transportation Security Administration officer spotted the items in the man’s carry-on bag at one of the airport checkpoints.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents dismantled an alleged Stockton-based counterfeit pill manufacturing ring and arrested six individuals as a result of the investigation, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: ST. LOUIS -- Following a four-day trial, Dr. Dawn Rhodes, 43, presently of Atlanta, Georgia, was convicted of eight counts of engaging in a scheme to defraud Medicare and submitting false claims to Medicare. The trial took place before U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Autrey.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - May 16, 2019 - A federal grand jury yesterday, returned an eight-count indictment charging two illegal aliens with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana; illegal possession of firearms; possession of a firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes; and being illegal aliens in possession of firearms; announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sisseton, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for aggravated sexual abuse by force, threat, or fear, and assault of partner by strangulation or suffocation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - A Madison County man has pled guilty to committing violent crimes in aid of racketeering, distribution of marijuana and firearms violations. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A federal grand jury returned a 14-count indictment today charging an East Greenwich, Rhode Island business woman, whose business specializes in preserving foreclosed homes for resale, with nine counts of wire fraud, two counts aggravated identity theft, and one count each of money laundering...
