News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - “Fugitive of the Week," Stacy Brasley, 28, heard that she was the “Fugitive of the Week," and eventually did the right thing by turning herself in to the Manchester Police Department this morning. Brasley was picked up by the United States Marshals Service at the Manchester Police Department and was brought to the Federal Court House in Concord where she was processed. Brasley will see the Court later this morning where she will be arraigned on her charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman convicted of Larceny was sentenced on May 13, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a jury returned a guilty verdict today against Ali Kourani, a/k/a “Ali Mohamad Kourani," a/k/a “Jacob Lewis," a/k/a “Daniel," on all eight counts in the Indictment, which charged him with terrorism, sanctions...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Richard Earl Jeffcoat, age 52, of Pelion, was sentenced to six months in federal prison and six months of home confinement after pleading guilty to Conspiring to Commit Bank Fraud. Senior United States District Court Judge Terry L. Wooten of Columbia imposed the sentence and ordered Jeffcoat to pay over $45,000 in restitution to the victim, Arthur State Bank.
By US DOT Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is implementing changes for recreational drone flyers mandated by Congress in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that that Geudin Nivar Baez, a/k/a/ Jhonatan Mateo, 31, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
By Homeland Newswire | May 16, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee and the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2020 State and Foreign Operations bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Jeffrey McKinney (61, Minneola) has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for his scheme to steal over $750,000 from his employer and one of its executives. McKinney is facing up to 20 years in federal prison, three years of supervised release, and will be ordered to pay restitution. Sentencing has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Travis B. Hall (38, Orlando) to 15 years in federal prison, and Antonio Mobley (43, Orlando) to 14 years and 11 months in federal prison, for committing armed robberies at convenience stores in the Orlando area and for brandishing firearms during these crimes of violence. In addition, Derrick M. Davis (38, Orlando) was sentenced to 14 years and 7 months’ imprisonment for participating in the robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Caught with ¾ pound of meth and four firearms, including two stolen firearms.
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: 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: Previously Convicted of Assault While Displaying a Dangerous Weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JEFFREY FERRY, also known as “30," 32, of Manchester, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for drug and gun offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JEFFREY FERRY, also known as “30," 32, of Manchester, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for drug and gun offenses.
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: Assistant U. S. Attorney Blanca Quintero (619) 546-7118.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: SPOKANE, Wash. - 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. Chief United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Meade to a 12 year and four month term of imprisonment, to be followed by a five-year term of court supervision after he is released from federal prison.
By US DOT Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled “Review of Fiscal Year 2020 Budget...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -Rachel Marie Burrell, 30, of Portage, Michigan, was sentenced for sexual exploitation of a child, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. Burrell was sentenced to 180 months’ imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release and was ordered to pay fines and other monetary penalties.
