News from May 2019
By Homeland Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a Salvadoran national Thursday, wanted in her home country on aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder charges. Elda Cuadra-Torres, 29, was removed from the United States via an ICE Air Operations Charter flight and transferred into the custody of Salvadoran law enforcement authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned indictments charging RORY MOCARSKY, 47, and DAVID BOURNE, 37, both of Hartland, with firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An El Salvadorian man, who has a previous conviction for sexually assaulting a child, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for illegally reentering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A suspended Massachusetts State Police Trooper was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with being paid over $5,900 for overtime hours that he did not work.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Donald Hennings, 33, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of butyryl fentanyl and furanyl fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 33 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By US DOT Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the Committee will hold a hearing titled “The Impacts of State-Owned Enterprises on Public Transit and Freight Rail Sectors." During the hearing, Members will examine whether changes to federal policies are needed to ensure a fair rolling stock market that serves the interests of American taxpayers and transit riders.
By State Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined with committee members Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), John ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.VA. - A Charleston man pled guilty to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Shanton E. Penn, 27, pled guilty to distributing over 20 grams of methamphetamine. The investigation was conducted by the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Team (MDENT) and the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A Bourbonnais, Ill., couple, Raymond and Angie Adamee, are scheduled to make their initial appearance in federal court in Urbana, on June 3, 2019, on tax charges. A federal grand jury returned its indictment of the couple on May 7, 2019. The indictment charges both Raymond and Angie with...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Dijon Jamese Seales, 28, of Philadelphia, Mississippi, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to serve a total of 285 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kerry Wylie, age 27, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on May 8, 2019, before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley, to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute alpha-pvp, commonly known as “bath salts.".
By DOL Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: WOODLAND PARK, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Eastern Contractors LLC for exposing employees to falls and other safety hazards at a worksite in Paterson, New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: A former South Florida attorney was sentenced to 28 months in prison in relation to a pump and dump securities fraud scheme involving the shares of Valentine Beauty, Inc. (“VLBI").
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Max Paul Riestra, 42, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine and conspiracy to commit money laundering, was sentenced to serve 216 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 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 10, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA -U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that KENNETH MARTIN, age 45, from Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday to (10) ten years in prison, followed by (6) six years of supervised release, for charges related to distribution of fentanyl and heroin, and firearms possession.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN- U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Jimmie "Peanut" Butler was sentenced on May 9, 2019, to 262 months’ incarceration followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin and conspiring to distribute cocaine and cocaine ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - On May 8, 2019, two former residents of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Thursday, a federal jury found Filiberto “Beto" Chavez, 37, of Fresno, guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, conspiracy to engage in interstate travel for prostitution and two counts of use of a facility of interstate commerce to promote prostitution, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - On May 8, 2019, two former residents of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
