News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose Alvarez, 26, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, butyryl fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 12 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kyle Olson, 33, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to four years in federal prison for possessing child pornography. This term of imprisonment is to be followed by 25 years of supervised release. Olson pleaded guilty to this charge on Feb. 22, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joseph Jones, a/k/a Tio, 55, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years in prison, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | May 3, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced over $79 million in funding for bioenergy research and development including biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower. This funding supports DOE’s goal of providing consumers and businesses with a range of domestic energy options that are affordable, reliable, and secure.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CHARLES WILKERSON, 37, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of distribution of 28 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack").
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: SILT, Colo. - Today the Bureau of Land Management approved a 2.25-acre right-of-way for the Basalt and Rural Fire Protection District to construct and operate a fire station about four miles southwest of Basalt on West Sopris Creek Road.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. -Today the Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office released the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Alkali Creek Reservoir Project near Hyattville, Wyoming. The proposed project, from the Wyoming Water Development Office, supports the BLM’s commitment to modernizing infrastructure and is consistent with Wyoming’s 2015 Water Strategy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Adrian “AD" Lemons, 41, of Saint Louis, MO, and Virgil “V.G." Sims, 34, of Kennett, MO, each pleaded guilty to one count of cocaine conspiracy. Each man entered his guilty plea before United States District Court Judge Henry E. Autrey on May 3 and May 1, 2019, respectively. Sentencing for Sims is set for July 30, 2019. Lemons’ sentencing date is July 31, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to two years’ (24 months’) imprisonment, followed by 10 years’ supervised release, on his conviction of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Joshua Isaiah Potter, age 22, of District Heights, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for his participation in a series of commercial robberies in which the robbers brandished a gun.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - William M. McSwain, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and Brian A. Benczkowski, the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice, announced that Kenneth Smukler, 58, a long-time Philadelphia-area political consultant...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Enrique Fuentes has been sentenced for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Fuentes is a member of the “18th Street" gang.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio man and a Texas man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to crimes related to an auto-loan scheme in Texas and Columbus, Ohio that netted more than $2.6 million in fraudulent loans from at least nine financial institutions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Tara Nicole Shock, of Rosedale, West Virginia, was sentenced this week to 12 months incarceration for a firearms violation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: 15,000 Ecstasy Pills Recovered. INDIANAPOLIS -United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced that a Complaint was filed naming two defendants in drug trafficking offenses. Christopher Deeren was charged with drug possession with intent to distribute and/or distribute methamphetamine. Arthur Miles was...
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In the wake of yesterday’s hearing on the economic future of Puerto Rico, Chair Raúl M. Grijalva today questioned the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico’s one-sided focus on punishing austerity measures and service cuts to the island’s already shattered economy...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Charles C. Ansley, Jr., of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced this week to 24 months incarceration for unlawful possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury on Wednesday convicted a Chicago-area man of conspiring to “straw purchase" several handguns on behalf of a woman who allegedly tried to smuggle the weapons into Egypt.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Following a nearly two-year international investigation involving U.S. law enforcement and authorities in Germany and the Netherlands, federal prosecutors have charged three German nationals with being the administrators of Wall Street Market (WSM), which was one of the world’s largest...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Greensboro, NC - On April 30, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division hosted a roundtable for community organizations to discuss the problem of sexual harassment in housing, U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin announced. The event included state and local fair housing agencies, a representative from Legal Aid of North Carolina’s Fair Housing Project, and numerous community organizations.
