News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JEFFREY WEBER, a Long Island home-school tutor, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison for attempted child enticement. WEBER pled guilty on Dec. 12, 2018, and was sentenced yesterday by U.S. Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has sentenced a South Los Angeles man to more than 10 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography he obtained over a peer-to-peer computer network.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2019
Release: In February 2014, Russian military forces invaded and occupied Crimea. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262 adopted on March 27, 2014, and entitled Territorial Integrity of Ukraine, states the Autonomous Republic of Crimea remains internationally recognized as within Ukraine’s international borders. The U.S. government does not recognize the purported annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and considers that Crimea remains a part of Ukraine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Ohio resident has been sentenced in federal court to seven years (84 months) in prison on his convictions of drug trafficking and money laundering offenses, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced Ezriel Pagan, 41, of Jacksonville to 100 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. On October...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the arrest of EDWARD SHIN, the CEO of a Pennsylvania-based bank (the “Bank"), for taking bribes in connection with the Bank’s issuance of loans that were guaranteed by the United States Small Business...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Logan Nedo, 33, of Irondequoit, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with producing and possessing child pornography involving prepubescent minors. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum 50 years, along with a lifetime term of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that United States District Judge James C. Dever III, sentenced DARNELL THOMAS BROWN, 29, of Selma to 120 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised released.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Emma Semler, 23, of Collegeville, PA was sentenced today to 21 years’ incarceration, six years supervised release, and a $2,500 fine by the Honorable Gene E.K. Pratter. The defendant was convicted by a jury in December...
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: On Sunday, June 9, 2019, at 2 p.m., Homestead National Monument of America Artist-in-Residence Benjamin Justis will hold an interactive program on nature in music and modern composition followed by the group heading outside to create an improvised musical piece of their own on the prairie. This is a great creative program for visitors of all ages to learn about music and participate in musical composition.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Vernon Poleahla, 34, of Zuni, N.M., was sentenced in federal court yesterday to 79 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter and assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: A Houston, Texas patient recruiter was sentenced to 188 months in prison today for her role in a $20 million scheme to pay illegal health care kickbacks to physicians and Medicare beneficiaries in order to fraudulently bill for medically unnecessary home health services, and to launder the proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A local man has been sentenced to federal prison for tampering with consumer products. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: Used Accounts Created in Fake Names to Engage In Sexually Explicit Communications With Hundreds of Users-Many Identified as Minors Between 12 and 17 Years Old.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston federal judge has sentenced a 23-year-old local man to more than 26 years in prison following his conviction of three counts of robbery and three counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Parmeleee, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on May 29, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On May 28, 2019, Stanley Ray Tsosie, 29, of Chinle, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 10 years’ imprisonment, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release with sex offender registration, treatment, and testing. Tsosie had previously pleaded guilty to Sexual Abuse by Threat.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A dual U.S.-Venezuelan citizen who controlled multiple U.S.-based companies pleaded guilty today for his role in the Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) foreign bribery scheme. The case involves bribes paid to PDVSA officials - Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company - and its Houston-based subsidiary - Citgo Petroleum Corporation (Citgo) - to corruptly secure and retain energy and logistics contracts.
By Commerce Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -This week, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing on “Getting Counted: The Importance of the Census to State and Local Communities."
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month! To celebrate, we’re highlighting a few of the people at the Energy Department who are helping to change the world.
