News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Peabody woman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a “ten-percenting" scheme, in which she purchased millions of dollars’ worth of winning Massachusetts state lottery tickets at a discount in order to help the ticket holders avoid taxes on the winnings.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Alfonso Tellez-Lopez, 40, an illegal alien from Mexico, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to misprision of a felony regarding his brother’s unlawful transportation of aliens within the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Jere T. Miles...
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking public input on the impacts related to proposed repairs at El Vado Dam in northern New Mexico. El Vado Dam is undergoing a Corrective Action Study through Reclamation’s Safety of Dams Program and will require modifications and repairs of the dam...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Dwaine Bartlett, 46 years old, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that a federal jury in Mobile, Alabama found defendant Mack Doak, 51, and his wife, co-defendant Jaycee Doak, 41, guilty on all charges in a child exploitation case spanning multiple jurisdictions. Chief United...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Lawrence Stone, age 64, formerly of East Stroudsburg, Nanticoke, and Scranton, Pennsylvania, a former Master Clinician and Case Manager at Scranton Counseling Center, was sentenced on May 23, 2019, to 15 years’ imprisonment to be followed by five years on supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - U.S. Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman announced today a new initiative in which federal and local prosecutors are working with law enforcement and domestic violence victim services agencies to hold accountable domestic abusers who illegally possess firearms.
By Homeland Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - On Tuesday, May 28, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the indictment, of a Hazelton, Pennsylvania man, who was indicted on May 21, 2019, by a federal grand jury for theft of government property, specifically, theft of welfare benefits...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn issued the following statement about the death of Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard P. Matsch.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DEVELL CONLEY, also known as “DL," 32, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing narcotics.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS, Montana - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Willow Creek Dam near Augusta, Montana, is experiencing high inflows as a result of heavy rain in the upper Sun River Basin. The current reservoir elevation is about 2 feet above the normal full level and is expected to reach the elevation of the uncontrolled spillway the morning of May 28, 2019. Inflows into Willow Creek Reservoir are currently averaging up to 1,800 cubic feet-per-second.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: WACO, Texas- A federal judge today sentenced 38-year-old methamphetamine distribution ringleader Daniel Louis Lopez to life in federal prison, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, Houston Division; United States Attorney John F. Bash; FBI Special Agent in...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: Jose Antonio Torres Marrufo (aka “Jaguar") has been extradited from Mexico to face federal racketeering charges in the Western District of Texas, stated U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Kyle W. Williamson, El Paso Division; FBI Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, Jr., El Paso Division; and, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey C. Boshek, II, Dallas Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Luis Cosme, also known as “Lou Rock," 35, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegal possession of a loaded handgun.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake today sentenced former Baltimore Police Detective Jemell Lamar Rayam, age 38, of Owings Mills, Maryland, to 12 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a racketeering conspiracy, including multiple robberies, and overtime fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Tuesday, May 28, 2019, G. Ford Gilbert, 71, of Carmichael, California received a 12-month sentence for conspiring to commit bribery of a state official, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. The judge ordered that the 12-month sentence be served by completing six months of incarceration in federal prison, to be followed by six months of home detention.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Bruce Wheeler, age 42, of Hackett, Arkansas, was sentenced on May 22, 2019 to 188 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for one count of Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute. The Honorable P.K. Holmes, III presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Luis Cosme, also known as “Lou Rock," 35, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegal possession of a loaded handgun.
