News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: Jill C. Tyson Named Assistant Director of the Office of Congressional Affairs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Guatemalan man was sentenced today to nearly three and a half years in prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that RIGOBERTO FRANQUIS-HERNANDEZ, age 35, a citizen of Mexico, was charged yesterday in a one-count bill of information with illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. ' 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announces that United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced RICARDO JEROME BENNETT, SR., 48, of Wilmington, North Carolina to 216 months’ imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised released. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $10,000.00.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON- A Carrizo Springs doctor with multiple offices throughout the Southwest Texas border area and his office manager face federal charges in connection with alleged illegal drug distribution, Health Care Fraud, and aggravated identity theft scheme, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division; U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; and, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: A former employee of the United States Army Corps of Engineers was charged with making false, material statements to law enforcement agents.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: Eric W. Sporre Named Assistant Director of the Insider Threat Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man will spend nearly four years in federal prison on a firearms possession charge that started with his attempt to outrun police.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Patrick Jerome Mouton has been sentenced for nine metro-Atlanta bank robberies. During the robberies, Mouton would approach tellers and give them a threatening note that demanded cash.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on May 30, 2019, Sean R. Evansen (age: 36) of Algoma, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison by Chief District Judge William C. Griesbach.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Philip Hooge announced today that a vessel speed limit of 13 knots through the water for all vessels is being implemented in lower Glacier Bay to protect numerous humpback whales that have been sighted in this area. During...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Shane Ryan Hammond, 27, of Hilliard, Ohio, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 15 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $48,000 restitution for impersonating a federal agent, kidnapping, wire fraud and interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - A Jackson man has been sentenced to 80 months in federal prison for distributing between 100 and 400 grams of a heroin and fentanyl mixture to residents of Gibson and Madison Counties. This mixture caused at least two users to overdose, but survive. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Aaron Mack, aka Dean, aka Dean-O, 27, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Fla. - Trevor John, 39, of Palm Bay, was sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, hydromorphone and heroin. John had pleaded guilty on Feb. 28, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former accountant and financial officer for the Edge College & Career Network and the Key Worldwide Foundation will plead guilty in connection with the college admissions case.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: Second Defendant also Pleads Guilty to Distributing Multiple Controlled Substances as Part of Conspiracy.
By Homeland Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - On Friday, May 31, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, announced, a Hatboro, Pennsylvania man was charged by indictment with multiple counts of child exploitation offenses, including enticing a minor to engage in illicit sexual conduct and possession...
By Commerce Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, June 4, 2019, Rep. Gerry Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, will hold a hearing on “Examining Federal Labor-Management Relations."
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Former Baltimore Police Sergeant Keith Allen Gladstone, age 51, of New Park, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to deprive civil rights, in connection with planting evidence at a crime scene. As part of his plea, Gladstone also admitted that he told a witness to lie about the event if questioned by law enforcement.
