News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - AWashington County resident was sentenced today in federal court to 84 months’ imprisonment followed by three years’ supervised release on his conviction for violating the federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet their contractual obligations...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 12-count indictment charging Jeffrey Richards, 28, of Niagara Falls, NY, with narcotics conspiracy; possession with intent to distribute acetyl fentanyl, fentanyl, cocaine, marijuana, and alprazolam;...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Joins Local Law Enforcement To Support Violent Crime Reduction Effort.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Austin Santoro, 23, of York, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to two years in prison and three years of supervised release for transmitting a threatening interstate communication and identity theft. The defendant pleaded guilty on Dec. 17, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Chukwuemeka Ekwonna, age 29, of Glenn Dale, Maryland, today to 14 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for two counts of sex trafficking of a minor. Specifically, between October 2016 and February...
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2020 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: More than 200 law enforcement officers died by suicide in 2019. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline may be reached at 1-800-273-8255 and provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress. We are HERE for law enforcement, HELP is a phone call away, and above all there is always HOPE.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - Jermichael Malcolm, 46, of Dayton, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - Acadia National Park will have a wide variety of maintenance improvement projects within park boundaries over the spring, summer, and fall. Current conditions on roads, hiking trails, and carriage roads are posted to the National Park Service website at go.nps.gov/AcadiaAlerts. Every...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an 18-count indictment charging Steven Gasiorek, 33, of Cheektowaga, NY, with production and receipt of child pornography, and enticement of a minor. The highest charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, a maximum penalty of life in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 12-count indictment charging Jeffrey Richards, 28, of Niagara Falls, NY, with narcotics conspiracy; possession with intent to distribute acetyl fentanyl, fentanyl, cocaine, marijuana, and alprazolam;...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Keith Kirchoff (41, Key West) to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime. A jury had found Kirchoff guilty on Feb. 26, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: In Austin today, U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel sentenced 45-year-old Terry Allen Miles to life in federal prison for kidnapping two minors and taking them to Colorado, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Round Rock Police Chief Allen Banks.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake today sentenced Taurus Tillman, a/k/a Tash, age 30, of Baltimore, to 25 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a drug distribution conspiracy and a violent racketeering enterprise...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas photographer who posed as a professional modeling photographer and sports sponsor was sentenced Monday to 29 1/2 years in federal prison for child sexual exploitation, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI’s Las Vegas Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Robert Jacob Eberle, age 30, of Lexington Park, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charge of theft of firearms, which Eberle admitted he stole from a federally licensed firearms dealer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 41-year-old man from Matamoros, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison for illegal re-entry into the country, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Ciro Garcia-Herrera pleaded guilty in October 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Agency Village, South Dakota, man convicted of sexual abuse of a minor was sentenced on May 20, 2019, by U.S. District Jude Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 12, 2019, for Kenric Lee, age 41, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, who pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court Thursday to voluntary manslaughter.
