News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man who worked as a corrections officer at a federal facility admitted today that he accepted cash bribes in exchange for delivering contraband to inmates, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: An alleged shooter and member of the Barrio Azteca (BA), a transnational border gang allied with the Juarez Cartel, was extradited from Mexico to the United States to face charges related to the March 2010 U.S. Consulate murders in Juarez, Mexico.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Good morning and welcome. We are here to discuss a difficult issue that confronts nearly every family in our nation - how to care for our loved ones as they age. It’s fitting that we work to address this matter in November, which is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and U.S. National Family Caregivers Month.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson and a bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter today to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neil Chatterjee on behalf of farmers and rural residents across the Midwest, to bring awareness to the need for a continued supply of propane to Midwest states.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A former member of the Tribal Council for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has been charged with additional criminal violations in a Superseding Indictment and arrested for burglary, sexual abusive contact, witness tampering, theft/embezzlement, and wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A father and son from Bergen County, New Jersey, were sentenced today to 27 months in prison and eight months of home detention, respectively, for their roles in a scheme to use straw buyers and short sales on properties to defraud mortgage lenders out of hundreds of thousands of dollars and to avoid paying taxes on the proceeds of the scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Alleged Barrio Azteca Shooter Extradited From Mexico to United States to Face Charges Related to the U.S. Consulate Murders in Juarez, Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that Kevin C. Baker, 56, Plainfield, Indiana, was sentenced today in federal court, by U.S. District Judge James Patrick Hanlon, to 35 years’ in federal prison, after having previously pleaded guilty to charges of sexual exploitation of a minor child.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Defendant part of violent “smash and grab" organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: [KNOXVILLE, Tennessee] David Tyler Wilson, 25, of Oliver Springs, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, Senior U.S. District Judge, to serve 262 months in federal prison for producing and possessing child pornography. Following his imprisonment, Wilson will be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for 15 years and will be required to register with the state sex offender registry in any state in which he lives, works, or attends school.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The founder and former CEO of a chain of Central Valley rural health clinics will sell 13 properties, remitting proceeds to the United States and the state of California, to resolve allegations that she submitted millions of dollars in false claims to Medi‑Cal, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: His Wife and Mother Were Previously Sentenced to Prison in Connection with the Case.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Anthony Haskins, age 44, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Nov. 13, 2019, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: New Orleans, LA - U.S. Marshals New Orleans Task Force arrested fugitive sex offender, Jeremiah Shawn Prater (31 years of age) at a residence in the 1100 block of South Salcedo St. New Orleans, Louisiana on the morning of Nov. 14, 2019. A handgun and small amount of white powdery substance believed to be illegal narcotics were recovered and seized during his arrest. Two other males were also arrested at the residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, sentenced DAQUAN MADRID PRIDGEN, 27, of Whiteville, North Carolina, to life imprisonment plus an additional ten years imprisonment...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - A New York man working as a massage therapist was charged Wednesday following an investigation by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York’s Hudson Valley office. Gary Pamperien was arrested at his Hicksville, NY home for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury today found Dameon Kerk Allen (42, St. Petersburg) guilty of attempted enticement of a child to engage in sexual activity. Allen faces a minimum mandatory term of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Feb. 13, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A former Director of Administration for a local trade organization was sentenced to federal prison for embezzling funds from her employer, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Wendy Long, 49, of Charleston, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for access device fraud. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Raminder Singh Rekhi pleaded guilty to theft, embezzlement, or misapplication of bank funds in connection with a scheme to illegally make loans, announced Adam A. Reeves, Attorney for the United States (acting under authority conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515), and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The plea was accepted on Nov. 13, 2019, by Charles R. Breyer, Senior U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Six Las Vegas, Nevada area residents were charged with running a fraudulent mass-mailing scheme that tricked hundreds of thousands of consumers into paying more than $10 million in fees for falsely promised cash prizes, the Department of Justice has announced.
