News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 13-count indictment today against Fresno residents Isaias Herrera-Ortiz, 29, and Lucas Lara Portillo, 38, charging them with conspiracy, production of false identification documents, transfer of false identification documents, and fraud and misuse of visas and related documents, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: POCATELLO - Temp Ray Patterson, MD, 55, formerly of Burley, Idaho, was sentenced to seven months in prison for receipt and delivery of misbranded devices, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also sentenced Patterson to serve one year of supervised release following his incarceration, and to pay restitution of $8,200 and a fine of $10,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 36-year-old Dallas man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction conspiracy transport undocumented aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
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: FORT WAYNE - Varnell Coe, age 28, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady upon his plea of guilty to maintaining a drug involved premises, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced to federal prison for a drug trafficking offense, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. George Ray Breckenridge, 41, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for distribution of methamphetamine. He will serve 96 months of supervised release after his imprisonment.
By State Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington--Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Giving Back to the Community through a variety of venues & initiatives.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: AUBURN, New York - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filed a detainer Nov. 12, against a repeat immigration violator Guatemalan national Heriberto Perez-Velasquez with the Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office, where he is currently detained after being arrested for vehicular homicide. Perez-Velasquez was arrested a month earlier by New York State Police on DUI charges and released from state custody on an appearance ticket with no notification to ICE.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic City, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 150 months in prison for selling over 200 grams of crystal methamphetamine and for staging a fake robbery of a Union County, New Jersey, pawnshop for the purpose of perpetrating an insurance fraud, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated six Kentucky counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Knox, Pike, and Whitley counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Due to a strong coastal storm that is forecast to impact the Outer Banks this weekend, the Oregon Inlet, Frisco, and Cape Point campgrounds will close at 12 p.m. tomorrow. Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) will reopen the three campgrounds after the storm passes and assessments are completed.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Leslie Muniz to 36 months in federal prison for aiding and abetting the filing of false federal income tax returns. Muniz was also ordered to pay $1,615,143 in restitution to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic City, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 150 months in prison for selling over 200 grams of crystal methamphetamine and for staging a fake robbery of a Union County, New Jersey, pawnshop for the purpose of perpetrating an insurance fraud, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 15 months to be followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction of attempted possession with intent to distribute alprazolam and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Randall Pete Loftis, age 41, of Seminole, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Theft From Organization Receiving Federal Program Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 666(a)(1)(A), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 33-year-old Corpus Christi resident and member of the Sureno 13 gang has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and carrying a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Manual Lozano pleaded guilty July 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of McDonald, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearm and narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced that BEHZAD POURGHANNAD was sentenced yesterday to 46 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to export carbon fiber from...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Federal agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are appealing to the public for assistance in identifying potential victims of convicted child predator Tay Christopher Cooper, 67, of Carlsbad CA. Cooper is a retired high school teacher from the Vista school district.
