News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kenneth Buzzo, of Granville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to three years’ probation, with the first six months on home detention, for his involvement in a drug distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Timothy Lafond, 41, of Rochester, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday, to 198 months for drug trafficking.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Department of Transportation will award $13 million in airport infrastructure grants to three airports in the state of Louisiana. With this announcement, the Trump Administration has invested a historic $10.8 billion in more than two thousand American airports across the United States for safety and infrastructure improvements since January 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Danny Joe Patrick, age 51, of Wilburton, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Felon In Possession Of Firearm & Ammunition, in violation of Title...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: District Court Enters Injunction against New York Company and Corporate Officials to Prevent Adulteration of Food Products.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr Launches National Strategy to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Marie Antoinette Alcanter, 48, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging DERWIN IDELL MOORE, 33, and KEVIN KAREEM WHITE, 36, with one count each of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The defendants will be arraigned on Nov. 26, 2019, before Magistrate Judge Becky R. Thorson in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. -U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger has sentenced Frank Michael Lucas, 33, of Sylva, N.C. to 160 months in prison on drug trafficking charges, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Andrew Murray. Judge Reidinger also ordered Lucas to serve five years under court supervision and to pay a $10,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: A federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict yesterday against defendant Yuan Li for extortion conspiracy and threatening physical violence in furtherance of an extortion plan. The verdict followed a four-day trial before United States District Judge Brian M. Cogan. When sentenced, Li faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: Nevada’s U.S. Attorney’s Office Will Use the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Coordinator to Enhance Investigations into Missing Persons, Develop Protocols for Law Enforcement, Improve Data Collection and Analyses, and Provide TTA Assistance.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: Berlin MD- The National Park Service (NPS) will institute a modest increase for all parks that charge entrance fees. The additional funds will be used for infrastructure and maintenance needs to enhance the visitor experience. Effective Jan. 1, 2020, entrance fees at Assateague Island National Seashore will be modified to align with standardized rates being implemented nationwide for similar national park areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former employee of a marijuana distribution warehouse was found guilty by a jury today of federal criminal charges that he conspired with a corrupt Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy to rob his former employer of $2 million dollars’ worth of marijuana and cash through an armed robbery staged to look like a legitimate law enforcement operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: The investigation and prosecution dubbed Operation Vanilla Gorilla reached its ultimate milestone this week with the federal prison sentence of the final defendant, representing the wrap-up one year after indictments.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Leon Campbell was sentenced by United States District Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall to nine years’ imprisonment for his 2013 participation in a murder-for-hire conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute marijuana in Brooklyn and Queens. Campbell pleaded guilty to the crimes in June 2019. Upon completion of his sentence, Campbell faces deportation from the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Johnny Scott Sadler, age 48, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release for Possession Of A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Drug Trafficking...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAMON SANCHEZ, also known as “Rome," 28, of Enfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 34 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing cocaine.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Department of Transportation will award $3.4 million in airport infrastructure grants to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Maryland. With this announcement, the Trump Administration has invested a historic $10.8 billion in more than two thousand American airports across the United States for safety and infrastructure improvements since January 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - After deliberating an hour on Thursday afternoon, a federal jury of six men and six women found Scott A. Anthony guilty of eight counts of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Gregory Graffeo Jr., 25, of Lafayette, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert R. Summerhays, to 63 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession of child pornography. Hall pleaded guilty on Aug. 13, 2019.
