News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Eight individuals from Fitchburg and Gardner were charged with participating in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Catherine Elizabeth Pugh, age 69, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and two counts of tax evasion. U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow has scheduled sentencing for Feb. 27, 2020, at 10:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: A Lewiston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Portland to conspiring to manufacture 100 or more marijuana plants and to distribute 100 or more kilograms of marijuana, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: DENVER - Gerardo Herrera, age 63, of Denver, Colorado pled guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez to corruptly endeavoring to obstruct or impede the due administration of the Internal Revenue Code announced United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn and IRS - Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Andy Tsui. Herrera’s sentencing is scheduled for April 1, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Eight individuals from Fitchburg and Gardner were charged with participating in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: ST. LOUIS- Haitao Xiang, 42, formerly of Chesterfield, Missouri, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on one count of conspiracy to commit economic espionage, three counts of economic espionage, one count of conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets, and three counts of theft of trade secrets.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - As part the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California’s strategy to reduce violent crime by focusing on firearms prosecutions, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced sentences in the following cases involving illegal firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: LAREDO - A 36-year-old Mexican man has been ordered to federal prison for his role in importing approximately 32 kilograms of meth inside hidden compartments of a vehicle, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Raul Edrey Manrique Bernal pleaded guilty Aug. 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Lieutenant Skylare Holstick, age 37, of Birmingham, Alabama, was sentenced to 41 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release, and Shara Tyesha Cumins, age 29, of Opelika, Alabama, was...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: A Lewiston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Portland to conspiring to manufacture 100 or more marijuana plants and to distribute 100 or more kilograms of marijuana, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Christopher Brian Cosimano, a/k/a “Durty," (31, Gibsonton) and Michael Dominick Mencher, a/k/a “Pumpkin," (53, Tarpon Springs) to life in federal prison plus ten years, and life in prison plus five years, respectively, for conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, murder in aid of racketeering, and related firearms offenses. A federal jury found Cosimano and Mencher guilty on Aug. 12, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that a jury at the federal courthouse in Selma, Alabama convicted Jessie James Turner, Jr. of being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of Title 18 USC Section 922 (g)(1), on Nov. 14, 2019, after a ...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
Release: SEATTLE - Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced Thursday that they are prepared for an 4% increase in travelers departing Sea-Tac Airport in the days leading up to and immediately following the Thanksgiving holiday.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, & Innovation, released the following statement on news that Jeanette Manfra is leaving the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 52-year-old Houston man has admitted to his participation in the July 2014 murder outside a parole office in Houston, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Antonio Tawan Bankhead, 31, of Fairfield, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: Golden Gate National Recreation Area Seeks Overnight Hostel Accommodation Proposals for Historic Fort Mason.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has resolved its Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance review of the University of Michigan’s Mcity Driverless Shuttle Program, First Assistant United States Attorney Saima Mohsin announced today. The United States Attorney’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former executive at Hawthorne-based semiconductor company OSI Systems Inc. was indicted today on charges of using inside information to “short" his employer’s stock and, later, to illegally purchase shares of a company OSI confidentially had targeted for acquisition, in a scheme that allegedly netted a total of more than $567,000 in illicit gains.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - Early this morning, Daren Keith Gragg, Sr., 43 years-of-age was arrested in a family member’s apartment on Pembroke Drive in Derry, NH. Mr. Gragg was being sought on a State of New Hampshire Parole Warrant. Gragg was on parole as a result of being found guilty and sentenced in connection with multiple firearm related offenses. Additionally, Gragg has an outstanding arrest warrant for stalking issued out of the Manchester Police Department.
