News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced two Sacramento men for methamphetamine trafficking, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and DEA Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ARRINSON DE LA CRUZ, 40, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 144 months of imprisonment for his role in the large-scale importation of cocaine and other controlled substances into the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Idaho business owner, two of his supervisors, and the company, convicted of Wire Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, were sentenced on Nov. 18, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Dagoberto Duarte, 22, of Dorchester, Massachusetts pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to transportation of a minor for the purpose of sexual activity, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Boise District will conduct three prescribed timber pile burns on projects within Boise, Valley and Adams Counties between Nov. 27 and Feb. 1, depending on weather, fuel and ground conditions. The main objective of these burns is to reduce 245 acres of slash accumulated during past timber treatments, reducing hazardous fuels and the potential for harmful fire behavior.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WESTLEY NORTHRUP, also known as “Piff," 31, formerly of Meriden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 94 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for operating a drug trafficking ring while he was incarcerated.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published a decision record approving the noncompetitive sale of two public land parcels totaling just over 3,380 acres to the Gila River Indian Community (Community). The Community, composed of members of the Pima Tribe and the Maricopa Tribe, has historical ties to these lands and the parcels include cultural resources and archaeological sites that are of considerable significance to tribal members.
By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today convened a business meeting during which members approved 15 nominees and a number of Foreign Service Officer promotions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced today to 162 months in federal prison for robbery, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A former vice chancellor for City Colleges of Chicago obtained payments, some in the form of kickbacks, from vendors in exchange for steering them contracts for community canvassing and flyer distribution services, according to an indictment returned in federal court in Chicago.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: Today, Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at the subcommittee's hearing on the Department of Labor's apprenticeship programs...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), and Raymond Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), announced today the...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: A long time member and leader of the Seven Mile Bloods Street Gang was sentenced for his participation in various criminal acts, including racketeering conspiracy, attempted murder and a related firearm offense, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Wagner Pimentel, 30, of Methuen, Massachusetts, and Luz Perez DeMartinez, 27, of Lawrence Massachusetts were sentenced in federal court on Tuesday for participating in a large-scale fentanyl trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today. Pimentel was sentenced to 108 months. DeMartinez was sentenced to 132 months and a $50,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Anthony Robinson, a/k/a, Anthony Harrison, 32, of Philadelphia, PA was convicted today at trial for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Anchorage brothers and repeat drug trafficking offenders Dwayne Dollison, Jr., 37, and Kenneth Martin Douglas, 35, were each sentenced to 15-year prison sentences by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason for a drug trafficking conspiracy involving firearms. Dollison was sentenced to an additional 7 months for violating the supervised release conditions of a previous drug trafficking offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - One of 19 defendants charged in a gang-related racketeering conspiracy was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 240 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Remijio Rafael Hau Chi, age 45, formerly of Littleton, Colorado was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane to serve 18 months in federal prison for fleeing the U.S. to avoid a jail sentence imposed in a previous tax fraud case. The 18 months’ imprisonment is consecutive to the tax fraud sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Justin Paul Keener, age 31, of Patuxent River, Maryland, has pleaded guilty to a superseding information charging him with two counts of abusive sexual contact with a child. The guilty plea was entered on Nov. 19, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Two Allegheny County residents of Southwestern Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
