News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Stephen D. Jacques-Scott, age 33, of New York City, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison, to be followed by 4 years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl and crack cocaine in Plattsburgh.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jansen V. Carr, of Ranson, West Virginia, has admitted to selling cocaine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Bedford man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to distribute crack cocaine on the Veterans Affairs Medical Center campus in Bedford.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Derek Indivero, age 27, of Dewitt, New York, pled guilty today to one count of attempted coercion and enticement of a child and one count of possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, Special Agent-in-Charge James N. Hendricks of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and New York State Police Superintendent Keith Corlett.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Oct. 16, 2019, United States District Judge Diane J. Humetewa sentenced Tao Li, a 39-year-old Chinese national, to 40 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Li had previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to export military- and space-grade technology to...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - A Coral Springs, Florida, business owner was sentenced to prison Wednesday for her role in a visa fraud immigration scheme. The sentence was a result of an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Federal Grant is Among 236 Handed Out by DOJ Totaling more than $273 Million to American Indian and Alaska Native Communities.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: FARMINGTON, Pa., America’s National Park System includes 419 units, including the 61 national parks as designated by Congress, along with national monuments, national historic sites, national historical parks, national memorials, national preserves, national recreation areas, national rivers and national...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - After deliberating for eight hours, a federal jury late yesterday found Dr. Milad Shaker guilty of 14 counts of illegal dispensing of opioids, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 47-year-old Saginaw, Texas man has been found guilty of attempted child coercion and enticement in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown and FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew J. DeSarno today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A member of a drug-trafficking organization has admitted his role in distributing significant amounts of illegal drugs in Camden, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - After deliberating for eight hours, a federal jury late yesterday found Dr. Milad Shaker guilty of 14 counts of illegal dispensing of opioids, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An illegal alien who has a previous conviction for aggravated sexual battery of a child, was sentenced today to 16 months in prison for illegally reentering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with using her position as an airline gate agent to convert low cost flights to more expensive flights and destinations for friends, family and acquaintances.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Katherine Dejesus-Gonzalez, 36, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a fine of $10,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Manhattan Beach man pleaded guilty to a fraud charge this afternoon in United States District Court and admitted bilking foreign investment groups out of $14 million by falsely claiming the money would be used to produce a feature film that Netflix would distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today that it has awarded over $273.4 million in grants to improve public safety, serve victims of crime, combat violence against women and support youth programs in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Derek Indivero, age 27, of Dewitt, New York, pled guilty today to one count of attempted coercion and enticement of a child and one count of possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, Special Agent-in-Charge James N. Hendricks of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and New York State Police Superintendent Keith Corlett.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Defendant deducted bribe payment from his income taxes.
