News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two men are set to appear in federal court to answer separate, but similar charges for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into the country, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Jose Mario Moreno Parada (37, Naples) to eight years and four months in federal prison for smuggling goods from the United States, possessing firearms with obliterated serial numbers, and making false statements to federal agents. The court also ordered Parada to forfeit the firearms involved in the offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. -A Bergen County, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring to launder the proceeds of narcotics activity, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- Federal and local law enforcement today arrested 5 of 12 defendants indicted in September as part of a conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine sourced from Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Thomas Whitney, 39, of Barrington, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court to production of child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Cuyahoga Valley National Park News Release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - Rasu Taylor, 45, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 70 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Robson Gustavo Morales Santos, 31, was sentenced on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, to 96 months in prison on child pornography charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Santos, who is a citizen of Guatemala residing illegally in the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 21-year-old woman from Brunswick, Georgia, now faces up to life in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to import a large quantity of meth into the country, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: PENDLETON, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced it will hold a meeting of the John Day - Snake Resource Advisory Council Thursday and Friday, October 17-18.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Elijah Jeremiah Smith, an inmate at FCI Hazleton, was indicted today for allegedly assaulting a correctional officer while being housed at FCI Gilmer, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Two Illinois men have been sentenced to a total of 109 months in federal prison for transporting and possession of stolen firearms. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Sept. 18, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Kyle Sorrels (Sorrels) of Arkansas, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Bureau of Land Management Elko District and Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest Mountain City-Ruby Mountains-Jarbidge Ranger District are lifting fire restrictions that have been in place since Aug. 15, 2019. Restrictions will expire at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday morning, Oct. 1, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert W. Wood, 49, of Corning, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to possession of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Former Jackson County Treasurer Sentenced to Prison for Identity Theft and Wire Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 29-year-old resident of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been ordered to prison for conspiracy with intent to distribute meth, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Fernando Garcia-Leal pleaded guilty July 3.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - A former Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 52-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
