News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Kaley Edgell, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, has admitted to, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Amir Gibreel, 30, of Northern Virginia, was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison for his role in a large-scale marijuana distribution enterprise, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Ashan M. Benedict, Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Timothy M. Dunham, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Kansas City, Kansas, men were sentenced in federal court today for a violent, hours-long crime spree in which they kidnapped, robbed, and terrorized three women.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: In Del Rio, a federal grand jury indicted a mother and daughter in a scheme to illegally bring a child, to which neither one was related, into the country, stated U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden, San Antonio Division; U.S. Border Patrol Del Rio Sector Chief Raul L. Ortiz; and, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Oct. 22, 2019, Miguel Sanchez Alvarez, 43, of Mesa, Arizona, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Bury to 36 months in prison followed by 36 months of supervised release. Alvarez was convicted on May 24, 2019 after a jury trial on one count of unlawful smuggling of goods from the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Carl Martin, 34, and Mirnes Julardzija, 33, were arrested on October 23. Both defendants appeared yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy in Burlington. Martin was ordered detained pending detention and probable cause hearings on Oct. 28, 2019. Julardzija was released pending a probable cause hearing on Nov. 12, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: A Richmond man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin in the Central Virginia region and making a false declaration to a federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 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 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Michael Tobias, 37 of Southeast D.C., was sentenced to five years in prison today for trafficking crack cocaine and maintaining a stash residence and arsenal, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Ashan M. Benedict, Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: A Parma man was indicted in federal court for allegedly robbing three banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Defendant was released from state custody despite two federal detainers; Defendant subsequently fled and was apprehended in California under an alias.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, AK - Lake Clark National Park and Preserve opened its second public use cabin on Oct. 22, 2019. The historic Joe Thompson cabin is at the base of the newly revitalized Portage Creek Trail on the north shore of Lake Clark about thirteen miles from Port Alsworth, Alaska. This is an opportunity...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that John A. Swayze, age 56, of York, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Oct. 23, 2019, by a federal grand jury on child exploitation charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Miguel Sanchez Alvarez, aka Raul Laureano Sanchez Alvarez, 43, of Mesa, Arizona, was sentenced Oct. 22 to 36 months in prison followed by 36 months of supervised release by U.S. District Judge David C. Burry following a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Convicted if Kidnapping, Robbing, Terrorizing Three Women in Violent, Hours-Long Crime Spree.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Fred Arena, 41, of Salem, New Jersey was arrested this morning and charged by Indictment with making false statements to government agents. The Indictment alleges that the defendant, who is an employee at the Philadelphia Navy Yard...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeffrey John Guzman Suarez, 29, of Jamestown, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: MILWAUKEE-The Bureau of Land Management- Eastern States (BLM-ES) Northeastern States District will hold a wild horse and burro event providing wild horses and possibly a few yearling and burros, November 1 - 2, 2019, at Meadowood Special Recreation Area, 10406 Gunston Road, Lorton, Virginia. Yearling and burros may not always be available at the event. The animals will be available for selection on Friday, from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Maryland man was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for making false statements to acquire firearms.
