News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Joshua David Jordan (30, Seffner) today pleaded guilty to two counts of discharging a firearm during and in relation to attempted carjackings and one count of arson. The firearms charges each carry a minimum mandatory, consecutive sentence of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. The arson charge carries a minimum mandatory sentence of 5 years, and up to 20 years, in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: On Thursday, September 12 and Friday, Sept. 13, Mesa Verde National Park will host a Zuni fetish carving demonstration by Eldred and Marilyn Quam, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This free demonstration will be at the park’s Visitor and Research Center, located at the park entrance, just off US Highway...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ANGEL GONZALEZ, also known as “Spider" and “June," 41, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 54 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing large quantities of heroin and fentanyl in Hartford.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that New Hampshire-based North American Specialty Insurance Company (NAS IC) has agreed to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by bonding a South Carolina general contractor that submitted false claims to the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Franklin Fletcher, 55, of Oil Springs, Ky., was sentenced on Friday to 65 months in federal prison, by Chief United States District Judge, Danny C. Reeves, for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Fletcher was also ordered to pay $374,192.89 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Hollywood Hills resident was arrested this morning on federal charges alleging that he sold counterfeit pharmaceutical narcotics containing fentanyl to Mac Miller two days before the hip-hop artist died of a drug overdose.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ELIAS HERBERT HAFEN, a former financial adviser at two investment banks with offices in Manhattan, pled guilty today to investment adviser fraud in connection with having defrauded his clients out of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Maryland man with making false statements to acquire firearms.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A Bangladeshi man residing in Mexico was arrested Saturday - upon his flight arrival into the George Bush International Airport in Houston, Texas - for his role in a scheme to smuggle illegal aliens into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that William Cruz, 54, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of subscribing false tax returns, was sentenced to serve two years of probation and perform 100 hours of community service by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The defendant was also ordered to pay $365,840 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service, as well as penalties and interest.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 45-year-old Houston man has been sentenced in Brownsville federal court for recruiting individuals to petition for visa workers they did not need, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick along with Jeffrey McGallicher, special agent in charge of the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Recognition Day is Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. In honor of that day, the National Park Service, The Ride Home, the Friends of Andersonville, and Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) will present special programs on Wednesday, Sept. 18, and Friday, September 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced former Treasurer Kenneth Edward Gilmore, 77 of Lakehills, TX, to 27 months in federal prison for stealing at least $177,000 from the Medina Lake Betterment Association (Medina), announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, along with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, today announced the Baltimore Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Strike Force, a new initiative designed to combat violent crime in Baltimore.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court today to violating the federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Thomas Rosario, age 35, of Albany, was arraigned on August 26 on an indictment charging him with distributing child pornography through the Kik phone messaging application.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Hollywood Hills resident was arrested this morning on federal charges alleging that he sold counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs containing fentanyl to Mac Miller two days before the hip-hop artist died of a drug overdose.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging JOHN CAVANAUGH, also known as “Big John," 67, of East Windsor, and THOMAS TROUGHTON, 54, of Agawam, Massachusetts, with offense related to the illegal distribution of prescription narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - September 4, 2019 - Steve Lewis Newell, 72, of Collinwood, Tennessee, was charged today with three counts of preparing false tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A jury on Wednesday convicted a San Antonio man of possessing child pornography.
