News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: In San Antonio this morning, a federal judge sentenced a former Del Rio Sector U.S. Border Patrol agent assigned to the Uvalde Station to 50 years in federal prison for producing and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Seth Patrick Getty, 24, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, pleaded guilty to bank robbery, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Sentencing for Getty is set for May 5, 2020, before Chief U.S. District Court Judge David C. Nye.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: CINCINNATI - A Florida man is the first of 12 charged in Cincinnati in a moving company racketeering conspiracy to plead guilty in U.S. District Court. Members of the racketeering conspiracy defrauded, extorted, and stole from customers who hired companies controlled by the moving enterprise to move customers’ household goods.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: In Del Rio last night, a federal jury convicted 49-year-old Honduran National Leivin Pineda for illegal re-entry into the U.S. and assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent near Eagle Pass, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK - Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in New York arrested two individuals Thursday after being released by local authorities on an active detainer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A criminal complaint has been filed in federal court against a resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., charging him with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: POINT MARION, Pa. - On Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020 the Friendship Hill Association and the National Park Service will display an artifact making its return to Fayette County, a Gallatin musket. Produced at New Geneva under state contract with Albert Gallatin & Company and with employees under the supervision...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joseph Licata, 52, of Buffalo, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with bank robbery. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that an Anchorage man has been sentenced to federal prison for distributing methamphetamine, and for laundering drug proceeds through an auto loan for his Mercedes Benz.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: On Jan. 22, 2020, George Ferrer Sanchez, 46, of Miramar, Florida, was sentenced to 108 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke in Miami, Florida for orchestrating a conspiracy to launder proceeds of alien smuggling operation that transported Cuban nationals to Mexico, into the United States. As part of the Court’s sentence, Ferrer Sanchez was ordered to pay a $5.4 million forfeiture money judgment and to forfeit two real properties to the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Tomas Rivera, a/k/a Profugo, a/k/a Caballo, a/k/a Jonas Portillo Escobar pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to commit murder and extortion for his role as an MS-13 gang member, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Tatum King. The guilty plea was received by the Honorable Edward J. Davila, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Hartford, South Dakota, man convicted of Unlicensed Receipt of Explosive Materials was sentenced on January 7, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A former construction project manager for a Newport-based real estate development company pled guilty in federal court in Providence on Thursday to twelve counts of bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft charges, admitting that he created a scheme that defrauded banks, construction companies, and his employer of more than $200,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Two men pled guilty today for their participation in a drug trafficking operation in Raleigh County, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. David Dove, 49, of Scarbro, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine, while Christopher...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A federal jury deliberated less than two hours before returning guilty verdicts late yesterday evening, Jan. 23, 2020, against Deon Evans, 35, of Markham, Ill., for trafficking methamphetamine, carrying or possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, and unlawful possession of...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today urging the government watchdog to conduct an updated review of the National Telecommunications and Information...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Richard E. Zuckerman, the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division of the Department of Justice, and Jonathan D. Larsen, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The owners of DC Solar, a Benicia-based company, pleaded guilty today to charges related to a billion dollar Ponzi scheme- the biggest criminal fraud scheme in the history of the Eastern District of California. The government’s investigation has resulted in the largest criminal forfeiture...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - An Ashland man, Danny P. Chaffin Jr., 38, admitted to bank robbery in federal court Friday, before U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The former Assistant Director of Real Estate working for the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with accepting $50,000 in bribes.
