News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Lee Underwood, age 28, of Elkhart, Indiana, was sentenced in South Bend before United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty for making destructive devices, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), Catherine A.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing firearms and methamphetamine to distribute. The Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division investigated along with the Springfield, Missouri Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Albuquerque FBI Division Presents Director's Community Leadership Award to Founder of Christopher Productions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Nixa, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today for distributing methamphetamine he received in the mail from California.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ARMANDO MACHORRO-ROJAS, 43, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to seven months of imprisonment, time already served, for illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A convicted felon who brought an assault rifle into a restaurant and brandished it at the manager after employees refused to serve him an alcoholic beverage was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Kelly Villalobos (49, Ponte Vedra) with making a false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer. If convicted, Villalobos faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: Alabama Salesman Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Sissonville man pled guilty in federal court for his role in a conspiracy that involved large quantities of methamphetamine which were transported from Akron and sold in West Virginia, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Michael Eugene Hicks, 36, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of a 25-count indictment charging Elvis Harold Reyes (56, Brandon) with 8 counts of mail fraud, 8 counts of making false statements in immigration documents, and 9 counts of aggravated identity theft. If convicted, Reyes faces...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A federal jury took less than 15 minutes to find a so-called ‘sovereign citizen’ guilty of illegally carrying a gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: Defendant Used Offshore Insurance Wrapper Accounts to Conceal Assets.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Thomas Michael Mannion, Jr., age 46, of Parkville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today in federal court to two counts of production of child pornography, and admitted to engaging in sexually explicit conduct with two minor victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of a four-count indictment charging Wilmer Eduardo Mejia-Palacios (36, Orlando) with fraudulently making a false statement to a licensed firearm dealer. If convicted, Mejia-Palacios faces up to 5 years in federal prison for each count.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers are recruiting volunteers to adopt a trail along the 848 miles of maintained trails across the park. Volunteers are needed to hike at least one designated trail, four times per year, and submit a report on their findings.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Florida man was arrested today on federal charges arising from his alleged participation in a scheme to install electronic skimming equipment at gas stations across New England, stealing thousands of customers’ debit and credit card account numbers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - John Sebestyen, 51, Mission Viejo, Calif., was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for “washing" $1 bills to produce counterfeit $100 bills, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, the defendant was ordered to pay $19,900 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Canadian telemarketer was sentenced this morning to 41 months in federal prison for conning American senior citizens by impersonating their grandchildren over the telephone and asking for financial help to get the purportedly distressed relatives out of trouble in a foreign country.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Mexican National who was charged in the first major narcotics trafficking indictment resulting from an investigation by the Los Angeles Strike Force was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison for his role in an international narcotics network that transported 21 pounds of pure methamphetamine across the United States-Mexico border on behalf of a drug trafficking organization linked to the Sinaloa Cartel.
