News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Grove City, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal firearms law, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Julich, a convicted felon, was found in possession of guns and a half-pound of meth.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Kristen Martin, age 38, of Denver, pleaded guilty to mail fraud and federal tax evasion. The defendant appeared at the change of plea free on bond. Her bond was continued after the hearing. The IRS-Criminal Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service joined in today’s announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that his office has launched a review of all polling places in the Southern District of Indiana to determine if they are in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. The initiative is in accordance with the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, Kan. - A federal grand jury indicted an Olathe, Kansas man Wednesday on charges of drug trafficking, in a case investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division and the Kansas Highway Patrol.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On March 3, 2020, United States District Judge John J. Tuchi sentenced Abdul Khabir Wahid, 54, of Phoenix, to 67 months in prison for making a false statement to the FBI during an investigation involving international terrorism and tampering with a witness, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Kevin Perry has pleaded guilty to defrauding investors in a foreign currency trading scam that began when he was a teenager.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MICHAEL SOLOMON MARKOWITZ, a/k/a “Sol Markowitz," and DAVID BINET pled guilty to conspiring to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars in advance fees from victims seeking standby letters of credit (“SBLCs"). BINET pled guilty today, while MARKOWITZ pled guilty on Feb. 26, 2020. Both defendants pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Bangladeshi National Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Bring Aliens to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Charged with Crimes Against Children While Living Under False Name.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Patrick W. Carlineo, Jr., 56, of Addison, NY, who was convicted of threatening to assault and murder a United States official, and being a felon in possession of firearms, was sentenced to serve 12 months and one day in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The defendant was also ordered to forfeit six firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
By State Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Representative Joaquin Castro, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations; and Representative Albio Sires, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, and Trade,...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials invite the public to comment through Friday, March 27, on a proposed change in vehicle-free access days on the Cades Cove Loop Road. For over 40 years, park managers have implemented several vehicle-free opportunities for bicyclists and pedestrians in Cades...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Jose Manuel Mendez-Ayala and Jordan Raymundo Torres were sentenced this week to 19 months and 12 months and a day in prison, respectively, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for their roles in cultivating marijuana in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE - The head of a drug distribution ring who was convicted at trial of drug and gun crimes was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to15 years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Luray, Virginia: At approximately 4:00 pm on March 6, 2020, park communications was notified that a fire had been detected in the Furnace Mountain area of the park’s South District, approximately four miles east of Grottoes, Virginia. Rangers confirmed a visible smoke column from Skyline Drive. The park...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Two-Thirds of Georgia Offenders are Rearrested Within Three Years.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Bangor, Maine: A Brewer man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Bangor to being a felon in possession of two firearms, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Miami, Florida -- U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke sentenced six defendants, all from South Florida, to prison terms for their roles in an extensive drug trafficking operation located in Perrine, Florida. Their prison sentences are as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: FBI Albany Honors Vermont Resident Jonathan Rajewski with Director’s Community Leadership Award.
