News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: St. Louis - Carlos Jones, 31, of St. Louis; Robert Thornton, 36, of Florissant; and Steven Johnson, 44, of Belleville, IL; were charged by federal complaint for unlawful transfer of firearm to a convicted felon and making false statements on the records required to be kept by a licensed firearms dealer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Jason Allen Celes, 37, of Modesto, charging him with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Jason Keith Arnold, 46, of Chandler, Arizona, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The federal grand jury has returned an indictment that charges Javier Alva-Cuella, 37, of Mexico, with illegal re-entry to the United States after prior deportations. As alleged in the indictment, Alva-Cuella was deported following conviction in Muscogee County, Ga., for aggravated assault, home invasion, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Concealed $1 Billion in Assets and Income when Renouncing U.S. Citizenship.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - In two separate indictments, a former Kentucky-based tobacco warehouse owner and two tobacco producers were indicted Thursday, and charged with engaging in a variety of crop insurance fraud and money laundering schemes.
By State Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement in response to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) ruling that its chief prosecutor can pursue an investigation into alleged U.S. actions in Afghanistan:
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III today sentenced Tyrell Daronte Curry, a/k/a “Mike," age 28, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 51 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Neil I. Mittin, 64, of Huntingdon Valley, PA was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $3.4 million in restitution by Senior United States District Court Judge Michael M. Baylson for his scheme to steal numerous personal injury cases and other legal matters from his law firm between 2008 and 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Musa Hill, 47, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford, Connecticut to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin and counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Peter G. Strasser announced that JOHN RUDOLPH, age 46, of New Orleans, was sentenced for conspiracy to commit bank robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - Michael David Kirk, 31, a former Navy sailor, was sentenced today in federal court by Chief United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright to 120 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release for attempted sexual enticement of three minor females on a social media application.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Bluemont man with producing and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A federal grand jury indicted an Olathe man Wednesday on charges of drug trafficking, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Yunquan Jiang, 48, a Chinese national residing in Fresno, charging him with cultivating and possessing with intent to distribute over 1,000 marijuana plants inside his residence, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: St. Louis - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against a Breckenridge Hills Police Officer (formerly of the Woodson Terrace Police Department) for his conduct in connection with the arrest and assault of an individual. Officer David W. Maas, Saint Louis, was charged with one count of Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A southern California man who owned and operated local compounding pharmacies has been indicted by a federal grand jury on allegations that he submitted dozens of fraudulent patient attestations in support of reimbursement claims to CVS Caremark, a national pharmacy benefit manager.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Federal Jury Convicts Founder and Chairman of a Multinational Investment Company and a Company Consultant of Public Corruption and Bribery Charges.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “FEMA’s Priorities for 2020 and Beyond: Coordinating Mission and Vision."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Two Beaumont men have been indicted for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
