News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Jacksonville man was sentenced today to 420 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for enticing and sexually abusing a minor. On Aug. 17, 2020, Emilio R. Moran pled guilty to the charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Carlos Gentil Ordonez Martinez was sentenced to 210 months’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Edward R. Korman for conspiracy to internationally distribute cocaine. As part of the sentence, the Court entered a forfeiture money judgment of $10 million. Ordonez pleaded guilty to the charge in November 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a firearm from making its way onboard an airplane at John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) Wednesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Kill Devil Hills man was sentenced today to 126 months in prison and five years of supervised release for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL MEAKEM, 59, of Norwich, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 24 months imprisonment followed by two years of supervised release, a $100,000 fine, and $683,202 in restitution for embezzling from his former employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: Admitted to Massive Scheme That Affected Thousands Nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Aug. 2, 2021, Benjamin Butler, age 33, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann to one day of imprisonment followed by two- years of supervised release, including four-months of home confinement, for wire fraud. Butler was also ordered to pay $18,850 in restitution.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands - The COVID-19 pandemic has brought overwhelming and unforeseen grief to many families. To that end, FEMA is helping to ease some of the financial stress and burden caused by the coronavirus disease.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: Purpose. On Thursday, August 5, 2021, visitors to Petroglyph National Monument will experience intermittent road closures adjacent to the Monument. These closures will prohibit access to the Volcanoes Day Use Area of the Monument between 7:00am and 3:00pm. Background. The city of Albuquerque is hosting...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - Ten Chicago-area residents have been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly scheming to cash counterfeit U.S. Postal Service money orders.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Franklin Keith Dotson, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, was indicted today on methamphetamine and firearm charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) and Congressman Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) wrote Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig regarding the substantial backlog at the IRS. This backlog is having a detrimental effect on all Americans, especially...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida -- A South Florida resident made his initial federal court appearance in Miami today to face an indictment charging him with laundering money and bribing Venezuelan officials in exchange for receiving lucrative contracts from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: Law enforcement seized about 17 pounds of meth from vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2021
News Release: A man who possessed guns after being convicted of multiple misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence was sentenced Aug. 3, 2021 to more than a year in federal prison.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at a mark-up, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, advanced four bipartisan bills to help prevent suicide, ensure pregnant workers have reasonable accommodations, and help people with disabilities and older Americans access the assistive technology they need. Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) applauded the Committee for their bipartisan work and highlighted how each bill would support families across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Cranston man who organized and executed schemes to steal and sell nearly $700,000 worth of excavators, sport boats, jet skis, all-terrain vehicles, and trailers from dealerships and marinas in four New England states was sentenced today to five years in federal prison, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard B. Myrus.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA -Justin Douglas Lampke, 47, of St. Ignatius, was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for transporting child pornography and for failure to register as a sex offender, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MICHAEL R. MATHERNE (“MATHERNE"), age 61, of Slidell, Louisiana pled guilty as charged on July 22, 2021 to an indictment returned by a grand jury on November 6, 2020, for Theft of Federal Funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: A Chinese national and naturalized U.S. citizen pleaded guilty yesterday to his involvement in a conspiracy to launder at least $30 million in drug proceeds on behalf of foreign drug-trafficking organizations. Another Chinese national was sentenced to seven years in prison today for his role in the same conspiracy.
