Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2014. A citizen and resident of Costa Rica was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for her leadership role in a conspiracy to smuggle undocumented migrants to the United States.  Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A.[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2014. Former Anderson, California, police officer Bryan Robert Benson, 30, of Shasta Lake, was sentenced today in federal court to five years in prison and 3 years of supervised release for violating the civil rights of a woman he arrested by sexually assaulting her while she was[Read More…]

Two Additional Colombian Nationals Also Plead Guilty For Their Roles Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2014. Three Colombian nationals were sentenced to decades in prison today in the Eastern District of Virginia for their roles in the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent James “Terry” Watson in Bogotá,[Read More…]

LOUISIANA–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite, announced that BRANDON LICCIARDI, age 29 of Meraux, Louisiana, and DARREN SHARPER, age 39, formerly of New Orleans, were charged today in a six-count Indictment.  LICCIARDI and SHARPER were charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Alprazolam, Diazepam and Zolpidem with intent to commit[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2014. A California man pleaded guilty today in connection with his operation of the myRedBook.com website to facilitate prostitution.  This represents the first federal conviction of a website operator for facilitation of prostitution. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2014. A Romanian man was sentenced today to serve 63 months in prison for his role in receiving and sending overseas approximately $690,000 in proceeds from an international fraud scheme involving online marketplace websites, as well as for the use of a fraudulent passport. Assistant Attorney General[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2014. Three Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang members and associates from Houston and Dallas were sentenced to prison this week for their roles in the violent ABT enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2014. Anthony Merrell Tyler, 34, of Yuba City, California, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge John A. Mendez to serve 46 months in prison for violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.  The crime involved a racially motivated attack by[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 8, 2014. Noble Drilling (U.S.) LLC was charged with environmental and maritime crimes for operating the drill ship Noble Discoverer and the drilling unit Kulluk in violation of federal law in Alaska in 2012, the Department of Justice announced. Under the terms of a plea agreement filed in[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 8, 2014. A Miami licensed nursing assistant was sentenced today to serve 150 months in prison for participating in a $200 million Medicare fraud scheme involving fraudulent billings by American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), a mental health company headquartered in Miami. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the[Read More…]