News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington today sentenced Linval Thompson a/k/a Cory Howard a/k/a Miguel Cruz to 24 months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft. The court also sentenced Thompson to a one-year term of supervised release, upon his release from prison. Thompson (22), an illegal alien from Jamaica, pleaded guilty to the charges in October 2012. He will be deported to Jamaica following his sentence of incarceration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Norris man convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on Jan. 10, 2013, by US District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Mark Clairmont, age 38, was sentenced to 33 months in custody, 2 years of supervised release, and $100 to the Victim Assistance Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: Contractor Ferris Kleem was sentenced to three years in prison, fined $250,000 and ordered to pay $24,000 in restitution to Cuyahoga County after previously pleading guilty to one count of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The owners of a Woodbridge, Va.-based home health care business have been convicted by a federal jury in Alexandria, Va., for submitting numerous false claims to Medicaid for reimbursement for services they did not provide.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: Memphis, TN - Jeryl Shaw, 40, of Memphis, pled guilty to aiding and abetting the creation of a fraudulent identification document in connection with the teacher certification cheating scam directed by ringleader Clarence Mumford, Sr., 59, of Memphis, announced United States Attorney for the Western District...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on a preview of a report by the National Climate Assessment Development Advisory Committee (NCADAC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Harley Graves, 29, of Lubbock, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 41 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in August 2012 to one count of conspiracy to manufacture, possess and pass counterfeit U.S. currency. In addition, Graves...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rodney P. Quarles, Jr., 26, of Charlotte Hall, Md., was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for taking part in an identity theft scam in which he and others used stolen credit cards to make more than $70,000 in purchases.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man is facing a mandatory minimum of 10 years and a maximum sentence of life in prison after pleading guilty today to transporting a minor from Wisconsin to Illinois for prostitution. The defendant, CARL BRANDON SMITH, also admitted that he engaged in forced sex-trafficking of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A Collin County, Texas, husband and wife have been arrested and charged with health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - David P. Crail, 35, of Dublin, Ohio was sentenced to 100 months in prison for being a convicted felon in possession of firearms, growing marijuana at a house in Dublin, Ohio and making a false statement in an application for a U.S. passport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington today sentenced Yener Vahit Belli (28, Brandon) to 32 years in federal prison for brandishing a firearm during two different armed robberies. The court also sentenced Belli to a five-year term of supervised release following his incarceration, and ordered him to pay restitution to several of his victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Virginia man was sentenced today in federal court to serve one year and one day in prison for selling counterfeit General Motors (GM) automotive diagnostic devices used by mechanics to identify problems with and assure the safety of motor vehicles, announced U.S. Attorney for the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: A Minnesota man who interfered with a federal prosecutor while engaged in his official duties pled guilty on Jan. 10, 2013, in federal court in Davenport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Brendan V. Johnson, announced that Black Hills Tree Farm (“BHTF") and Western Hills Tree Farm (“WHTF"), both of Philip, South Dakota, jointly paid $170,000 to settle allegations that they defrauded the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA") crop insurance program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Tracy Martin, 48, and Marie Hinds, 41, both of Allentown, PA were charged today by indictment with orchestrating the straw purchase of two guns, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the indictment, Martin directed Hinds to purchase a 9mm pistol and a.32 caliber...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), Miami Field Office, announce that defendant Troy Douglas Brimm, 50, of Modesto, California...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Jessie Haskins of Christian County, Kentucky, plead guilty to possession and distribution of cocaine in United States District Court before Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell on Jan. 10, 2013. According to the plea agreement, on Dec. 30, 2009 and January 2010 and Feb. 11, 2012...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Today, a federal grand jury returned an Indictment charging 23 defendants with conspiracy to distribute large amounts of marijuana, cocaine and crack cocaine in the Southern District of Georgia and elsewhere. One of the defendants is also charged with the unlawful possession of 23 kilograms of cocaine with the intent to distribute it.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis, man convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on Jan. 10, 2013, by United States District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Dino Dean Kane, age 23, was sentenced to 40 months in custody, 2 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Victim Assistance Fund.
