News from October 2013

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Oct. 21, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, DEREK TYSON BELLAMY, a 31-year-old resident of Billings, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced today that Dr. Bruce E. Jones, PhD, age 66, of Anderson, has been found guilty of illegally possessing firearms and ammunition after a four day jury trial before U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt. The defendant, a previously licensed family and addiction counselor in Madison County, now faces up to thirty years in federal prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Oct. 22, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, NELSON TRAVIS ALEXANDER, a 47-year-old resident of Box Elder and an enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree Indian Tribe, was sentenced to a term of.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A former owner of a Salt Lake City medical equipment supply company has been indicted and three former company employees have pleaded guilty for allegedly engaging in a $20 million Medicare fraud scheme.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Finance and Judiciary Committee Ranking Members Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent letters to the 47 different companies that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted with to develop, implement, and operate HealthCare.gov, ObamaCare’s online marketplace for the federal health insurance exchanges. The website has been plagued with delays, errors and faulty information since its launch on October 1.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland, Ohio, returned a six-count indictment charging Charles S. Wilson, Jr., age 40, and Sandra R. Wilson, age 42, both of Salem, Ohio, with conspiracy; cultivation...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jason Mooney, 36, a member and resident of Laguna Pueblo, was sentenced this morning to ten years in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release for his aggravated sexual abuse conviction. Mooney will be required to register as a sex offender when he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Franklin Harold Barney, age 31, of Laurel, Maryland, today to 121 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, powder cocaine, heroin, and phencyclidine (PCP). Judge Bredar also entered an order requiring that Barney forfeit three handguns and $105,880 in cash seized during the investigation.

By DOL Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a voluntary recall of certain sterile products supplied by Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy in South Lyon, Michigan because “unidentified particulate matter was found floating in a sterile product from the same lot...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Trevor Lee Thayer, 42, of Silver City, N.M., pleaded guilty this afternoon in Las Cruces federal court to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a short barreled rifle and unlawfully possessing a silencer.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - The National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, held annually on the Ellipse to kick off the holiday season in our nation’s capital, this year will be held Friday, December 6, 2013, at 5:00 pm (EST), the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dennis J. Lovato, 29, a member and resident of Kewa Pueblo, pleaded guilty this morning to a second degree murder charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: The owner of a Dearborn-based investment company was sentenced to 33 months in prison today in federal court in Detroit for operating an immigration fraud ring from one of his restaurants. U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Defendant Had Crack Cocaine, Firearms and.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA -John Suehr, 44, of Palatine, Illinois, was sentenced to fifteen months in federal prison today for aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Dr. Daniel K. Leong - Who Owned South Dallas Community Medical Center - is Also Ordered to Pay Nearly $900,000 in Restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Gale M. Nation, 43, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on Oct. 23, 2013, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distributing 200-350 grams of methamphetamine. Nation was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She received 36...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Benjamin William (41, Orlando) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A retired radio personality was arrested today for attempting to transport a 7-year-old girl from Bergen County, N.J., to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, for the purpose of sexually abusing the girl, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - William Webb, 51, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for a string of armed robberies that targeted pharmacies. Webb pleaded guilty July 24, 2013 to conspiracy, interference with interstate commerce by robbery, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.