News from August 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: A Toledo man was sentenced to more than 18 years in prison sex trafficking involving a minor, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: FBI, Pawtucket And Central Falls Police Rescue 17-year-old Allegedly Transported From Boston To Rhode Island For Commercial Sexual Activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - On Friday, a federal jury found Samuel Garcia-Escalera, 36, and Joel Deloera-Escalera, 34, guilty of conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 15 kilograms or more of methamphetamine; maintaining drug-involved premises; possession of firearms and ammunition; and being aliens illegally in the United States after deportation; announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr., for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Henry A. Fellela, Jr., 56, of Johnston, was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison for making nearly $83,000 in purchases with the use of stolen credit cards belonging to 17 individuals and fraudulently collecting more than $58,000 in Supplemental Security Income benefits by falsely claiming that he had no permanent home address while living with his wife and children in their Johnston residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Todd Tackwell, age 39, formerly of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on August 26 in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 13 years in prison by United States Senior District Judge Richard G. Kopf, for receipt and distribution of child pornography. After his release from prison, Tackwell will be required to serve a life term of supervised release and be registered as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Bessimer, Michigan, man charged with Failure to Pay Child Support pled guilty and was sentenced on Aug. 11, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a civil health care fraud lawsuit has been filed today against Kurt Bauer age 61, York, PA. The lawsuit alleges that Bauer, despite being excluded from participation in Medicare, was a manager and administrator of Leader Heights Healthcare, P.C., which caused the submission of thousands of false claims to Medicare.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall, the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, took issue with the Obama Administration for continuing its slow implementation of critical bridge safety reforms. A new U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) Inspector General...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 111 months in jail on his conviction of violating federal firearms and drug laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Two men from Northeast Ohio were charged with conspiring to defraud a Cleveland credit union out of nearly $1.9 million, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, has been sentenced in federal court to 4 years probation, 12 months home detention and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $11,471.34 on her conviction of wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Gregory L. Crabtree, 53, of Procterville, Ohio, was sentenced to sixty months imprisonment and $20,128,570.23 in restitution today in Athens, Georgia, by Chief United States District Court Judge C. Ashley Royal as the result of Mr. Crabtree’s participation in a “Ponzi" or investment scheme which took place between 2007 and 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced a Birmingham man to 10 years in prison for possessing a pipe bomb crafted from a vehicle airbag canister, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Glenn Anderson.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that DONNA JEAN SCHAFER, age 53, of Spiro, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846 and 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Tyler Goodwin, 28, of Shelton, Washington, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to distributing oxycodone, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Danny Banks, Special Agent in Charge, Orlando Regional Operations Center, Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Misprision of a Felony was sentenced on Aug. 11, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - A Wayne County woman was sentenced yesterday, to 12 months and 1 day in federal prison for her role in helping a convicted felon acquire five firearms from a Huntington pawn shop announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Brittany Amanda Hewlett, 25, previously pleaded guilty in May of 2014 to making a false statement in acquisition of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service wants visitors preparing to come to Lake Roosevelt to be ready for mosquitos at the campgrounds, boat launches, and day use facilities. Conditions this summer at Lake Roosevelt have been optimal for mosquitos.Visitors, park staff, our neighbors, and our partners have been dealing with an extraordinarily large mosquito population, especially in the north district near Kettle Falls, WA.
