News from August 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced today that Timothy Edward McDermott (age 60, Palm Coast) was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of receiving child pornography over the internet and one count of possessing child pornography. If convicted, McDermott...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting a Federal Officer was sentenced on Aug. 12, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: DUBLIN, GA - LORETTA SMITH, 41, of Glenwood, Georgia, was sentenced in last week by Senior U. S. District Court Judge Dudley H. Bowen to serve 5 years in prison for defrauding the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA") through fraudulent worker’s compensation claims.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Dear Administrator Tavenner: The quality of nursing home care is an issue of critical importance to our nation’s seniors and their families. It is imperative for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to conduct vigorous oversight of these facilities to ensure that patients are cared for...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Kevin Francis Kelley, age 45, of Halethorpe, Maryland, today to nine years in prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for distribution of child pornography. Judge Hollander ordered that upon his release from prison, Kelley...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for robbing Bank of America.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Want to make more fuel-efficient cars and trucks? Build them out of lighter materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - John Burrell Crist, 44, was sentenced today to 16 months in prison after earlier pleading guilty to two felony counts of pandering for inducing and compelling a woman to engage in prostitution in various sections of the District of Columbia, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JOBY TUCSON NORTHINGTON, age 34, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, pled guilty to POSSESSION OF UNREGISTERED FIREARM (DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE), in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Sections 5861(d), 5841 and 5871.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: “Coral reefs are one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth, providing habitat for many marine species. Protecting and conserving these biologically rich ecosystems is essential, and the Endangered Species Act gives us the tools to conserve and recover those corals most in need of protection," ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: William Robinson, 35, of Jim Thorpe, PA, was charged today by indictment with the June 26, 2014 robberies of a Pizza Hut and a 7-Eleven store in Philadelphia, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Robinson is charged with two counts of robbery which interferes with interstate commerce, two counts of using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence, and one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Watermelons Inc. satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - The former technology director for the City of Lenexa appeared in U.S. District Court here Monday on charges of wire fraud and theft, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - A Louisiana psychiatrist was sentenced in federal court in Baton Rouge yesterday to serve 86 months in prison for his role in a $258.5 million Medicare fraud scheme involving partial hospitalization psychiatric services.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that a Charleston man pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Charleston to conspiring to defraud timeshare owners throughout the United States and Canada. David Andrew Glynn, 47, admitted that he set up a bogus company named Mountain...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today at the Brooklyn federal courthouse, Dontae Sebbern and Dexter Waiters were sentenced to life in prison for, among other crimes, the racketeering-related murder of gang leader Jermaine Dickersen, also known as “Big Den." The defendants, members of a set of the Bloods known...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: RUTLAND, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Evan Murphy, 23, of Rutland, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Three Pittsburgh-area residents and a New York City man have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on conspiracy and counterfeiting charges, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Lawrence Joseph Kren, 64, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Kren was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise on April 8, 2014, charged with three counts of distributing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for aiming his laser pointer at a Kansas City, Mo, Police Department helicopter.
