News from December 2014
By Interior Newswire | Dec 24, 2014
News Release: Contact: Aly Baltrus. Springdale, UT- At approximately 11:45 p.m. on Dec. 22, 2014, the park received a report that a semi-truck was stuck in the Zion-Mt. Carmel Tunnel in Zion National Park. The 18-wheeled semi-truck was headed west bound when it became wedged in approximately 600 feet from the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 24, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Late Tuesday evening, a federal jury found a Sacramento man guilty of five counts of sex trafficking related to five victims, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 24, 2014
News Release: DENVER - Robert Bellender, age 39, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced this week by U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello to serve 54 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and money laundering, federal authorities announced. Following his prison sentence, Bellender was ordered to serve 5 years on supervised release. Bellender was taken into custody at the conclusion of the sentencing hearing.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 24, 2014
News Release: Pipestone, MN -Pipestone National Monument will hold a public meeting at the Performing ArtsCenter to receive comments concerning proposed entrance fee increases in 2015.The current monument entrance fees have been in place since 2004 when Congresspassed the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (REA).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 24, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO -Daniel Rosenthal was arraigned today on charges of submitting fraudulent loan applications to three Bay Area banks using a false name and then laundering more than $2.5 million in fraudulently obtained proceeds, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 24, 2014
News Release: Former Doctor Charged with Conspiring with Patient to Defraud Medicare of over $1.3 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 24, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Paul D. Woodward was arraigned yesterday for allegedly operating a scheme to defraud Medicare and allegedly distributing controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 24, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Basem Abualteen (48, Lakeland) pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to defraud the United States. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison, and has agreed to make restitution (along with co-conspirators) in the amount of $2,110,778 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food Nutrition Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 24, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - On Jan. 13, 2015 a special TV report on the growing perils of heroin and opioid use in Arizona will broadcast simultaneously and commercial-free on 32 TV Stations in Phoenix, Tucson and Yuma and most of the state’s radio stations. The air time will be 6:30 p.m. (MST) on most stations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 24, 2014
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - The last of 18 members of a methamphetamine trafficking organization was sentenced on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, to 46 months on drug charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Angela Leigh Wike, of Bryson City was also ordered to serve three years under court supervision.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A complaint charging the owner of a Ramsey, New Jersey, auto dealership with allegedly engaging in a pattern of fraudulent activity through his business has been unsealed, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Brianna Meadows, 32, of Washington, D.C., has been found guilty by a jury of federal charges stemming from a scheme to defraud the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services of more than $14,000 in unemployment benefits, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Andrew G. McCabe, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Latisha Siplin, 32, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Chief Judge William M. Skretny to violating terms of her supervised release. The charge carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2014
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2014
News Release: A man who re-entered the United States illegally after being removed as a felon was sentenced today to thirteen months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department today announced the filing of a lawsuit against the Chicago Board of Education, alleging that the board discriminated against pregnant teachers at Scammon Elementary School by subjecting them to adverse personnel actions, including termination in some instances, after they announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2014
News Release: A former FBI special agent pleaded guilty today to bribery charges, admitting that he provided internal law enforcement documents and other confidential information about a prominent citizen of Bangladesh for use by a political rival in exchange for cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement agreement with the County of Erie, New York, to ensure equal access to the facilities and services of the Erie County Holding Center and the Erie County Correctional Facility, collectively referred to as the Erie County Jail. The Erie ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2014
News Release: A registered sex offender was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for transporting and possessing child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney John F. Walsh of the District of Colorado and Special Agent in Charge ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2014
News Release: Earlier today, United States Congressman Michael Grimm pleaded guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, to aiding and assisting the preparation of a false tax return. Since 2011, Grimm has served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing New York’s 11th Congressional ...
