News published on Federal Newswire in August 2015

News from August 2015


Franklinton Man Charged with Structuring Over $100,000 in Financial Transactions to Avoid Federal Reporting Requirements

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JERRY COX, age 72, of Franklinton, was charged in a one-count Bill of Information with structuring financial transactions to avoid federal reporting requirements.


News Release: Arizona Woman Sentenced to Six Years Jail in Identity Theft Tax Fraud Case.


OSHA finds Wisconsin packaging plant disabled machine safety devices

News Release: Employer name: Warren Industries Inc. Investigation site: 3100 Mt. Pleasant Street, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Milwaukee area office issued one willful safety violation to Warren Industries, Aug.


Historic Footage Connected to Gardner Museum Burglary Released - Public Assistance Sought

News Release: BOSTON - Twenty-five years after the notorious burglary of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, law enforcement officials are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an unauthorized visitor to the museum the night before the theft. That person entered the museum through the same door as the thieves in the middle of the night, 24 hours before the theft.


Newark recycling plant exposed workers to safety and health hazards OSHA fines G&F Recycling and Salvage Inc. more than $47K

News Release: Employer's name: The investigation was conducted at G&F Recycling and Salvage Inc., a recycling operation located at 142 Frelinghuysen Ave. in Newark, New Jersey.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office today reached an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) settlement with a Linden-based electronics store to ensure equal access for individuals with disabilities at its retail store, on the internet, and through telephone orders, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Mexican National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CARLOS RAMIREZ-VASQUEZ, age 38, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.


Two Twin Cities' Restauranteurs Sentenced For Hiring Undocumented Workers

News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of MING GUO, 46, owner of two Twin Cities restaurants, both named Hibachi Grill and Supreme Buffet, and BIJIAN WENG, a/k/a “Wilson," 28, manager of the restaurants, to federal prison sentences for employing unlawful aliens. GUO and...


Nampa Woman Sentenced to 90 Months in Prison for Using Interstate Commerce Facilities to Hire Someone to Kill Her Husband

News Release: BOISE - Monique Christine Martinez, 33, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 90 months in prison for use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Martinez to serve three...


Settlement Agent Sentenced to Six Years in Prison In Multi-Million Dollar Mortgage Fraud Scheme

News Release: Scam Involved 45 Properties and $16 Million in Mortgage Loans.


News Release: Crane-Hogan Structural Systems, Inc., and Project Managers Sentenced.


Woman Sentenced In Federal Court On Meth Charges

News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Heidi Elizabeth Hancock, 42, of Mobile, was sentenced today in federal court for her participation in conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and conspiracy to possess a List I chemical with knowledge it would...


Four Odessans Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison in Connection with a Homicide

News Release: In Midland this morning, United States District Judge Robert A. Junell sentenced four Odessa residents to life in federal prison for their role in a Permian Basin drug distribution scheme involving firearms and resulting in 2014 murder of Sean Michael Lamb announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist and Odessa Police Chief Timothy Burton.


St. Petersburg Real Estate Agent Indicted On Conspiracy And Bank Fraud Charges

News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Gary Blankenship (44, St. Petersburg, Florida) with conspiracy, wire fraud, and bank fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years’ imprisonment for each charge. The indictment also notifies him that the United States is seeking a money judgment for the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct.


News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Brian M. Hickey, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General’s Northeastern Regional Office (“ED-OIG"), announced charges today against three individuals for their participation...


News Release: California Department of Public Health press release.


Four Charged In Armed Robberies Of Check Cashing Businesses

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Nysare Alston, 25, Christopher Corley, 27, Hassan Corley, 27, and Kenneth Thomas, 24, all of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were charged by indictment, unsealed today, in an alleged robbery spree involving Philadelphia check cashing businesses, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The defendants are charged with Hobbs Act robbery and related weapons offenses.


News Release: SAVANNAH - Effective immediately, the Chatham County Parks & Recreation Department has closed the west end of the McQueen's Island Trail and the mid-point parking lot for construction work.


News Release: On Dec. 31, 2012, the firearm was recovered in Ithaca, NY. Ballistic testing concluded that the firearm had been used in an officer-related shooting in October of 2012 which seriously injured an Ithaca police officer.


News Release: COVINGTON - The leader of a large drug trafficking operation, that distributed large quantities of heroin and marijuana in northern Kentucky and southern Ohio, has been sentenced to 353 months in federal prison.