News from August 2015
By DOL Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Chaney Roofing Maintenance Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., business owner pleaded guilty in federal court today to a scheme to defraud the government by failing to pay over to the Internal Revenue Service more than $260,000 that...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of Michigan. Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has reached a settlement with a Flint ophthalmology office to resolve allegations that it denied treatment to a patient in violation of the...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) along with Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt asking for the agency’s position on the use of taxpayer...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Jonathan Ernesto Godoy, 25, of Frederick, Maryland, made his initial appearance in federal court today on charges of using a destructive device during or in relation to the arson of the Loudoun County Department of Community Corrections building.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Memphis, Tennessee, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BELLARMIN NAMEGABE, 47, of Shelton, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton in Bridgeport to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for preparing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Jay Maurice Tharps, age 33, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, today to 17 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, possession with intent to distribute controlled ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard A. Resnick, who is handling the case, stated that the defendant was self-employed as a mason in Rochester. For the tax years 2007 and 2008, Barilla underreported the amount of income he had received from his mason business. The total amount of unreported income was $171,364, resulting in the failure to pay federal taxes in the amount of $56,152.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Tiffany H. Lee and Bradley Tyler, who are handling the case, stated that between January 2012 and August 2012, the defendant conspired with Tiffany St. Denis to entice a female victim under the age of 18 to engage in commercial sex acts. Specifically, St. Denis posted ads for the female victim to engage in prostitution and Willis paid for hotel rooms at a Red Roof Inn.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Richard J. Dates, 70, of Grants, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a distribution of child pornography charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Dates will be sentenced within the range of five to 12 years in prison followed by not less than five years of supervised release. Dates will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today spoke on the Senate floor before an expected vote to remove federal funding for Planned Parenthood, an organization that provides many vital women’s health services.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney John M. Alsup, who handled the case, stated that the defendant conspired with others to sell crack cocaine in Lackawanna. In February 2013, McCutcheon sold crack cocaine on two occasions within 1000 feet of the Gates Public Housing Complex in the City of Lackawanna.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas announced today that Kattie Jordan, 50, of Dermott, pled guilty to Count 1 of the Superseding Indictment charging her with conspiring to commit wire fraud. The charge relates to a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) program funds intended to feed children in low income areas during the school year and summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALAN WILSON, 24, of Stamford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of possession with intent to distribute 20 kilograms or more of marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Dan Richard Dickey, age 68, of Kennewick, Washington, was sentenced today, after having previously pled guilty on Feb. 24, 2015 to Receipt of Child Pornography. Senior United States District...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISO - Sterigenics International LLC and its parent, Sterigenics U.S., LLC, agreed to pay $450,000 to settle allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice that the companies failed to keep and maintain adequate records pertaining to controlled substances, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce Balzano.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Robert J. Gongloff, 25, of Weirton, West Virginia, and Matthew A. Amedeo, 69, of Chester, West Virginia, were each convicted today of child pornography offenses in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: WALNUT GROVE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will close the Delta Cross Channel Gates on Tuesday, August 4, at about 9 a.m. The temporary closure is needed to meet salinity level requirements in the Bay-Delta. The gates will reopen on Friday, August 7, at approximately 12 p.m. Please be advised that the gates may need to be closed with short notice if a fishery concern is identified.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Walter Eugene Litteral, 50, Christopher James Barker, 41, of Gastonia, and Christopher Todd Campbell, 30, of Mt. Holly, N.C., were arrested on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, for conspiring to violate federal laws governing firearms and explosive devices and related charges, announced Acting...
