News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - George H. Bell, a former employee of the Georgia Department of Transportation, has been arraigned on federal charges of conspiracy and accepting bribes. Bell was indicted by a federal grand jury on Aug. 11, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Robert Lawrence Noll, 40, of Brownwood, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 121 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in April 2015 to one count of possession of prepubescent child pornography, announced John R. Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Noll was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $27,500.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a two-count indictment charging Michael C. O’Neill, 45, of Wheatfield, N.Y., with unlawfully making a destructive device and unlawfully possessing a destructive device. The charges carry a maximum penalty of ten years and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on Aug. 14, 2015, United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Robert Morris, 68 years old of Laurel, Nebraska, to one day custody, six months home confinement, 100 hours of community service, and a $40,000 fine for the offense of filing false tax returns.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded news that the U.S. Commerce Department has approved limited exchanges of crude oil between the United States and Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on Aug. 14, 2015, United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Adrian Montoya Carlos, 34, to 126 months imprisonment, following his conviction for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and 76 months imprisonment for his conviction of illegal possession of a firearm, those sentences are to be served concurrently. After his release from prison, Carlos will serve 5 years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Four indictments unsealed late Wednesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City charge eight individuals with sex trafficking of children and other related violations of federal law. A federal grand jury returned the indictments July 21. Arrest warrants were executed Tuesday as a part of an investigation by the FBI and the Salt Lake City Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and William P. Offord, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that STEPHANIE ELLIOTT, 42, of West Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 16 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for tax evasion.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration proposes a $380,600 civil penalty against Leading Edge Aviation Services of Victorville, Calif., for allegedly violating federal drug and alcohol testing regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Daniel O. Lockett, 30, formerly of Collinsville, Illinois, was sentenced to a total of 151 months in prison on a two-count indictment charging him with Possession with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: At approximately 5:00 a.m. this morning, a limb from an oak tree fell in Upper Pines Campground in Yosemite Valley, striking a tent in which two minors were sleeping. Park Rangers responded to the campground to provide medical assistance, yet both minors were deceased.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: September is a great time to come enjoy traditional storytelling at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Make plans now to attend the year's kickoff event, the 5th Annual Blue Heron Ghost Train Storytelling event on Sept. 12, 2015. Evening storytelling sessions will begin around 7:30...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Park officials have closed a portion of the Little Beaver Trail from Little Beaver Boat Camp to the junction of Big Beaver Trail due to the Rocky Beaver Fire. Perry Creek Camp is closed; Little Beaver Boat Camp remains open. Backcountry travelers can access Whatcom Pass from the east via the Big Beaver Trail and the portion of the Little Beaver Trail west of the junction with the Big Beaver Trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo announced that $952,411 in additional federal funds has been awarded to Maricopa County to fund personnel, equipment, supplies, consultants, and contractors to support probation, prosecution, enforcement, forensic, and prevention programs, with the goal...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma and E. Scott Pruitt, Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma ("Oklahoma"), jointly announce that EAST CENTRAL FAMILY HEALTH CENTER has agreed to pay $825,000 to settle civil claims stemming from allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false Medicaid claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: William Scruggs, age 46, and Paul Richardson, age 40, both of Macon, Georgia, were sentenced in the United States District Court on Aug. 13, 2015, by the Honorable Marc T. Treadwell. Both Mr. Scruggs and Mr. Richardson had previously entered a plea of guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement to mark the 50th anniversary of Medicare.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Health Subcommittee member Kenny Marchant (R-TX), and Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) introduced three bills that take the next steps in reforming Medicare’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Ronnie Lee Shelton, 43, and Brenda Lee Bolton, 46, both of Greeneville, Tenn., Eric Matthew Vance, 33, of Blountville, Tenn., and Geri Kim Ward, 33, of Church Hill, Tenn., were sentenced between August 18 and Aug. 20, 2015, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Richard McNeal Hillman, 54, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced on Aug. 13, 2015, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 188 months in federal prison for his leadership role in an extensive a-PVP (alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia and western North Carolina and for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
