News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Emanuel Yazzie, 23, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Crownpoint, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a sexual abuse of a minor charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Yazzie will be sentenced to 36 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court. Yazzie also will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A former Boston resident was convicted yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with his participation in a fraudulent “boiler room" operation that misled investors and caused over $4 million in losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Three Bakersfield men were sentenced in two separate cases on Monday by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill for conspiracies to traffic marijuana and methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - James William Staz was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for embezzling more than $17 million from clients of the third-party payroll company he operated, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Chief U.S. District Judge Frank...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: 7th Street Gang member Luis Medina, 24, and associate David Tirado, 29, both of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both. Alejandro Navarro-Gonzalez, who supplied...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Jessica Hills and Kiisha Hills have been sentenced for their roles in a tax fraud scheme involving Direct Tax, a tax preparation business with three locations in the Atlanta-College Park area. Jessica Hills owned and operated Direct Tax, and her sister, Kiisha Hills, acted as a supervisor in one office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Adrea Cannon, age 22, of Portsmouth, Virginia was sentenced today to 24 months’ imprisonment by District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo in Scranton. She was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $6,104.41.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama has signed into law, S. 611, the Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act - companion legislation to H.R. 2853, a bill introduced by Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Vice Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) and Ranking Minority member Paul Tonko...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. CLIFFORD HORTON, 28, of Rockford, Ill., admitted that on November 4, 2014, having previously been convicted of a felon, he possessed a Taurus.380 caliber pistol.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - A man who fatally shot Memphis Police Department (MPD) Officer Sean Bolton has been indicted federally on charges of armed carjacking and felony possession of ammunition. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the indictment today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas -Two Southeast Texas women have been sentenced to federal prison in connection with an income tax return scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: Thomas E. Delahanty II, United States Attorney for the District of Maine, Janet T. Mills, Maine Attorney General, and John E. Morris, Maine Commissioner for the Department of Public Safety, will host a press conference to discuss the Maine Opiate Collaborative (“MOC") on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015 at 12:00 noon at the Maine Medical Association, 30 Association Drive, Manchester, Maine.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama has signed into law, S. 611, the Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act - companion legislation to H.R. 2853, a bill introduced by Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Vice Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) and Ranking Minority member Paul Tonko...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-After months of reviewing the drug approval process and consumer price increases, Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), along with 12 Committee members, sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Director Stephen Ostroff, M.D. today, requesting documents and information on the FDA’s process for reviewing generic drug applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Olathe, Kan., man was sentenced in federal court today for the armed robbery of the Bank of Weston.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., returned a verdict late yesterday afternoon finding Gabriel Mirabal guilty on narcotics trafficking and firearms charges after a six-day trial. The guilty verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Darin Kyle Taylor, 55, of Post Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in two related cases to use of interstate facilities in the commission of murder for hire, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. On Aug. 18, 2015, Taylor was indicted for the federal drug charge. On December 4, 2015, Taylor waived his right to be indicted grand jury and agreed to be charged with murder for hire in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: By Barry Grissom, U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced that SHEDRICK MAYWEATHER, age 68, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. While employed as a tax preparer, MAYWEATHER admitted to accepting money in exchange for preparing numerous fraudulent documents using figures provided to him by another person.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two Orthodox Jewish Rabbis were sentenced to prison today for conspiring to kidnap Jewish men in an effort to force them to give their wives religious divorces, referred to as “gets," U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
