News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Lawrence Kutrelle White, age 29, of Ft. Washington, Maryland, today to three years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for theft of government property.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today the unsealing of a federal grand jury indictment in Operation Drop the Hammer, an extensive investigation into a drug trafficking network operating in the Baton Rouge and Denham Springs area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced three south Alabama family members to prison for running a scheme to steal more than $3 million from the claims fund established by British Petroleum for victims of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Orlando Justice, 27, of Rochester, NY, with assaulting a U.S. Postal Service employee with a dangerous weapon, and brandishing a firearm to commit the assault. The charges carry a minimum sentence of seven years in prison, a maximum of life, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Marvin Tyrone White was sentenced today on a guilty plea to one count of access device fraud. White received $29,000 dollars in claims benefits from the Gulf Coast Claims Facility that he was not entitled to receive.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. Follow @SDILNews. Shu K. Chen, 38, from the People’s Republic of China, was charged by Indictment with Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, two counts of Access Device Fraud, and two counts of Aggravated...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, NY -A Ventura, California man has been sentenced to 144 months in federal prison after admitting his participation in an $8 million investment scheme luring investors with false promises relating to the development of an alternative energy technology, announced United States Attorney Richard...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Tenn. -Edward L. Stanton III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee; A. Todd McCall, Special Agent in Charge of the Memphis Division of the FBI; Steve Isbell, Chief of Police for the Dyersburg Police Department; and Jeff Box, Sheriff of Dyer County, announced today the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Connecticut man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Springfield today in a conspiracy to traffic in contraband tobacco.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -Lake Mead National Recreation Area is seeking stories and photos about St. Thomas to develop brochures, on-site displays and web pages. This project is intended to educate visitors and enhance their experiences when visiting the park and the park's website.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Lawrence Kutrelle White, age 29, of Ft. Washington, Maryland, today to three years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for theft of government property.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Doyle J. Blevins Jr., of Willis, with 27 counts of preparing false client tax returns, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Lucy Cruz, special agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - In 2014 the Department of Justice awarded $21,617,777.00 in grant money to Alabama agencies and cities in the Middle District of Alabama, announced U. S. Attorney George L. Beck, Jr.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today praised the announcement by Health and Human Services Secretary Burwell to accelerate Medicare’s movement to paying physicians and providers based on quality and patient-centered care.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Nebraska. Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the unsealing of a 5 count Indictment charging Mauro Torres-Castro age 38, Alicia Martinez age 23, and Ashley O'Flaherty age 23, all of Columbus Nebraska, with various...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Darrius Carr, age 22, of Severn, today to 25 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for producing child pornography arising from his sexual assault of a toddler on March 7 and 11, 2014. Judge Hollander ordered...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: Grand Teton National Park ranger naturalists invite local residents and visitors to explore the wonders of the park in winter with two separate ranger-led snowshoe hikes.The upcoming ranger-led programs include a moonlit snowshoe hike on Saturday, Jan. 31, and a Taggart Lake snowshoe walk during daylight on Saturday, February 7 as a part of Jackson Hole Winter Trails Day celebrations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Devon Holmes, a 26 year-old New York City man, was sentenced today to five years imprisonment by Judge William K. Sessions III in federal district court in Burlington. Holmes pleaded guilty to causing a young local woman to buy two handguns for him from a South Burlington, Vermont, firearms dealer in 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, NY -A Ventura, California man has been sentenced to 144 months in federal prison after admitting his participation in an $8 million investment scheme luring investors with false promises relating to the development of an alternative energy technology, announced United States Attorney Richard...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: William J. Frio, 58, of Springfield Township, pleaded guilty today to his role in a tax evasion scheme involving the Nifty Fifty’s restaurant chain. Frio pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit tax evasion. Frio is the sixth defendant to plead guilty in the long-running scheme to avoid paying millions...
