News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Becky Renee Kite, 37, of Amarillo, Texas, appeared in federal court this morning before U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson and pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement from a federally-funded program, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A citizen of the Republic of Bulgaria today admitted his involvement in a $6 million fraudulent tax return scheme that used personal identifying information stolen from multiple accounting firm networks, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who illegally sold oxycodone pills in 2013 and 2014 was sentenced today to two years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Clinton Mack Mount, 38, pleaded guilty in April 2015 to distributing oxycodone. Today’s sentence was imposed by Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management welcomes new district managers for the BLM Alaska Anchorage and Fairbanks District Offices.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: July 6, 2015 BOS 2015-137. NEW YORK - Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in New York has agreed to implement and maintain a comprehensive program to safeguard its employees better against assaults and other on-the-job violence after a patient assaulted a nurse at the Brooklyn facility in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - LB&B Associates Inc. and its principals, Lily A. Brandon and F. Edward Brandon, have agreed to pay the government $7.8 million to resolve allegations that they made false statements to obtain contracts through the Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) 8(a) Business Development Program for Small Disadvantaged Businesses, the Justice Department announced today. LB&B is a North Carolina corporation headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Brian C. Weiler (56, Melbourne) to eight years and one month in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone not in the usual course of professional practice. The Court also ordered him to forfeit his Florida pharmacist license and imposed a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of $274,400.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Ohio resident has been sentenced in federal court to five years’ probation with six months’ home detention and ordered to pay a fine of $7,500 on his conviction of one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of introduction of misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ALLAH JUSTICE MCQUEEN pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud in connection with a scheme that targeted and victimized elderly people across New York State. MCQUEEN, who was arrested in December 2014, entered his plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael H. Dolinger.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: Numerous scientists will be presenting as part of the Centennial Science Behind The Scenery Programs at Rocky Mountain National Park. This series of programs highlights scientific activity and learning in the park. Each week a different scientist conducting research in the park will share their experiences and discoveries. The programs will be held on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center and are free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City man who took part in five bank robberies in Kansas and Missouri was sentenced Monday to 55 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: Federal charges resulted from “Project Recoil".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Walter Jackson, 49, of Cleveland, with making false statements in the acquisition of a firearm, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Jason Martinez, 20, of Methuen, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 48 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to conspiracy to make a false statement during the acquisition of a firearm, announced Acting United...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: Today, federal authorities in Midland arrested 26-year-old Paul Allen Peters, owner of Jack of All Trades Tactical & Supply, for firearms violations announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Robert R. Champion, Dallas Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - The owner of a metal plating company in Minneapolis, Kan., was sentenced Monday to four months in federal prison followed by six months home confinement for violating the federal Clean Water Act. His company was fined $10,000. In addition, he and his company were ordered to pay $281,503 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: SPOKANE - - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, and Douglas James, Acting Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced that Arvin Terrill Carmen, 39, of Los Angeles, California, and Spokane, Washington, was sentenced to 50 years...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Arwen Tinuviel Palmer, 35, and Dustin Lynn Phillips, 33, both of Buckhannon, West Virginia, were convicted today of methamphetamine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: A man who attempted to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity was sentenced July 2, 2015 to over 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: Defendant Robbed Two Banks and a Store Within a 10-Day Period.
