News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank T. Pimentel, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, on July 21, 2015, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call regarding an injury at 6761 Walmore Road in Wheatfield. When emergency crews arrived, they discovered the defendant had a significant injury to his lower leg. Subsequently, personnel from the Erie County Bomb Squad entered the unattached garage where an explosion had occurred.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Lall was arrested on July 22, 2015 in New Jersey. He made an initial appearance in federal court in the District of New Jersey and is being detained. The defendant will be returned to the Western District of New York at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, United States Magistrate Judge Camille Vélez-Rivé authorized a criminal complaint charging Carlos Cruz-Rivera with two counts of carjacking, two counts of using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. FBI is in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Richard C. Roney, Jr., 46, of Laurel Springs, New Jersey, was charged today by information with four counts of wire fraud related to an alleged scheme that cost lenders more than $750,000, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: A search concluded successfully this morning at 7:40 a.m. when park searchers located the two missing women off trail above Hague Creek and below Mummy Pass roughly five miles inside the park boundary. This is in the northwest portion of Rocky Mountain National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Involved multiple investors and up to $1 million in investor deposits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Kim Meas, 60, a native of Cambodia, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for schemes to defraud the United States. Meas was the managing director of LS Services Corporation (“LS"), an employee leasing company in South Philadelphia. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 24, 2014 to two counts...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area recently completed a project that establishes the Brewster Bridge Trail trailhead located at the R.M. Brooks General Store at 2830 Rugby Parkway just outside of Rugby, Tennessee. The hiking/biking trail is a mile long and follows an old abandoned state highway down across the old Brewster Bridge and then to the newly renovated picnic area and canoe launch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey and U.S. Department of Justice today announced the results of a four-and-a-half year review of several hotels and casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, to determine whether they are being operated in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Ronen Nahmani, 41, of Aventura, Florida was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and controlled substance analogues, namely, synthetic cannabinoids, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846. Nahmani is scheduled to be sentenced before Chief Judge Michael Moore on October 8, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - All 15 House Ways and Means Committee Democratic Members today sent a letter to U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Carolyn W. Colvin urging the Commissioner to notify same-sex spouses, widows, widowers, and their children of their eligibility to receive Social Security benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal jury Thursday found an Ellis County man guilty on drug and gun charges, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Southbridge man was convicted of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition yesterday in United States District Court in Worcester.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - SANDRA KAY BRYANT, St. Louis County, was sentenced today for her participation in setting fire to her family’s home in Florissant, Missouri, on Nov. 16, 2001. Bryant’s 15-year-old son became trapped in the basement and was killed during the fire. Bryant pled guilty in March to one count of aiding and abetting the use of fire to commit mail fraud and unequivocally acknowledged and confirmed her participation in the arson scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: HONOLULU - United States District Judge Derrick K. Watson sentenced Charles H. Foster, age 33, to 304 months in prison on July 21 (Tuesday) for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine from approximately September 2012 to February 2013. A jury had convicted Foster and codefendant John Garcia on Feb. 19, 2015, after a five-day trial.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson today made the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1599, the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015. The bipartisan bill establishes a voluntary, nationwide, USDA-administered certification program for labeling genetically engineered food products.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on July 23, 2015, Brent William Littrell, 31, of Lincoln, was sentenced to seven years (84 months) in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine between March of 2012 and October of 2014. Information provided...
By State Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - At the first in a series of hearings on the Iran nuclear deal, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, warned the agreement could ultimately reward a leading state-sponsor of terrorism with an industrial nuclear capability that would only be ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, "Nomination of Denise T. Roth to be Administrator, U.S. General Services Administration." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury today convicted former attorney Saundra Lucille White, a/k/a Lucille Parrish-White and six variations of those names, age 57, of Lothian, Maryland, on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to defraud clients of at least $750,000.
