News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Raymond Bullette III, age 34, of Los Angeles, California, today to life in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute large quantities of (PCP). Bullette had previously been convicted of five felony drug offenses in California since 1999 and was on supervised probation at the time of the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Lake Charles man and a Texas man pleaded guilty to their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that stretched from Lake Charles to Houston.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles announced today that Cary McEntee, 58, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, pled guilty today to a federal conspiracy charge stemming from fraudulent real estate transactions he engaged in during 2006 and 2007. The criminal conduct occurred in Lansing, Michigan and was related to real estate transactions in Newport News, Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - In a short ceremony Monday morning, John W. Huber was sworn in as the United States Attorney for the District of Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: Failed to report earnings and pay income taxes on $386,183.67 during a six year period and overstated business expenses of $581,519.91.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: Vanguard Health Systems, Inc. and certain affiliated companies have agreed to pay civil damages of $2.9 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. The alleged false claims involve violations...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: Due to increased visitation and the lack of toilets at Coyote Gulch, hikers in the popular Coyote Gulch area of the Escalante backcountry will now be required to pack out their own solid waste using a portable waste containment bag. Appropriate products should be specifically designed to treat human...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against 10 defendants in Operation Armageddon, an extensive investigation aimed at a drug trafficking network based in Baton Rouge, with alleged ties to the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Today, Steven Antepara, 21, of New York, N.Y., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson to 18 years in prison. Antepara previously pleaded guilty to attempting to entice a minor. Antepara’s term of imprisonment will be followed by lifetime supervised release with stringent sex offender conditions, including the condition that he register as a sex offender.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 15, 2015 - Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) today issued the following statement in response to a report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) titled, "Indian Energy Development: Poor Management by BIA Has Hindered Energy Development on Indian Lands.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Bastrop woman was sentenced to 21 months in prison for filing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: Distributed child pornography via KIK messenger.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard D. Kaufman was recognized by Attorney General Loretta Lynch at the 31st annual Director’s Awards Ceremony in Washington D.C. for his exemplary service to the country and United States Department of Justice. Kaufman, Chief of the Asset Forfeiture and Financial Litigation (AFFLU) Unit, received the John Marshall Award for Asset Forfeiture.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: A convicted drug dealer, arrested with a stolen firearm, meth and heroin while on state probation, was found guilty by a federal jury following a week-long trial, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. SETH ISSAC MORGAN, 33, was convicted June 15, 2015 of possession of methamphetamine with intent ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a 36-year-old Texas woman pleaded guilty today to conspiring with others to distribute and possess with intent to distribute alpha-pvp, commonly known as “bath salts," before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion in Scranton.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - At least a handful of rare frogs have survived their first year in the Santa Monica Mountains, part of the first-ever effort to expand the range of California red-legged frogs in Southern California.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Raymond Bullette III, age 34, of Los Angeles, California, today to life in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute large quantities of phencyclidine (PCP). Bullette had previously been convicted of five felony drug offenses in California since 1999 and was on supervised probation at the time of the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A leader of the Imperial Gangsters street gang was sentenced today to life in prison for five counts of murder in aid of racketeering and other RICO-related charges, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David A. Capp of the Northern District of Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
