News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Ocala, Florida - U.S. District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges today sentenced Bryant Dewayne Simmons (30, Lake County) to 10 years in federal prison for the attempted possession with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. In a separate proceeding, Simmons previously forfeited approximately...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Angela M. Suddarth, 51, of Orlando, Florida and previously of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on fraud charges relating to the sale of a transportation brokerage company, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. The...
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding a competitive oil and gas lease sales on Tuesday, June 9 at the BLM Nevada State Office,1340 Financial Blvd., Reno. Registration and assignment of bidding numbers begins at 8 a.m. and the sale begins at 9 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Quantal Blake, age 28, of Omaha, Nebraska, was convicted of three counts of bank robbery this afternoon following a jury trial this week, in front of the Honorable Laurie Smith Camp. Sentencing has been set for Aug. 24, 2015. The defendant faces a maximum of life imprisonment and a $250,000 fine on each count.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A Naperville man pled guilty today to federal charges he set fire to the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora on Sept. 26, 2014, federal law enforcement officials announced today. Brian Howard, 37, of Naperville, was charged by information earlier this month with one count...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Defendants Owned/Operated A Medical Supply Business And Lab In Arlington.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-Billy Joe Laverty, 38, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to “Hobbs Act" robbery and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, announced Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma. The Hobbs Act makes it illegal for anyone to commit, or attempt to commit, a commercial robbery, that is a robbery that affects interstate commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: In Austin today, 70-year-old Williamson County Judge Timothy L. Wright, of Georgetown pleaded guilty to federal charges of engaging in the business of dealing firearms without a license and making false statements to a Government agent announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Robert Elder, and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge James Spero.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that Douglas Roseth, 23, of Americus, Georgia was sentenced to 210 months in prison by the Honorable Clay D. Land, Chief U.S. District Court Judge, on May 28, 2015 in Columbus, Georgia. Mr. Roseth will also be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison and be on lifetime supervision.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The owner of a Los Angeles-based international food distribution company pleaded guilty this afternoon to a federal charge of operating an unlicensed money transmittal business through which more than $17 million was transferred between Iran and the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned three indictments charging a total of 16 individuals with drug conspiracy and other charges for operating purported pain management clinics that the indictments allege were actually “pill mills." The indictments were returned on May 20, 2015, and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging three Georgia residents with access device fraud, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic City, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for engaging in a conspiracy to distribute heroin on behalf of the “Dirty Block" criminal street gang that used threats, intimidation and violence to maintain control of the illegal drug trade in Atlantic City, U.S. Attorney Paul J Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that former Sgt. Arthur Howard, 44, former officer Jimmy Lee Denson, 45, and former officer Decarlo C. Latimore, 38 were sentenced today by the Honorable Marc T. Treadwell, United States District Judge in Macon. They were each sentenced to three years of probation for conversion of government property. Further, they will have to surrender their Georgia Police Officer Certification.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released final environmental reviews for land use plans in South Dakota that will help to conserve greater sage-grouse habitat and support sustainable economic development. The land management plans, developed during the past three years in partnership with the state and with input from local partners, will benefit wildlife, outdoor recreation, ranching and other traditional land uses that rely on a healthy sagebrush landscape.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: A Guyanese national was indicted on charges stemming from his leadership and participation in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO ― A Chicago lawyer was indicted on federal charges alleging that he evaded the payment of income tax on income he received over the course of two decades, including income he received in connection with the State of Illinois’s lawsuit against various tobacco companies.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - A 51-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for downloading child pornography at an East Memphis Best Buy.
By State Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a subpoena to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The subpoena compels OMB to provide the Committee with critical information it has sought for nearly a year concerning the State Department’s plan to construct a Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FAST-C) in Blackstone, Virginia.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Fritch, TX -A 21-year-old Amarillo resident died Wednesday, May 27, at Spring Canyon just below the Sanford Dam within Lake Meredith National Recreation Area.
