News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark, New Jersey, man today admitted making counterfeit checks as part of a scheme that caused bank losses of approximately $80,000, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Four people pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking part in a real estate fraud scheme in connection with the development of Indian Ridge Resort, a resort community located near Branson, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: LITTLE ROCK - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today that Stephen K. Parks, 61, of Little Rock, Arkansas, pled guilty on May 27, 2015, to a one-count Federal Information charging him with wire fraud relating to a fraudulent investment scheme involving the sale of refined coal tax credits.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang sentenced Christian Diamond Byrd, age 44, of Laurel, Maryland today to 15 years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for distribution of heroin. Judge Chuang also ordered Byrd to forfeit $440,000, the proceeds of his drug distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Tuscaloosa man to 25 years in prison for a string of armed robberies in Tuscaloosa in 2012, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Hyche.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RONDELL JACKSON, also known as “D-Rugs," 28, of East Hartford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOL Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Employer Name and Location: Magnetic Metals Corp., located at 1900 Hayes Avenue in Camden, New Jersey, manufactures soft magnetic materials for products including motors and transformers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that SELVIN IRIAS-MURILLO, age 44, a Honduran citizen, was sentenced today after having previously pled guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BERNARD BRANTLEY, 45, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in Bridgeport to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a fraudulent federal income tax refund scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Justin Fox, 31, of Stafford, pleaded guilty today to Attempted Production of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Jack Jett, 41, of Hemlock, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with unlawful possession and importation of Alpha PVP, a schedule I controlled substance. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Nathaniel Sloh, 25, of Darby, PA, and Kevin “Prince" Kpou, 22, of Philadelphia, PA, were charged by indictment, unsealed today, with one count of conspiracy, three counts of manufacturing counterfeit currency, and two counts of dealing in counterfeit currency, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that from August 2014 to November 2014, Sloh and Kpou conspired to manufacture and sell counterfeit currency.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: HONOLULU -This morning, May 27, the USS Arizona Memorial dock was struck while a tug boat was assisting the USNS Mercy in Pearl Harbor. Initial visual assessments show that the dock was moved about 10 feet toward the Memorial. A small area of concrete was damaged where the dock's ramp joined the Memorial. The dock's ramps and railings were also damaged.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 27, 2015 - Today, Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) responded to the Obama Administration’s finalization of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced the sentencing of TYRONE HERMAN, 56, to 10 years in federal prison for defrauding investors of more than $19 million. HERMAN, who pleaded guilty on Oct. 20, 2014, to one count of wire fraud, was sentenced on May 26, 2015, by Judge Joan N. Ericksen in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - Federal charges have been filed against four Galveston residents alleging they were involved in the sex trafficking of children, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By US DOT Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes civil penalties ranging from $54,000 to $81,669 against three companies for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 47-year-old former resident of Frisco, Texas, was found guilty of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A United States District Court jury convicted Antonio L. Sibley, 38, of Akron, Ohio with production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Shelly A. Binkowski, Inspector in Charge for the Boston Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and William P. Offord, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that on May 26...
