News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A southwest suburban pharmacist was indicted on federal charges for health care fraud, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant, WALTER BEICH, the owner and licensed pharmacist at Lockport Pharmacy, Inc. operating as Corwin Pharmacy, was charged in a twelve-count indictment...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - In court this morning, U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough sentenced a Springfield, Ill., woman, Alice M. Foss, 53, to serve 46 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $400,000 from her former employer, a Springfield consulting and lobbying firm. During a jury trial in January 2015, Foss pled guilty to the charges against her: mail fraud (five counts), wire fraud (seven counts), and access device fraud (one count.).
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-M.) and Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the Justice Department’s request for an emergency stay in Texas, et al. v. United States, et al., the multi-state lawsuit against President Obama’s executive actions on immigration...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF CLEVELAND TO REFORM CLEVELAND DIVISION OF POLICE FOLLOWING THE FINDING OF A PATTERN OR PRACTICE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -Superintendent Patrick M. Kenney is pleased to announce this year's evening climbs of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse.This opportunity will be offered on select dates near the full moon during the months of June, July, August, September and October.Bring your own flashlight and experience...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez released the following statement today regarding the fatal shooting of Gregg Benner, 49, a Police Officer with the Rio Rancho Police Department.
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting applications to provide technical assistance to socially-disadvantaged groups in rural areas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The arraignments for two men charged with using counterfeit mail box keys to steal checks, credit cards, and other information from local mailboxes will be held at 3:00 p.m. today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: TARRYTOWN, N.Y. - A blocked or obstructed exit route can be the difference between life and death. Despite the clear risks, Conway Stores' Bronx location jeopardized workers and shoppers despite two warnings from federal safety inspectors in December 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: Used Clients' Deposits For His Own Expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that an Opelousas man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 months in prison for leaving a halfway house without permission.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: OAKLAND - Charles S. Moore was sentenced to 41 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $78,353 to the United States for his role in a false tax refund scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: Ordered to Pay Over $300,000 in Restitution.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday, June 4 at the Allington Inn, 215 Central Ave, Kremmling.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - On Friday, May 22, 2015, after a five day jury trial, a jury in the Northern District of New York convicted Yarbrough Latulas (30, of Watertown, NY) of armed robbery, according to U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian. After hearing all of the evidence, the jury found Yarbrough Latulas...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Kenneth Kapikian, 57, of Wayne, Pennsylvania, and Dennis Gagliardi, 60, of Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, were charged today by Information with a scheme to defraud the University of Pennsylvania. The defendants are each charged with seven counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who sold heroin to a confidential informant on multiple occasions in 2014 pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Tayvon Mykal Gaulds, 21, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Huntington admitting that he distributed heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Ricardo Garza, 52, of Houston, TX, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine and 100 kilograms or more of marijuana, was sentenced to 151 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Stephen K. Howard, a 64-year old Auburn resident who is employed as a lab technician at Auburn University, was arrested Friday, May 22, 2015 for selling large quantities of a “date rape" drug, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris and George L. Beck Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
By US DOT Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: A Congressional roundtable in Philadelphia this week will examine the rising costs of disasters and associated losses, hazards impacting Pennsylvania and the region, and best practices for mitigating and avoiding disaster impacts.
