News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A former paramedic pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Worcester today to tampering with vials of Fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: New York, NY - To celebrate National Asian-Pacific Heritage Month, the Statue of Liberty National Monument is presenting three extraordinary performing companies that represent the richness, power, and beauty of the cultures of China, India and Japan. The performances will take place at Ellis Island from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 31.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: A Miami Dade College student was sentenced to 21 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution of $63,000, for her involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme involving her student financial services account.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: Assaulted Partner on Two Reported Occasions Causing Severe Bodily Harm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Grady Wayne Fricks has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges arising out of a scheme to defraud Cornerstone Community Bank in Dalton, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: Defendant Sexually Molested Young Boys and Distributed Videos over the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: Two individuals, including a former employee of the U.S. Postal Service, have been sentenced for their participation in an identity theft tax refund fraud scheme. Shawn Hawes, 34, of Miami, was sentenced yesterday to 62 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Kelly Urseles Roberts, 39, of Miami, was sentenced on May 19, 2015 to 28 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: In Del Rio yesterday, Maria Landin, age 48, of Helotes, TX, was sentenced to 194 months in federal prison for her role in a scheme to smuggle into the United States 878.2 grams of pure crystal methamphetamine, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge James Spero.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Michael Hogan and Maximillion Broadnax, both of Rochester, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiring with each other to rob and with robbing the Chase Bank at 2900 Dewey Avenue in Rochester. The charges carry a maximum possible penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Kremmling Field Office is seeking public comment on an environmental assessment of five new commercial special recreation permits or permit modifications along the Colorado River in Grand and Eagle counties.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Medford woman was arrested today for unlawfully disclosing Social Security numbers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, Sullivan County Sheriff Michael Schiff, New York City Police...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Benjamin J. Daniels, 38, of Sandy, Utah, was sentenced today in federal court in Providence, R.I., to 34 months in federal prison to be followed by 5 years supervised release for his participation in a conspiracy to ship 239 pounds of marijuana to Rhode Island from Pennsylvania in December 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: POCATELLO - Justin Dixson, 41, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was indicted on May 27, 2015, by a federal grand jury sitting in Pocatello for five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor child and one count of possession of sexually explicit images of minors, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Dixson is currently in custody on local criminal charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A California man was sentenced today for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in New England and laundering the drug proceeds in bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Ross Ulbricht, a/k/a “Dread Pirate Roberts," was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to life in prison in connection with his operation and ownership of Silk Road, a hidden website...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: Defendant Among 91 Charged In Operation Wax House.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that it is extending the public comment period on its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to seek public comment on potential updates to BLM rules governing oil and gas royalty rates, rental payments, lease sale minimum bids, civil penalty...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today the conviction of a second defendant, and the unsealing of an indictment against a third defendant, in an ongoing investigation into various check cashing businesses in Baton Rouge that cashed nearly $4 million in fraudulently-obtained U.S. Treasury checks during 2012 and 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury in Rochester has returned an indictment charging Aaron L. Rucker, 38, of Rochester, NY, with attempted Hobbs Act robbery and use of a firearm during a crime of violence. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of seven years in prison and a maximum of life and a $250,000 fine.
