News from November 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Nick Hornberger, age 47, of Baltimore, today to 11 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for three counts of robbery. Judge Bennett also entered an order requiring Hornberger to pay restitution of $612.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Carlos Arnulfo Chacon Chacon, age 42, of Laurel, Maryland pleaded guilty today to charges arising from a fatal car crash in which the victim died after being in a coma for eight months.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Jermaine Brown, 37, of Chesterfield, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for accepting bribes in his role as a federal prison guard in exchange for smuggling cigarettes to inmates.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $169,500 civil penalty against Sun Air Express, LLC, of Lititz, Penn., for allegedly operating aircraft that were not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Alice Pigg, 63, of Los Banos, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury charging her with stealing benefits paid by the United States Social Security Administration (SSA) and concealing material information from the SSA to obtain benefits, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Jeffrey Chernoff, 35, of Richboro, PA was charged today by Indictment with bank robbery and attempted bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A former Army Reservist has been arrested in New York in connection with the theft of sixteen weapons from a U.S. Army Reserve Center in Worcester, Mass.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A former sergeant in the Chicago Police Department pleaded guilty today to charges he took cash payments from a liquor store clerk in exchange for disclosing private government information.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Donald Wayne Lamoureaux, age 69, of Hardy, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison and ten years of supervised release on one count of Coercion and Enticement of...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, delivered the following prepared remarks on the House Floor in opposition to H.R. 4038, the GOP so-called “American SAFE Act". Ranking Member Thompson offered an alternative, H.R. 4079 - the “Secure...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The effects of climate change are being felt worldwide, impacting every corner of the planet and every sector of the global economy. With the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP21) just two weeks away, more than 150 countries, representing...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: Release Date: 19 November 2015. Contacts: Charles Barr, charles_barr@nps.gov, 229 924-0343, ext. 112. NR15-11. Wreaths Across America at Andersonville National Cemetery. Annual ceremony to occur on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - Andersonville National Historic Site would like...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Krist Koranteng, age 34, of Burtonsville and Laurel, Maryland, today to 33 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a mail and wire fraud conspiracy, and for money laundering, in connection with a scheme in...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: Rome, New York - On Saturday, Nov. 28, Fort Stanwix National Monument will be hosting its annual Holiday Open House. This special event highlights the winter traditions of the residents of 18thCentury Fort Stanwix and the Mohawk Valley. The festivities will begin at 6:30 pm and end at 8:30 pm. This event is free of charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that TYONE BURTON, a/k/a “Peanut," age 22, and NYSON JONES, a/k/a “Nycie," age 31, both of New Orleans, were sentenced yesterday after having previously pled guilty to federal firearm and drug violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the conviction of DANA LEE COBENAIS, 23, an enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa, for aggravated sexual abuse. A jury returned a guilty verdict after a three-day trial before Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Kyle. A sentencing date has not been set.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: Last month, the leaders of the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and the National Counterterrorism Center testified before this committee regarding threats to the homeland - including the growing threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. Since then ISIS has shown us exactly what it is capable of.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Sherin Thawer, a Dallas attorney, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 24 months in federal prison, following her guilty plea in August 2015 to a federal felony offense stemming from her work in representing aliens, that is, non-U.S. citizens, before the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service (USCIS), announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida B U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that the United States has settled allegations that a hospice company located in Lecanto, Florida knowingly billed the government for medically unnecessary and undocumented hospice services. The allegations resolved included liability under the False Claims Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - George Smith, 26, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Indictment with Hobbs Act robberies and attempted Hobbs Act robbery, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
