News from October 2015
By DOE Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Friday, October 23 at 9:15 am in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Fighting Fraud Against the Elderly, an Update."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: Michael L. Goff, 36, of Robinson, Illinois, was indicted on October 6, 2015, on methamphetamine related charges in a three count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A convicted felon from Tarrant County who pleaded guilty this summer to his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -WILLIAM VONTRAIL JOHNSON, 28, from Oklahoma City, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Stephen Friot to serve 360 months in federal prison for child sex trafficking of a 14-year-old girl, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Friday, October 23 at 9:15 am in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Fighting Fraud Against the Elderly, an Update."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant GILLIAN A. GALLARDO, age 30, from Yigo, was sentenced on Oct. 15, 2015, before Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood, to three years of probation and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $19,098.50.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: A felon who was found in possession of a.357 magnum revolver pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Friday, October 23 at 9:15 am in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Fighting Fraud Against the Elderly, an Update."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Gary Hughes (35, San Diego, CA) and Jason Martin (36, Orange County, CA) with one count of mortgage fraud conspiracy involving bank fraud, and other related substantive charges. Hughes and Martin...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Michael Eugene Simpson, age 35, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced late last week to 240 months (20 years) in federal prison for gun and drug charges U.S. Attorney John Walsh and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Ken Croke announced. The defendant was also ordered to spend 3 years on supervised release after serving his prison sentence. He was remanded into custody at the end of the sentencing hearing.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: As the Bureau of Land Management installs the first of five anticipated portal signs on the boundary of Nevada's very first BLM National Monument, staff continue to work with local government and elected officials to plan the future of the Basin and Range National Monument, designated by Presidential...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: A former Copley resident was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for stealing more than $1.5 million from healthcare plans he administered and using the money to pay for bonuses, operating expenses, luxury car leases and a country club membership, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: 2 Bakersfield Men and 2 Los Angeles Men Charged with Synthetic Drug Distribution and Structuring Cash Transactions.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: Over the past year, DOE Office of Indian Energy staff have traveled throughout the contiguous United States and Alaska to help build capacity, deliver energy project technical assistance, and provide information sharing opportunities to tribal communities. Watch this slideshow for highlights and read more about FY15 accomplishments and resources for tribes in the Office’s new brochure, Strengthening Tribal Communities, Sustaining Future Generations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: Christopher Wood Faces Up To One Year in Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former officer with the Transportation Security Administration was indicted today by a federal grand jury on narcotics and bribery charges for allegedly accepting payment to allow checked bags filled with marijuana to be cleared through screening checkpoints at Los Angeles International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - A 26-year-old Pasadena man has been charged with aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Julio Cesar Valdez-Salazar was indicted Oct. 7, 2015, and taken into custody today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - KEVIN HUNTSPON was indicted for allegedly soliciting and receiving payments from a local grocery store owner in connection with health inspections conducted at the grocery store.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - A Chicago podiatrist, his wife and the CEO of his health care company were indicted on charges involving the submission of false documents and reimbursement claims related to podiatric services purportedly provided.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Andra Smith, 44, of Canton, pled guilty on Oct. 16, 2015, before Senior U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee, to a Criminal Information charging him with bribery, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Donald Alway. Smith is a former Probation and Parole Officer with the Mississippi Department of Corrections who worked out of Madison County.
