News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Johnny Biggs, 36, of Moorefield, West Virginia, was convicted in federal court today for his role in manufacturing methamphetamine, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that TRAVIS SCOTT, a/k/a “Trap," a/k/a “Slim," age 31, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to the Third Superseding Indictment charging him with racketeering conspiracy, narcotics conspiracy, and firearms violations. He was the final pending defendant in this RICO prosecution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank T. Pimentel, who handled the case, stated that on four dates between August 2014 and January 2015, Kidd sold a total of $6,000 worth of oxycodone pills to an individual at Kidd’s Buffalo residence. Oxycodone, along with other opiod and opiate-type drugs, has been responsible for an alarming increase in overdose deaths in this area. United States Attorney Hochul, along with public health officials, have described these fatalities as an epidemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: Fraudulent Investment scam resulted in $1,370,000 loss to eleven partners.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that ZACHARY ZWERKO was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 37 months in prison for his participation in an insider trading scheme. ZWERKO, who worked for a pharmaceutical company (the “Pharma Company")...
By State Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the reported conviction of Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- On Oct. 13, 2015, Heather Morgan, 28, of Maryville, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge. Upon her release from prison, Morgan will serve a two year period of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia-Continue to celebrate southern West Virginia's rich history through the winning photographs of the 2015 Hidden History Photo Contest exhibit. Each photo highlights a different part of the region's heritage. This annual contest was open to West Virginia amateur photographers, youth and adult.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: International Fugitive Arrested for Role in Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Fraud Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: Consistent with the unprecedented effort to conserve the greater sage-grouse and its habitat, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a public process to consider a proposal in September to withdraw lands determined to be crucial to the survival of the species from location and entry under the 1872 Mining Law, subject to valid existing rights.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Benjamin Holley (619) 546-7952.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Maria L. Ceniceros, 43, of Anthony, N.M., and Armando Gutierrez-Torres, 51, a Mexican national who resides in Delicias, Mexico, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to theft of government property and aggravated identity theft charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant CORINNA CONCEPCION, who was convicted at the trial of U.S. v. Francisco Arias, Eder Cortez-Zelaya and Corinna Concepcion in the District Court of Guam, was sentenced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - The Justice Department and U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that the former Mamou Police Chief Gregory W. Dupuis was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, and former Mamou Police Officer and Chief Robert McGee pleaded guilty to one count of the deprivation of...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: Harkers Island, NC -The National Park Service continues recovery efforts and has made significant progress to reopen the few areas of the Seashore that remain closed to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Chernoh A. Jalloh, age 28, and Abraham B. Freeman, age 30, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pled guilty today in federal court in Greenville, to a conspiracy to defraud, a violation of Title 18, United States Code...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: The Fire Management staff at Point Reyes National Seashore is planning several controlled burns to help improve habitat and protect the area from wildfire. Over the next two weeks, beginning on Wednesday, Oct. 14, three areas within the park will be treated with prescribed fire. Fire fighters from the National Park Service and local fire agencies will work together to conduct controlled burns, followed by patrol and monitoring to ensure the fires are completely out.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A jury convicted James Murray today of 22 felonies-including wire fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft-and contempt of court, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch, FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson, and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge David Thomas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Heather Morgan, 28, of Maryville, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge on Oct. 13. Upon her release from prison, Morgan will serve a two year period of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2015
News Release: GREAT FALLS -The United States Attorney’s Office announced that DARIN LEE MILLER, 43, of Havre, Montana, pleaded guilty during a federal court hearing in Great Falls, Montana, on Oct. 13, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris, to filing false federal income tax returns in which he did not...
