News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: MISSOULA - Anthony Dane Roberty, 54, of Bozeman, Montana, was sentenced today to 84 months incarceration followed by 15 years supervised release, for receipt of child pornography. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christensen sentenced Roberty following a July 16, 2015, hearing held before U.S. Magistrate Jeremiah Lynch, in which Roberty pleaded guilty to the offense. The sentence will run concurrently with state sentences Roberty is serving for felony DUI.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: A man who was upset at being passed over for an IT position at Buena Vista University and gained unauthorized access to several BVU computers, pled guilty on Oct. 28, 2015, in federal court in Sioux City.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Arrested in Garland When He Arrived to Meet a Teen He Had Met Online.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Joshua Dunston, 37, of Bangor, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony M. Bruce, who is handling the case, stated that Battistoni was hired by his co-defendant, Thi Nguyen, to help Nguyen collect a $24,000 bookmaking debt. The debt belonged to an individual who placed bets with Nguyen during the 2012 NFL season. During the course of several...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Three more Houston residents, including a man who was practicing medicine without a license, have been arrested on wide-ranging charges involving a $12 million conspiracy to commit health care fraud and to pay kickbacks to patients, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Idaho Man Found Guilty of Three Counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, One Count of Possession of Child Pornography, and One Count of Access with Intent to View Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 43-year-old Mexican national has entered a guilty plea to importing 75 kilograms of methamphetamine into the country hidden within a load of squash and cactus, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Former Tate County, Mississippi, Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Tasing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - LaQuan Johnson, 35, of Baltimore, Maryland, was convicted of heroin trafficking in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging ANTHONY T. KURTZ, age 40, of Livingston, Louisiana, with distribution of child pornography, possession of child pornography, and forfeiture.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A leader of a Lawrence heroin trafficking organization that operated in Massachusetts and New York was sentenced today to 13 years in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A west Michigan pair who absconded during a federal child pornography investigation are the latest fugitives to be profiled on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) smartphone app, seeking public tips about at-large and unknown child predator suspects. The suspects are the targets of an investigation by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man was acquitted of Robbery, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, and Assault by Strangulation and Suffocation as a result of a federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota, on Oct. 28, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced today that Andy Sosa - the former leader of the “Trinitarios," a violent street and prison gang composed primarily...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has signed the Record of Decision for the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area (Folsom Lake SRA) and State Historic Park (SHP) General Plan/Resource Management Plan (GP/RMP) Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR). The GP/RMP is...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Stephen K. Howard, 64 of Auburn, Alabama, pleaded guilty today to three counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance analogue (1-4 butanediol) and one count of possession of methamphetamine, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. When ingested, 1-4 butanediol has the same effect on the body as gamma-hydroxybutric acid (GHB), commonly known as the “date rape" drug.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA, GA -- As part of the Obama Administration’s effort to cut energy waste in the nation’s restaurants and buildings, today the U.S. Department of Energy's Better Buildings Challenge program recognized Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. for its leadership in energy efficiency and 38 percent energy savings...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Neshanic Station, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme that used straw buyers and phony loan documents to fraudulently obtain a $400,500 loan on a property in Irvington, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
Release: Washington, DC, Oct. 29, 2015 - Today Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the creation of the nation's first Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (E&T) Center of Excellence. The Center of Excellence will build on the Administration's commitment to job-driven training. It will build on best practices that help SNAP participants gain the skills they need for jobs employers are looking to fill today.
