News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - -James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration announced today that a man who distributed crack cocaine for nearly a decade was sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Nicholas Mitko Clark (22, Yulee) to 13 years and 4 months in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for transporting child pornography. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the laptop computer and cellphone that he had used to commit the offense. Clark pleaded guilty on Jan. 13, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two individuals were convicted of heroin trafficking today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-Derick Dean Brown, 24, of Collinsville, pleaded guilty today to sexual exploitation of a child and enticement, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma. A sentencing date has been set before United States District Court Judge Claire V. Eagan on January 8, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that TERENCE TAYLOR, age 37, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced today for distributing heroin that resulted in an overdose death and for conspiring to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin in the New Orleans area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Departments of Justice and Labor have reached an agreement with the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) to resolve civil rights complaints filed by limited English proficient (LEP) workers who alleged that they were subject to national origin discrimination in the state’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The people of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands discarded almost a half-ton of unused, expired, or unwanted drugs as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) on Saturday, September 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: Defendant Charged with Alleged Participation in the Murder of Ice Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the Attempted Murder of Ice Special Agent Victor Avila Extradited from Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Alvin L. Livingston, Jr., 36, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A co-founder of Imperial Integrative Health Research and Development LLC (Imperial) was sentenced to serve 83 months in prison in federal court today for his role in a fraud scheme related to Imperial and its product, OXYwater, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Carter M. Stewart of the Southern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), announced the unsealing...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Timothy L. Ritchie, age 44, of Annapolis, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to making false statements arising from a real estate closing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- On Oct. 1, 2015, Faith Blake, 40, of Chattanooga, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 44 years in federal prison by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, U.S. District Judge. Upon her release from prison, Blake will serve a three year period of supervised release. Additionally, she was ordered to forfeit $2,700,000 to the United States, which represented the gross income generated by her illegal clinics.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: Shooting Took Place At Apartment Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On Oct. 1, 2015, Faith Blake, 40, of Chattanooga, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 44 years in federal prison by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, U.S. District Judge. Upon her release from prison, Blake will serve a three year period of supervised release. Additionally, she was ordered to forfeit $2,700,000 to the United States, which represented the gross income generated by her illegal clinics.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Jose Luis Corrales Cruz, 58, of Romona, California; Juan Navarette, 20, of Ontario, Oregon; Jorge Sandoval, 22, of Placentia, California, Marco Antonio Tinoco, 26, of Ontario, Oregon; Hernan Arteaga-Solchaga, 23, of Nampa, Idaho; and Ruby Martinez, 41, of Nampa, Idaho were sentenced over the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Matthew D. Muller, 38, of South Lake Tahoe, charging him with one count of kidnapping, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Last night, during an appearance on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform who is currently leading the investigation of Planned Parenthood, admitted that he has identified no evidence that Planned Parenthood has violated any laws...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: MEMORANDUM. FROM: Oversight Committee Democratic Press Office. TO: Members of the Media. RE: Democrats Object to House GOP’s Planned Parenthood Investigation . For the second time in two days, senior Republicans have admitted that their “investigations" are really taxpayer-funded political campaigns.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks at a HELP Committee hearing on Achieving the Promise of Health Information Technology. In her remarks, Murray discussed how a strong health IT infrastructure...
