News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a Texas man in connection with the illegal distribution of methamphetamine in Greene County, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay A. Morris.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CASEY THONN, age 35, of Slidell, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a two-count Bill of Information charging him with wire fraud in connection with fraudulent claims filed with the Deepwater Horizon Economic Claims Center (“DHECC").
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - This morning, JOHN DENNIS HASTERT, 73, of Plano, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of illegally structuring cash withdrawals in order to evade financial reporting requirements. The Honorable U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin scheduled a sentencing hearing for Feb. 29, 2016, at 10:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - On Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, Michael A. Lewis, 36, pleaded guilty in District Court on St. Thomas to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Sentencing is scheduled for March 3, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RAYMOND RIVERA, also known as “White Boy," 25, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DEONTRE HILLS, age 22, of New Orleans, was sentenced today for his participation in a drug conspiracy and a conspiracy to possess and use firearms in connection with the drug trafficking activities of a local gang known as the “Young Melph Mafia" or “YMM.".
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will hold the next meeting of the Lake Berryessa Community Forum on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, at the Lake Berryessa Senior Center. Forum meetings are designed to promote public input on recreation opportunities and services at Lake Berryessa.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Charles Kane, 46, of Spencerport, NY, pleaded guilty to attempted online enticement of minor before U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life, a fine of up to.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - John Montague, a former Gloucester County, New Jersey-based financial advisor was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for defrauding his clients of more than $900,000 by having them make investment checks payable to himself, which he then diverted to his personal use, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the owner of Puff N Snuff, LLC, with two locations in Camdenton and Eldon, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a money-laundering conspiracy related to the distribution of synthetic marijuana, commonly referred to as K2.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Timothy DePetris, 46, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty to bank fraud before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Brian Lee Long, age 48, of Rising Sun, Maryland pleaded guilty today to theft of government property.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally possessing firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Ronald Alex Phillips, age 48, of Yakima, Washington, was sentenced today for being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Court Judge Stanley A. Bastian sentenced Phillips to a 15-year term of imprisonment pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act, and a five year term of court supervision following release from Federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Maynor Wenden Aleman-Troches, of Honduras, pled guilty this afternoon to a one-count Indictment alleging that he illegally reentered the United States after having been previously deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Elected official stolen over $300,000 in county funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally possessing firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges has sentenced Jenifer E. Hoffman (39, Clermont) to nine years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and filing a false tax return. She was also ordered to pay more than $10.7 million in restitution. Hoffman pleaded guilty on June 29, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Bipartisan Budget Agreement, which incorporates legislation Cummings introduced in May to curb the skyrocketing prices of prescription drugs...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DEONTRE HILLS, age 22, of New Orleans, was sentenced today for his participation in a drug conspiracy and a conspiracy to possess and use firearms in connection with the drug trafficking activities of a local gang known as the “Young Melph Mafia" or “YMM."
