News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Shawnee man was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of armed robbery at an Overland Park bank, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Mexican national pleaded guilty Monday to re-entering the United States after removal as an aggravated felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Donald Rupert, 59, of Lakewood, NY, who was convicted of manufacturing 100 or more marijuana plants, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to forfeit $75,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today sent letters to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Social Security Administration (SSA) asking for information on how the three agencies determine financial awards for employees who spend half or more of their work time on behalf of a labor organization.
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 Jefferson City, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally possessing a firearm.
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 Jefferson City, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Anthony DelFarno, 53, of East Greenwich, R.I., was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence today to 65 months in federal prison for filing fifty-eight fraudulent personal and corporate tax returns between 2008 and 2011, some containing stolen personal identifying information of family members and others, seeking approximately $3.5 million dollars in tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of wire fraud, damaging a computer and engaging in an unlawful monetary transaction, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Miguel Colon, 55, of Woonsocket, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to charges of trafficking heroin and cocaine, and to carrying a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking activities. Colon was arrested in April 2015 by federal, state and local law enforcement...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) outlined ongoing challenges with the President’s signature domestic policy, Obamacare, saying the law, “failed to make healthcare more affordable.".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Paris Davis, 30, Beloit, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 30 months in federal prison for selling cocaine. Davis pleaded guilty to this charge on July 20, 3015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Sheila Fullmer, 60, of Caledonia, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with theft of mail. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced a Tuscaloosa man to 10 years in prison for sending cell phone texts to a minor child over nearly two years to coerce or induce her to engage in sexual activity, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton and Tuscaloosa County Sheriff Ron Abernathy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 35-year-old former sergeant with the National Guard who was stationed in Weslaco has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of attempted enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal jury convicted Curtis Billups, of San Antonio, on July 17, 2015, following a three-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A Birmingham physician charged in May with illegally supplying controlled substances must serve four years' probation and never seek reinstatement of the license that allowed him to write prescriptions, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay A. Morris and Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Secretary Spencer Collier.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman and welcome, today’s witnesses, to the Committee. I’m looking forward to your testimony.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Defendant was One of 21 Individuals Charged as Result of 2013 Multi-Agency Investigation; Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that AMANDA LEEANN TIGER, age 26, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, pled guilty to POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C), punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, up to a $1,000,000.00 fine or both.
By State Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
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