News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: Elderly Victims From Across U.S. Defrauded of More than $695,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) delivered the following opening statement during a markup of reconciliation legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: A woman who agreed to mail counterfeit money orders as part of a scheme to defraud people across the country, pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man was acquitted of Aggravated Sexual Abuse as a result of a federal jury trial in Aberdeen, South Dakota, on Sept. 15, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: Last spring, PML's x-ray calibration facilities were used in a pinch - a Z pinch, that is.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Aaron J. Mango and Scott S. Allen, Jr., who handled the case, stated that in August 2014, the defendant was sentenced to time served and two years supervised release for violating the Clean Air Act. On Dec. 23, 2014, Johnson was found to be in possession of a shotgun, a rifle...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that James Levesque -, 54, of Sanford, Maine pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to distribution of oxycodone.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) released a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) highlighting that nearly half of private sector workers do not have a retirement plan through their employer, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Anthony J. Hamilton, 30, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Thoreau, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to assault charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Hamilton will be sentenced to 41 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that James Levesque, 54, of Sanford, Maine pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to distribution of oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gregory Kyle Chavez, Jr., 28, a resident and member of San Felipe Pueblo, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a federal assault charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Chavez will be sentenced within the range of six to 14 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: Attack Took Place During Arguments in Apartment Hallway.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Kevin Lewis, 40, of Glocester, R.I., pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to manufacturing methamphetamine (meth), announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Glocester Police Chief Joseph S. Delprete and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact by Force was sentenced on Sept. 21, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Field, who is handling the case, stated that Hanks worked with co-defendant Ricky Miller and a Jamaican group in a fraudulent sweepstakes telemarketing scheme that targeted elderly individuals. Victims were called on the telephone and told that they had won a sweepstakes prize or lottery. Victims were then asked to pay an upfront fee in order to release the purported winnings.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Earlier today, House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) spoke to Jake Tapper, host of CNN’s The Lead, about the importance of fighting poverty, the Pope’s address to Congress, and his thoughts on Planned Parenthood. Excerpts of Ryan’s interview follow, and video is available by clicking the image below.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: Jackson, TN - A former Obion County Jail correctional officer, a jail inmate, and the inmate’s girlfriend have all been indicted on federal drug charges. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the indictment today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a long-running, cross-country teen sex trafficking operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Eagle Bank and Trust Company to Resolve Allegations of Lending Discrimination in St. Louis.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced ROBERT WARREN GREEN, 46, of Wade, North Carolina, to 10 months of imprisonment and 1 year of supervised release. The Court further ordered GREEN to pay $45,000.00 in restitution and the forfeiture of criminal proceeds in the same amount.
