News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Eight North Texas residents who were convicted for their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in North Texas and elsewhere have been sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Brian Becker, 40, of Webster, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with falsely impersonating an IRS official and interfering with the administration of the tax laws. The charges carry a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - DEA officials today announced a nationwide series of enforcement actions targeting every level of the global underground trade of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, the vast majority of which are manufactured and trafficked from underground labs in China.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 22, 2015 - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) today issued the following statement in response to the Obama Administration’s decision on the greater sage grouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Ryan Demers, 31, of Brookline, New Hampshire, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 57 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and one count of distribution of oxycodone announced...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. -- The annual drawdown of Alcova Reservoir will begin on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, according to Carlie Ronca, Wyoming Area Manager.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Jermarrieo Javone Stigger, 30, of Portsmouth, was sentenced today to 420 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute narcotics and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ The owner of Vic’s Texas Transport, Inc. (dba Victory EMS) has been convicted of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Victor Lee Gonzalez, 28, of Mission, entered his guilty plea today before Chief U.S. District Judge Ricardo Hinojosa.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Defendant Shot Victim Seven Times. WASHINGTON - James Joseph, 32, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 10 years in prison after earlier pleading guilty to a charge stemming from the shooting last year of a man in Southeast Washington, Acting U.S. Attorney Vincent H. Cohen, Jr. announced. Joseph...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: MOOREFIELD, W.Va. - In less than 60 days, three employee injuries - including one worker who suffered the amputation of three fingers - brought federal inspectors to West Virginia poultry processing facilities operated by Pilgrim's Pride Corp., one of the world's largest chicken producers.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Sept. 22, 2015 BOS 2015-173. Employer name: Juniper Elbow Co. Inc., doing business as Juniper Industries Inc., a metal products manufacturer located at 72-15 Metropolitan Ave. in the Middle Village section of Queens, New York. Citations issued: On Sept. 9, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Sept. 21, 2015, Sa Xiong (age: 25) and Bee Vang (age: 23) of Appleton, Wisconsin, were both sentenced to federal prison by Chief United States District Judge William C. Griesbach. Xiong and Vang had...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.- Celebrate National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 26, with free entrance to Grand Canyon and all national park units across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that RAY WOODRUFF, age 21, and FRANKIE HOOKFIN, age 24, both of Waggaman, pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin and 280 grams or more of crack cocaine and to murdering a man to further their group’s drug trafficking activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: A Davie resident was sentenced by United States District Judge Beth Bloom to 24 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $191,678 for her role in an identity theft tax fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted John Jason Gentry Mullins and Bradley Howell in an alleged conspiracy to defraud investors of more than a million dollars, announced Acting United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two men from Lafayette, Indiana, have been sentenced following their convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Daniel Marvin, 48, and William Parker, 35, pleaded guilty Feb. 18, 2015, and March 16, 2015, respectively.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On Sept. 21, 2015, Johnny Ray Sammons, 33, of Gatlinburg, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge, to serve 393 months in prison for producing child pornography and distribution of child pornography. Following his release from prison, Sammons...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Catherine Greig, longtime companion of convicted killer James “Whitey" Bulger, was indicted today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with her refusal to testify before a grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
