News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FRANK PECORA, 55, of Derby, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing prescription narcotics, cocaine and steroids.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FRANK PECORA, 55, of Derby, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing prescription narcotics, cocaine and steroids.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Judith A. Enck, Regional Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2, today announced that Genesco Inc. has agreed to clean up contaminated drinking water at the Fulton Avenue Superfund...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge sentenced an Oak Brook doctor to two years in prison for illegally receiving benefits in exchange for referring elderly patients to Sacred Heart Hospital on Chicago’s West Side.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: DNA Linked Defendant to Crime. WASHINGTON - John F. General, 52, formerly of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 20 years to life in prison for the 1997 murder of a woman at an apartment building in Northwest Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA - A member of the Black Mob/Skanless Enterprise, which consisted of two North Park-based criminal street gangs, was sentenced to 11 years in prison today for his leadership role in a racketeering enterprise involving sex trafficking of minors and adults as well as assault and robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Businessman Earlier Admitted Secretly Spending Roughly $3.3 Million In Support of At Least Two Dozen D.C. and Federal Candidates.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today welcomed the release of a new report he requested from the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the protection of cultural antiquities looted from Iraq and Syria. The report shows...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: A Miami-Dade resident was convicted by a jury in federal court for being a felon in possession of ammunition, after he shot an AK-47 firearm in the Liberty Square Housing Complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Cape Girardeau, MO - The co-owner of B & H Convenience was sentenced to twenty-one months imprisonment on charges of misusing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the food stamp program. Patrick Buck admitted with his plea last May that he illegally redeemed up to $550,000...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Furia Roofing Co. Inc., 2 Monhegan St., Clifton, New Jersey
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: A Miami-Dade resident was convicted by a jury in federal court for being a felon in possession of ammunition, after he shot an AK-47 firearm in the Liberty Square Housing Complex.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is hosting a BARK Ranger events at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17, at the Platte River Picnic Area adjacent to the Platte River Campground on Lake Michigan Road. Pet owners who attend and agree to take the BARK pledge, “Bag their dog’s waste...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Dear Acting Commissioner Colvin: I write with concern about possible whistleblower retaliation and intimidation within the Madison hearing office of the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR). My staff has received reports from whistleblowers that...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: A Roaming Shores man was sentenced to more than 21 years in prison for federal drug and firearm crimes, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Miami Man Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges for Role in $4.2 Million Home Health Care Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore - U. S. Attorney Billy J. Williams, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel and the Oregon District Attorneys Association, announced that former Oregon State Police Forensic Scientist Nika Larsen, 36, of Bend, Oregon, pleaded guilty today in federal court, to using her position as...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department filed a complaint today alleging that United Airlines Inc. violated the employment rights of U.S. Air Force Reservist Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Fandrei under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Two people were sentenced to prison for their roles operating a $4.8 million fraud conspiracy involving nearly 1,000 people who resided in Northeast Ohio, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and Kathy Enstrom, IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A registered sex offender was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield in connection with persuading a 16-year-old boy to travel to New York to engage in sexual activity.
