News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Alikubar Shaw, age 33, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to possessing more than 28 grams of crack cocaine with the intent to sell it.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that FAUSTINO JUAREZ-CASTILLO, age 31, was charged today in a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The owner of a New Orleans company that defrauded Medicare of more than $3.3 million was sentenced today to 80 months in prison for directing the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a federal Grand Jury in Harrisburg returned an indictment yesterday charging Manel Smith, age 39, with possession with intent to distribute heroin. Smith is a resident of New Jersey and was driving a car through Lebanon County when he was stopped.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of making a false statement in connection with the acquisition of firearms, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Sarah Frances Bolhuis Has Agreed To Plead Guilty For Her Role In A $7.5 Million Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Antonio Darset King, Sr., 47, of Phenix City, Alabama was sentenced today to 25 years in prison following his conviction on federal gun and drug charges, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez today sentenced Jenifer Bowen-Dodoo, 51, and Lennox Phillips, 58, to 120 and 130 months in prison, respectively, for transporting Bowen-Dodoo’s minor daughter for sex, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Gomez also sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Juan Carlos Maldonado, 21, of Sacramento, was indicted today for the armed robbery of a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier in Rancho Cordova, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former mayor of Lawrence was charged in federal court Thursday with embezzling thousands of dollars from a food bank in Douglas County, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo - Stage 1 fire restrictions were lifted Tuesday, Aug. 9, for public lands managed by the Royal Gorge Field Office. The Pike and San Isabel National Forest also lifted fire restrictions effective Tuesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - The former chief financial officer for the Bristol Virginia Utilities Authority, who was convicted in February 2016 on a variety of fraud charges as part of the federal government’s wide-ranging investigation into the agency’s corruption, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Cleetwood Cove Trail Access Will Be Limited to Visitors Taking a Shuttle from Rim Village.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Project Safe Childhood and Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio this morning, 35-year-old Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) member Jerry Idrogo (aka “Spooks") pleaded guilty to a federal charge claiming responsibility for two murders including the murder of Balcones Heights Police Officer Julian Pesina in May 2014 announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Forecasters now expect a 70-percent chance of 12-17 named storms, of which 5-8 are expected to become hurricanes, including 2-4 major hurricanes. The initial outlook called for 10-16 named storms, 4-8 hurricanes, and 1-4 major hurricanes. The seasonal averages are 12 named storms, 6 hurricanes and 3 major hurricanes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: FARGO - United States attorney Christopher C. Myers invites the community to attend the Arms Wide Open community forum that will be held on Wednesday, September 7th, from 6:30 - 8:00 pm, at the Fargo South High School. Arms Wide Open is the third in a series of community forums addressing the opiate/heroin...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Chicago woman was sentenced to five months in federal prison for credit card fraud, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Wynesha Wilson-Robinson, 27, previously pleaded guilty to possession of 15 or more counterfeit access devices. A counterfeit access device is a credit card that has been altered so that it contains stolen information that has been re-encoded on the magnetic strip on the back of the card.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
