News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: MONROE, La. - A Mexican citizen was sentenced Monday to 120 months in prison for conspiring to transport and distribute methamphetamine announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: A Port St. Lucie resident is charged in a fifty-two count indictment with running a fraudulent tax preparation business in order to file fraudulent tax returns on behalf of her clients and for filing false individual returns on her own behalf.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that TALLAT MAHMOOD, 63, of Waterbury, RAUL CARLOS MONARCA, 40, of Waterbury, and TAHIR SHAHZAD, 32 of Harrison, N.Y., have been arrested on criminal complaints charging them with federal food stamp fraud and illegally...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was charged Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Wichita with kidnapping a teenage girl from St. Louis, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Baltimore - A premier screening of a new documentary titled "Chasing the Dragon, The Life of an Opiate Addict," on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at the Community College of Baltimore County, Center for the Arts Building, 800 Rolling Road in Catonsville, Maryland.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development Under Secretary Lisa Mensah today announced funding to help eight tribal colleges upgrade their infrastructure, purchase equipment and make other improvements to their educational facilities. Funding is provided through USDA’s Tribal College Initiative Grant program. Mensah made the announcement while visiting Northwest Indian College in Whatcom County.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after Mylan announced that, after drastically increasing the price of life-saving EpiPens, the company would offer a discount for a portion of out-of-pocket costs for some individuals...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa is joining with the FBI, DOJ’s Community Relations Service, Webster County Attorney and Sheriff’s Offices, Fort Dodge Police Department, and the Fort Dodge Human Rights Commission to host a forum designed to identify...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced approximately $6.7 million in federal funding for cost-shared projects that will develop technologies that utilize carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plants to produce useful products. DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy is seeking these projects as...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A former Corpus Christi contracting officer with the U.S. Army has admitted to violating The Trade Secrets Act, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
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By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: PIERRE, S.D. - Attorney General Marty Jackley, United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler, Rapid City Police Chief Karl Jegeris, and Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom announce that the Division of Criminal Investigation, the South Dakota Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, and Homeland Security Investigations have conducted investigations into sex trafficking in Rapid City.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced today that Mario Enrique Lopez, of Guatemala, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Columbia, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for an investment fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - Twice this week a criminal impersonated a U.S. Marshal and threatened senior citizens, announced U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr., and U.S. Marshal Thomas Hession, both of the Middle District of Alabama. The basics of the scam are simple: the criminal contacts the victim, tells the victim that he or she has missed federal jury duty, and demands the victim pay a fine to avoid being arrested.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Jeffrey Ihm (49, Naples) today pleaded guilty to 14 counts of wire fraud and 5 counts of aggravated identity theft. Each wire fraud count carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and each aggravated identity...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two men, one from Detroit and one from Barbour County, were sentenced for their role in the distribution of heroin, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: AUG 25 - CONCORD, N.H. - Brett Scott, 24, pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to a federal charge related to the sales of misbranded drugs, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Division and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that the former owner and CEO of Cornerstone Homes, David Fleet, 52, of Corning, NY, pleaded guilty to mail fraud, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Michael Toliver, age 40, of Baltimore, today to 15 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release for a series of armed robberies. Judge Hollander also entered an order requiring Toliver to pay restitution totaling $13,577.17.
