News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced TIMOTHY JONES a/k/a “Lucci," “King Lucci," “Lucci Loco," age 26, was sentenced for his role in sex trafficking two minors into the New Orleans area for the purposes of those minors engaging in prostitution. In February 2016, JONES was convicted by a federal jury...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Fair Haven man pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with sending three false distress messages to the U.S. Coast Guard over the radio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: POCATELLO - Erik Rodriguez, 25, of Rupert, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to sexual exploitation of a minor child, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Rodriguez was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pocatello on Nov. 24, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio, Joseph P. Karpowicz, 47-year-old former Chief Financial Officer for Presidio Title (Presidio), admitted to stealing over $367,000 from the San Antonio real estate title company announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Lowell Carey, 56, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of arson of a commercial building, was sentenced to 41 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: As the smoke settles on the 12,000 acre Whit Fire, which started 12 miles west of Cody on Aug. 2, resource managers are asking for help to prevent damage to BLM lands that provide valuable wildlife habitat and recreational opportunities.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that two people were indicted for the armed robbery of the Swan Serv-U Pharmacy in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Tytianna Jackson (age: 19), and Marquise Jones (age: 26), both of Milwaukee were charged with one count of interference with commerce by robbery pursuant to the Hobbs Act, and one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced TIMOTHY JONES a/k/a “Lucci," “King Lucci," “Lucci Loco," age 26, was sentenced for his role in sex trafficking two minors into the New Orleans area for the purposes of those minors engaging in prostitution. In February 2016, JONES was convicted by a federal jury...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Jacob Alexander, also known as “Kobi Alexander," an Israeli national, pleaded guilty today to one count of securities fraud for his role in a stock options backdating scheme involving Comverse Technologies Inc. (Comverse). Following a bail hearing, the court entered a permanent order of detention.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: Cannon Design will pay a $12 million penalty, implement a series of corporate reforms and divest itself from a large project in California to resolve the company’s criminal liability for the conduct of more than a dozen employees, including paying bribes and kickbacks to obtain confidential information related to Veterans Affairs construction projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Scott A. Wilcox, 46, of Pike, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to 21 months in prison by U.S. District Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -As the National Park Service turns 100 years old Aug. 25, Lake Mead National Recreation Area and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, two of the service's 413 parks, will celebrate with multiple events across Southern Nevada and Northern Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. announced that former Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office (TPSO) Detective DAWN C. FORET, age 38, of Houma, pled guilty today to a one count Bill of Information for theft of government funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Harrisburg has returned two indictments against five men in connection with bank robberies near York and Lebanon.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), along with Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN), issued the following joint statement today in response to the administration’s final blacklisting regulation and guidance...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council’s finalization of the rules implementing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order, effective Oct. 25, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: Former Virgin Islands Senator Charged with Wire Fraud and Embezzlement of Legislative Funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal grand jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., has returned an indictment charging Jesse Denver Hanes with federal firearms and carjacking offenses arising out of an Aug. 12, 2016, traffic stop in Hatch, N.M., during which Hanes allegedly shot and killed Hatch Police Officer Jose Chavez...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jose Martinez, aka Noelle, 47, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted following a jury trial of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to life in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
