News from August 2016
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 Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: Passionate advocates across the country continue to fight for #CuresNow, bringing the 21st Century Cures Act closer to the finish line every day. As this month of advocacy comes to a close, September is coming and every voice is needed on the #Path2Cures. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: POCATELLO - Cody Ray Blackman, 33, of Salem, Oregon, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to the theft of money from the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Blackman was indicted by the federal grand jury in Pocatello on Sept. 22, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: Founder and Former CEO of Comverse Technology Was Extradited from Namibia to Face Charges Related to an Options Backdating Scheme.
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 charged a Mexican national, Heriberto Barrueta-Diaz, age 28, with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien. He was previously convicted of illegal entry in Arizona and removed from the United States in 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA -United States Attorney Walt Green announced THOMAS J. TANNER, JR., age 50, of Destin, Florida, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles to identity theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028. During the guilty plea hearing, TANNER, a former Project...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: Third Defendant in Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jeffrey Early, 32, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joshua Weitz, 39, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court to possession of child pornography charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Weitz will be sentenced within the range of 24 to 151 months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release. Weitz will...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: An Oregon man was charged with cyberstalking and other offenses for making numerous threats to his former co-workers and law enforcement officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: Charles Spencer Named Special Agent in Charge of the Jacksonville Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Republic, Mo., man and an Ava, Mo., woman were indicted by a federal grand jury today for their roles in a conspiracy to cash checks that were stolen from mailboxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced today that two Milwaukee men were indicted for the Aug. 14, 2016 armed robbery of a Walgreen’s store located in Milwaukee. Anthony J. Chappell (age: 25) and Christopher E. Morgan (age: 28) were charged with one count of interference with commerce...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that two former residents of the Brookings, South Dakota, area, convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, were sentenced on Aug. 19, 2016, by U.S. District Court Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Richard Elmer Sundblad, age 65, of Easley, was found guilty in federal court in Greenville, for aiding and abetting a scheme and artifice to defraud by use of the mails, a violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2. United...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2016
News Release: Also Admitted Taking Voyeuristic Photos of Prepubescent Girls at Parks, Grocery Stores and Other Public Places.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 23, 2016
News Release: Department Also Will Extend Margin Protection Program for Dairy Enrollment Deadline WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced plans to purchase approximately 11 million pounds of cheese from private inventories to assist food banks and pantries across the nation, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2016
News Release: The Lawsuit is the First Challenge to a State-Run School System for Segregating Students with Disabilities The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the state of Georgia alleging that its treatment and segregation of students with disabilities in the Georgia Network for ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2016
News Release: A congressional staffer was charged yesterday with five counts of willfully failing to file a tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente for the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2016
News Release: Defendant Illegally Obtained Federal Contracts Meant for Small, Disadvantaged Businesses Walter Crummy, a former officer and owner of MCC Construction Company (MCC), pleaded guilty to a federal charge of conspiring to commit wire fraud. Crummy also agreed to pay forfeiture in the amount of $105,618.
