News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three Newark men were indicted by a federal grand jury today for their alleged roles in an August 2015 home invasion that left one person dead, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Dec. 14, 2016, Keith Nelson, age 28, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to six months in prison for escape from federal custody, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Nelson was ordered to serve a two-year term of supervised release following his imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Washington D.C. man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with transporting a teenage boy from Maryland to Boston and other states to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment today charging NICHOLAS MURPHY, 27, of Exeter, R.I., with one count of traveling to engage in illegal sexual activity with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: The Defendant Used Stolen Identities And Harbored Illegal Alien Workers To Carry Out The Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Many of 3,224 victims were poor, elderly and mentally or physically disabled.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa announced today that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) honored law enforcement heroes for major successes in the fight against domestic and international terrorism, genocide, and war crimes at the seventh annual presentation...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three Newark men were indicted by a federal grand jury today for their alleged roles in an August 2015 home invasion that left one person dead, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Belvidere man was sentenced Wednesday on firearms charges by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Marcus D. Wilkins, 27, of Virginia Beach, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published a final rule establishing procedures and time frames for handling employee retaliation complaints under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). The final rule is effective Dec. 14, 2016.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary Burwell: Thank you for your commitment to protect reproductive health and family planning programs that serve millions of women and families. We applaud the Department of Health and Human Services (Department) updates to the Title X family planning program as outlined in the Notice of...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Glenn D. Stewart, 37, of Vernon, Florida, has been arraigned in court after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with conspiracy and six counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man who photo-shopped images of child pornography to appear as if he was engaged in sexual activity with children pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Dec. 13, 2016, Kaylo O’Neal Roelandt, age 22, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to three years in prison for Felon in Possession of a Firearm, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Roelandt was ordered to serve a three-year term of supervised release following his imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Erie, Pa. - A resident of Carlton, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 5 years probation, 6 months home detention and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $92,928.00 on his conviction of theft of government property and social security fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia has collected $6,668,404.52 in the last year, which represents over $1.1 million more than the office’s annual direct budget, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Of this amount, $1,511,417.96...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: A Geneva man was indicted on child pornography charges, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - U.S. Attorney John Parker announced today that the Northern District of Texas collected $27,693,232 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2016. Of this amount, $16,872,986 was collected in criminal actions and $10,820,245 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: DEC 14 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jonathan Fisher, 35, of Norwich, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
