News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANIEL JESSE CONRAD, 32, formerly of New Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 186 months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - The North Texas Anti-Trafficking Team (NTATT), led by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, sponsored a day-long training session today, “Investigating Beneath the Surface," which was held at the Mac Bernd Professional Development Center in Arlington, Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas, who provided opening remarks at the event.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - United States Attorney Daniel G. Bogden announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada collected approximately $26,800,380 in criminal, civil and asset forfeiture actions in Fiscal Year (FY) 2016. Of this amount, approximately $11,542,574 was collected in criminal actions, approximately $9,507,631 was collected in civil actions, and $5,750,175 was collected in asset forfeiture actions in FY 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A former IRS employee was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a conspiracy to abuse her position as an Internal Revenue Service customer representative to disclose tax return information to her boyfriend.
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: In Austin today, Brian David Haney, 37-year-old partial owner of Vidor Pharmacy, pleaded guilty to federal bribery and tax charges in connection with a health care fraud scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Ivan Brazier, 40, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Robert Miller, Jr. for kidnapping and extortion.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - John E. Fox, the former owner of Premier Cru, a now-bankrupt wine shop based in Berkeley, has been sentence to 78 months in prison for wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence follows a guilty plea entered Aug. 11, 2016, in which Fox admitted to using his wine shop to run a multi-million-dollar wine Ponzi scheme.
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 was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to commit armed robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Mansour Moghtaderi Zadeh, 56, an Iranian national, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for taking part in a conspiracy involving the purchase and shipment of various products, including aviation parts and aviation supplies, from the United States to Iran without a license.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ferguson Pierce, 52, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Farmington, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 210 months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release for his conviction on an aggravated sexual abuse charge. Pierce will also be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: A Pioneer man was charged with stealing firearms, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Law enforcement recovered a gun, drugs, and knives after car chase that began in St. Albans and ended in Nitro.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Justin Strait, age 26, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to six years in prison on Dec. 13, 2016, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley in Scranton, for his role in a sex trafficking conspiracy that used a minor to engage in prostitution at several hotels and motels in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man who violated his federal supervised release by selling crack was sentenced to prison today, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Terrance Wilson, 27, previously pleaded guilty to distribution of crack. In today’s hearing, he was sentenced to four years in...
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 was tackled by a security guard while making his escape was sentenced in federal court today for armed bank robbery.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: ANDOVER, Mass. - An employee of Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning and General Contracting of Massachusetts Inc. was injured when he fell 9 feet from a garage roof in Lexington on Oct. 24, 2016. It was the second such incident in Massachusetts in less than a year for the New Jersey-based company that specializes in cleaning gutters and roofs. On Nov. 29, 2015, another employee fell 26 feet from a roof in Newton.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Larry Jay Horsey, 41, of Chesterfield, pleaded guilty today to charges related to his role in an investment fraud scheme that caused a loss of $1.9 million to nine investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A grand jury Wednesday returned federal charges against a Topeka man in two armed robberies, one of which ended in a police officer being shot, U.S. Tom Beall said.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) today sent a letter to Vice President-elect Mike Pence, the head of the Trump transition team, seeking answers after the transition team sought to identify Department of Energy (DOE) employees and contractors who worked on or participated in international climate talks.
