News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to time served on his conviction of bank fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: A New York City resident pleaded guilty today in connection with a sophisticated global cellphone fraud scheme that involved compromising cellphone customers’ accounts and “cloning" their phones to make fraudulent international calls.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Darren Randal Wilson was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison, and a three-year term of supervised release, for his misappropriation of over $80,000 from the Ethical Society of Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Former Congressman Chaka Fattah Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Participating in Racketeering Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man, dubbed the “Spelling Bee Bandit," was arrested and charged today in connection with four bank robberies in the Greater Boston area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - The owner of a Wichita massage parlor was sentenced Monday to two years supervised release for harboring a Chinese woman who worked as a prostitute, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former employee of a bank in Great Bend pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $73,600 from the bank, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Files Suit Against Culpeper County, Virginia, for Blocking Mosque Construction.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Marilyn Whatley, 38, of Columbus, Ohio, pled guilty in federal court today to transporting stolen goods across state lines, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Bassem Afif Herz, age 31, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced today following his pleas of guilty to various charges related to a scheme to illegally export hundreds of firearms to Lebanon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A local restaurateur has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of harboring and transporting illegal aliens, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Santa Fe, N.M., returned a verdict this afternoon finding Cornelia Tom Tapaha, 40, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., guilty on assault charges after a six-day trial. The verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division, and Director Jesse Delmar of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: (DICKINSON, N.D.) -The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on one parcel nominated for oil and gas leasing in Dunn County, N.D. and one parcel in Fall River County, S.D. for a 15-day scoping period which will end on December 29.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: The new wheelchair-accessible path is complete at the Kīpukapuaulu day-use picnic area on Mauna Loa Road, and the area is open for visitor enjoyment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a $1.2 million conspiracy to distribute oxycodone that was obtained by using forged and fraudulent prescriptions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Nov. 28, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: DENVER, Colo. - On Dec. 2, 2016, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management Acting Director Thomas Pauling, presented William Kistler “Bill" Coors with the Energy Secretary’s Appreciation Award in Golden, Colorado. The award recognizes Mr. Coors’ historic role in providing critical insulators to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manhattan Engineer District (also known as the Manhattan Project) during World War II.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Second Degree Murder was sentenced on December 5, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that JARED JAMES MOCK, age 36, of Ada, Oklahoma, pled guilty to POSSESSION OF UNREGISTERED FIREARM (SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN), in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Sections 5861(d), 5841, 5845(a) and 5871, punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender was sentenced on December 5, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
