News from December 2016
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: State and federal biologists released 10 fishers today in the Nisqually River watershed of Mount Rainier National Park as part of a collaborative effort to restore the species to Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Clark Corbin, 41, of Ranson, West Virginia, was convicted of heroin distribution today, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Curtis Allen Coleman, 41, of Dayton, Ohio, was sentenced to serve 144 months in prison by the Honorable Travis R. McDonough, United States District Judge. Coleman pleaded guilty in August 2016 to a federal indictment charging him with, among other things, Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: Minnesota Chiropractor Convicted of Tax Evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: Promoted and Sold Software to Restaurants resulting in more than $3.4 Million Tax Loss.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico- Today, U.S. Magistrate Judge Silvia Carreño-Coll authorized a complaint charging Abraham Moisés Pagán-Rola with drug trafficking at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina, P.R. (LMMIA), announced U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The Drug Enforcement Administration is in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division (“DEA"), James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), and Maria T. Vullo, Superintendent...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico- Today, U.S. Magistrate Judge Silvia Carreño-Coll authorized a complaint charging Rosa Betancourt-Farfán, with the injection of a device into a human body, after shipment in interstate commerce, having the device been adulterated or misbranded, all in violation of Title 21, United...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: Fairbanks, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that a Fairbanks woman was sentenced in federal court today for one count of interstate transportation of stolen property between 2011 and July 2012 related to her theft of over $100,000 from the evidence room at the North Slope Borough Police Department (NSBPD) in Barrow, Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: Murder Suspect Marlon Jones Apprehended One Day After Being Placed on List of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas -Jose Luis Cepeda Cortes, 60, one of the Mexican citizens convicted for his role in the May 2013 murder of Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa in Southlake, Texas, was sentenced yesterday, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has charged Shawn Penn, age 41, of Pasadena, with making false claims and false statements, for allegedly falsely representing to her employer that she was working as a security guard at a government facility, when she was actually elsewhere. The indictment was returned on Dec. 1, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - ‘Tis the season for giving! Today, 20 creative teams across the nation found out they are winners of $1,000 each from the National Family Partnership and the Drug Enforcement Administration as part of the National Red Ribbon Week Photo Contest. The 10 winning families who decorated their...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced Briant Benson, 59, of El Dorado Hills, today to 12 months and one day in prison for tax evasion, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Aaron J. McDuffie, aka “G", 21, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with distribution of heroin and butyryl fentanyl causing serious bodily injury and death and possession with intent to distribute...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: On Wednesday, Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) (@repfredupton) became the most recent member to take over the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Instagram account. His day started with bright lights and a microphone, joining House Speaker Paul Ryan and the GOP leadership as well as Oversight and Investigations...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - William Cafarella was indicted on multiple fraud charges involving his scheme to obtain in excess of $395,000 in fraudulent proceeds from West County Honda, causing more than $1.8 million in losses to the dealership.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A federal jury deliberated for three hours today before returning guilty verdicts on all counts charged in the trial of Daniel Ballard, 57, of Bourbonnais, Ill., for bank fraud. Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid presided over the trial in Peoria and scheduled sentencing for March 27, 2017. Ballard was allowed to remain on bond pending sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: Former Rhode Island Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Tax Preparation Fraud Scheme and Aggravated Identity Theft.
