News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark, New Jersey, man today admitted trying to rob a Paterson, New Jersey, residence while dressed in a Passaic County Sheriff’s uniform, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Cynthia Teresa Harlan, 49, of Charlotte, was sentenced yesterday to 192 months in prison for orchestrating a health care fraud scheme that fraudulently billed Medicaid for more than $11 million in false claims and stealing the identity of others to accomplish the fraud, announced Jill...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs in Construction to help industry employers develop proactive programs to keep their workplaces safe. The recommendations may be particularly helpful to small- and medium-sized contractors who lack safety and health specialists on staff.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Brewster man pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with killing a red tailed hawk, a protected migratory bird.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Farmington, NM - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Farmington Field Office and the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (BIA) Navajo Regional Office will extend the comment period and add two additional scoping meetings for an expanded resource management planning effort for northwest New Mexico. The comment...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Following a storm last weekend, and with a chance for more snow on Friday, visitors to Grand Canyon National Park should be prepared for snowpacked and icy roads. Visitors can expect temporary road closures and poor driving conditions whenever winter storms pass through the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ANGEL GUZMAN-RODRIGUEZ, age 27, a citizen of Honduras, was charged today in a one-count Indictment with illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- Yan Feng was sentenced to 35 months of prison and three years of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett, and U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service Special Agent in Charge David Zebley. The sentence, handed down yesterday by the Honorable Maxine Chesney, United States District Judge, follows a guilty plea entered earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Susie Jane Patton, 49, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced earlier this week by United States District Judge Robin Cauthron to serve 82 months in federal prison for using a wire fraud scheme to embezzle from her employer while under charges for a separate embezzlement. This sentence was ordered to be served consecutive to a 22-month sentence she received in the prior case.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The California Trail Center will present its annual holiday celebration, a Pioneer Christmas for Kids, on Dec. 17, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Enjoy Basque dancing and holiday music, and create arts and crafts during this annual event.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Soo C. Song of the Western District of Pennsylvania and Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Pittsburgh Division Robert Johnson issued the following statement today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Gregory Kwiatkowski, 52, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to deprivation of rights under color of law, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy. The charge carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a fine of $100,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: WILKES-BARRE- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Adrian Smith, age 21, of New York, pleaded guilty on Nov. 29, 2016, before United States Magistrate Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr., in Wilkes-Barre, to attempted sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Susie Jane Patton, 49, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced earlier this week by United States District Judge Robin Cauthron to serve 82 months in federal prison for using a wire fraud scheme to embezzle from her employer while under charges for a separate embezzlement. This sentence was ordered to be served consecutive to a 22-month sentence she received in the prior case.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan sentenced Christopher McCain (27, Anniston, AL) yesterday to 32 years in federal prison for two counts of robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. He pleaded guilty on July 3, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Joint Statement on Dismantling of International Cyber Criminal Infrastructure Known as Avalanche.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Demea Loyd, Salem, MO, was sentenced to three months in prison, plus six months of home confinement, on wire fraud charges involving her embezzlement from Sears. Additionally, she was ordered to pay restitution of $358,805.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal indictment was unsealed today charging a former staff engineer for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan., with taking bribes, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney David Capp announced today the unsealing of an Indictment against Lajuan Fitzpatrick, 25, of Danville, IL for drug conspiracy and using a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime in which an individual was murdered.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Fugitive Marlon Jones Wanted for Multiple Counts of Murder in Los Angeles Added to the FBI’s List of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
