News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Sylvia Price, a/k/a “Deez Nuts," age 50, of Suitland, Maryland today to 75 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a racketeering conspiracy and to aggravated identity theft...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Debbie Buckley, 56, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of theft of government funds, was sentenced to three years probation by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant also paid restitution totaling $15,120.00 prior to sentencing.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: As part of a national survey effort, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Buffalo Field Office (BFO) is seeking volunteers to assist with the 2017 Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) task force officer/Mission Police Department investigator has been sentenced for his convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal jury sitting in McAllen convicted Hector Mendez, 46, of San Juan, on July 14, 2016, following a six-day trial and approximately three hours of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: OAKLAND - Four members of the Nuestra Familia criminal organization - including the top gang leader - were sentenced to federal prison today for racketeering, murders, robberies, drug offenses, and related acts announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch, U.S. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA - A member of a North Park-based criminal street gang was sentenced in federal court today for participating in a racketeering enterprise involving sex trafficking of minors, robbery and drug sales.
By State Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Democratic members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs have introduced legislation that would impose sanctions on any foreign person or entity found to interfere illegally with a U.S. election. The Protect American Democracy Act (H.R. 6533 ), authored by Ranking Member Eliot L. Engel (NY) and Representative Gerald E. Connolly (VA), would bar entry to the United States and freeze U.S.-based assets of anyone involved in such interference.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jonathan Leigh Wienke, 46, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was convicted for unlawfully making firearms today, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: The Point Reyes winter shuttle bus transportation system will begin Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, and will run through early April 2017. The shuttle bus system provides access to the prime viewing areas of the Point Reyes headlands, including the historic Point Reyes Lighthouse and Chimney Rock. This...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Concord, New Hampshire-United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced four indictments charging seven individuals with drug trafficking activities in Manchester, New Hampshire. The following individuals were arrested and arraigned on Monday, December 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Timothy Dale Washington, II (33, Tampa) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense. He pleaded guilty on Sept. 12, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Six defendants, including owners, doctors, and an employee of sober homes and alcohol and drug addiction treatment centers were charged in a health care fraud scheme for filing fraudulent insurance claim forms and license applications and defrauding health care benefit programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Lance Bradley Williams, aka “Crush, aka “Lil’ Crush", age 24, of Fort Smith, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison followed by five (5) years of supervised release and ordered to...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Timothy Dale Washington, II (33, Tampa) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense. He pleaded guilty on Sept. 12, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-On Monday, December 12th the FBI Bank Robbery Task Force arrested Scott Anthony Martinez, 47, who is believed to be the “Goldeneye Bandit.".
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: DENVER - United Launch Alliance (“ULA"), a defense contractor, has paid the United States $100,000 to settle allegations that its employees were paid kickbacks by a subcontractor in order to induce ULA to award contracts to the subcontractor.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Johnnie Zeigler, age 37, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on a federal firearms charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - GEORGE EDMOND WALKER, 39, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Court Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange to serve 240 months in federal prison for voluntary manslaughter committed on Indian land, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Dec. 19, 2016, Robert Mark Baron, 54, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson to a total of 155 months in prison. Baron had previously pleaded guilty to armed bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Stephen Morrison, age 28, was indicted on Dec. 20, 2016, by a federal grand jury for possession of AB-Pinaca, a Schedule I controlled substance, and a sharpened weapon, commonly called a “shank," while an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (“FCI") at Allenwood, Pennsylvania.
