News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Michael Manning, 52, of Ashland, who operated two masonry contractor construction companies, pleaded guilty today to charges of failing to collect, account for and pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court today, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced GERALD WHITAKER, 41, of Scotland Neck, North Carolina, to 120 months in prison and 3 years of supervised released for distribution of heroin. WHITAKER previously pled guilty to these charges on Nov. 23, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the guilty plea of a local man charged in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke to drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Christina Cortez, 39, of Corpus Christi, and Matthew Harbin, 30, of Brownsville, have been handed long prison terms for producing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Harbin was also sentenced for child pornography charges stemming from the Northern District of Alabama. Cortez and Harbin pleaded guilty Sept. 23, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A man who managed a restaurant in Ottawa, Kan., was sentenced Tuesday for harboring undocumented workers, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. He was sentenced to six months in federal custody, followed by six months home confinement and a fine of $4,000. After serving his sentence, he will be on supervised release for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that NICHOLAS MOTTA and DOMINIC MOTTA were sentenced today in White Plains federal court to prison terms of 15 months, and 12 months and one day, respectively, for their roles in a scheme to obtain insurance...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Armstrong County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of making false statements to the Social Security Administration, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced today that a continuance referendum will be conducted among eligible domestic (U.S.) producers and importers of highbush blueberries from July 5 through July 28, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Thael Kuran, 24, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for a health care fraud scheme involving Brotherly Love Ambulance, Inc. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Gerald J. Pappert ordered three years of supervised release, restitution in the amount of $2,015,712.52, and a $200 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Grand Rapids resident Andres Orrego-Hernandez, age 31, was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney for conspiracy to defraud the government and aiding in the filing of a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: Billed private insurance companies and government health care agencies for services that were not performed.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC- A beach is a marvelous place to get away from it all to relax and explore the wonders of the sea. Cape Lookout National Seashore has been nominated as a contender for 'Best National Park Beach' in the 10 Best Readers' Choice travel award contest.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the sentencing of an Elkton man who was previously convicted of distributing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Feb. 17, 2016, a Federal grand jury returned a ninety-three count superseding indictment charging a total of 52 defendants, including 20 additional employees of Rocket Learning, LLC with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, mail fraud, theft of government money and property, and aggravated...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By State Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) introduced H.R. 4580, the Terrorist Release Transparency Act, to ensure the American people and our foreign partners have access to critical details before terrorists are released from the prison at Guantanamo Bay.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: HONOLULU -- United States District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi sentenced Palemon Alexander Delatorre, age 37, to 16 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release on Feb. 16, 2016, for re-entering the United States from Mexico without permission. In a related hearing conducted immediately...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: Defendant’s Father, a Former SBI Narcotics Agent, Previously Sentenced.
