News from July 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva today highlighted Republican leaders’ decision to single out Native American communities in the Interior Department funding bill set for debate this week. The rule governing the bill’s debate and legislative parameters permits the inclusion of non-appropriations...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: A South Florida resident was sentenced to 48 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for her involvement in the filing of a false claim in connection with the Deepwater Horizon explosion and pollution incident in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York along with James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced five members of the Pólicia National de Honduras, i.e., the Honduran National Police, charged in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: A Garfield Heights woman was charged with theft of government property, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Hearing on “Coast Guard Arctic Implementation Capabilities". July 11, 2016. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). The Subcommittee is meeting today to discuss the Coast Guard’s Arctic capabilities. The Coast Guard...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced MANUEL ANTONIO GUAMAN, 33, formerly of Waterbury, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of use of a passport secured by false statement and one count of making a false statement in a passport application.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Raymond Joseph Pruneau, 52, of Boise, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Pruneau was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 8, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: Defendant Directed Victims’ Mothers to Molest Their Children and Send Him Images of the Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Charles Cummings, of Rochester, New York, was charged with possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and knowingly possessing firearms and ammunition after having been convicted of a felony. The charges carry a maximum possible penalty of life imprisonment, a fine of $500,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man caught dealing drugs while on federal supervised release was sentenced to prison today, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Alan Alexander Clark, 33, previously pleaded guilty to distributing heroin. In today’s hearing, he was sentenced to two years...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney, Emily Gray Rice announced that James Donnelly, 34, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, oxycodone before United States District Court Judge Landya B. McCafferty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Rigoberto Ramirez Aldava, 40, of 345 Putnam Street, Apartment #1, Manchester, New Hampshire, appeared today before United States Magistrate Daniel Lynch and was arraigned on a criminal complaint which charges him with conspiracy to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Melvin Boswell, Jr., age 48, of Greenville, South Carolina, pled guilty to conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and possessing firearms in furtherance...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that REGINA ANN BALLARD, a/k/a REGINA HUMMINGBIRD, age 37, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and BRENDA AILEEN AIRINGTON, age 54, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, pled guilty in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Robert Wilkins, 25, and Christian M. Domenech, 24, of West Warwick, were arrested today and ordered detained in federal custody following initial appearances in federal court in Providence on drug trafficking and bank fraud charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Alex Paul Garden, 29, formerly of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 3 years in prison by United States Senior District Judge Richard G. Kopf, for possession of child pornography. After his release from prison, Garden will also serve 5 years on supervised release and be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of health care fraud and false statements relating to health care matters, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An associate of the DeCavalcante organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for his role in distributing more than 500 grams of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester woman was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with a $3.6 million food stamp fraud scheme that she operated out of her Worcester convenience store.
