News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Kenneth Wayne Davis, 42 of Harper, West Virginia, pled guilty today to unlawful possession of a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., returned a verdict late yesterday afternoon finding Samuel Silva, 40, guilty of unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition after a one-day trial. The verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, 2nd Judicial District Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A part owner of Bayway Lumber, a Linden, New Jersey, company that sold commercial and industrial products to numerous public and private entities, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud customers out of $708,386, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced today the creation of the Office of Public Affairs and External Engagement (OPAEE). The new executive level Office will be led by Christina DiIorio-Sterling who Ortiz appointed as Chief.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: FBI Fugitive Captured in Atlanta. A man who fled North Carolina after being charged in connection with an investment scheme was captured today in Atlanta, Georgia. An arrest warrant for Ronald McCullough for conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud, engaging in unlawful monetary transactions, and aiding and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David A. Capp, announced that Brian Delach, 30, of Portage, Indiana was sentenced in Hammond Federal Court before Chief Judge Philip Simon for receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: Tanya Conley to Serve Six Months in Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: FARGO - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on July 12, 2016, Robert William Beattie, 56, Grand Forks, N.D., was sentenced before US District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve 12 years in federal prison, followed by a 10-year period of supervised release. Judge Erickson also sentenced Beattie...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - On Monday, July 11, 2016, Husam Usama Tayeh, 36, of Oak Lawn, Illinois, pleaded guilty to committing wire fraud, announced United States Attorney George L. Beck, Jr and Joseph P. Borg, Director of the Alabama Securities Commission. Tayeh’s guilty plea resulted from his operation of a business that unlawfully sold Iraqi currency---dinars-over the internet to customers all over the country. A joint-federal and state investigation led to Tayeh’s guilty plea.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement today applauding the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for advancing bipartisan legislation to make much-needed reforms to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). In September 2015, Senator Carper introduced the bipartisan Improving Postal Operations, Service, and Transparency Act of 2015 (S.2051) or “iPOST.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council will meet on July 13 from 3-6 p.m. at the Mesa County Courthouse Annex to discuss the Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JOHN TODD WILLIAMS, a/k/a “JT," a/k/a “Joe Steele," was convicted for conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with a nationwide debt collection scheme that defrauded more than 6,000 victims throughout...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A federal jury sitting in Laredo has convicted a 40-year-old man from La Feria of attempting to entice a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury deliberated for approximately one hour before finding Daniel Melton guilty today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Peruvian woman was charged in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with smuggling over $1.2 million in counterfeit $100 bills through Boston’s Logan Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to attempting to distribute child pornography over the Internet.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: Today, the FAA published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) for safety management systems (SMS) in the airport area. SMS is a formal approach to managing an organization's safety through four key components - safety policy, safety risk management, safety assurance, and safety promotion. Through the SNPRM, the FAA proposes to integrate proactive hazard identification and risk-management based principles into the day-to-day operations at airports.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: TUESDAY, JULY 12. 10: 0 a.m. Full Committee. Hearing on: Oversight of the Department of Justice. Witness: * The Honorable Loretta Lynch, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice. 2237 Rayburn House Office Building. 3: 0 p.m. Executive Overreach Task Force. Hearing on: Executive Overreach in Regulatory ...
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.
