News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - A jury deliberated for nearly two hours before returning its guilty verdict late Friday, July 8, 2016, against Kevin Pettis, aka KP, 37, of the 400 block of South State St., Champaign, Ill., for possession of a firearm by a felon, as announced by Jim Lewis, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Mexican national heavily involved in a California-to-West Virginia drug conspiracy pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Daniel Ortiz-Rivera, 24, entered his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A West Orange, New Jersey, man who was the sole proprietor of two companies that purportedly provided printing and digital marketing services to the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation (NWCDC) today admitted his role in a conspiracy to fraudulently bill the NWCDC for more than $110,000 for work that was never performed, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Conspirators Submitted Fake Documents to Lenders to Obtain Loans for Vehicles; Received Money from Vehicle Sales, But Did Not Provide the Vehicles to the Buyers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Tiffany Sutherland, 30, of Bangor was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 4½ years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine, and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack." Sutherland pleaded guilty to the charge on Jan. 25, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A bank robber who threated to “shoot up the place," was sentenced Monday to 100 months in federal prison, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Mir Islam, 22, of New York, N.Y., was sentenced today to 24 months in prison on three federal charges stemming from a conspiracy to commit various crimes related to the “swatting" and “doxing" of dozens of victims, and from a false bomb threat made against a university in Arizona and a pattern of online harassment constituting cyber-stalking against a university student, all occurring between February and September 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Markera Galustyants to Serve 14 Months in Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Savannah, GA: David Wayne Stanley, 51, of Houston, Texas, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury sitting in Savannah on charges related to two bank robberies in the Savannah area. The indictment alleges that on April 28, 2016, Stanley robbed the BB&T bank located at 326 Mall Boulevard, Savannah, Georgia, and the Georgia Heritage Federal Credit Union located at 1085 West Lathrop Avenue, Savannah, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Yakima - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Vincent Piel III., age 44, of the Yakama Nation Indian Reservation, was sentenced today after having previously plead guilty to attempted sexual abuse of a minor. United States District Judge Stanley Bastian sentenced Piel to a 15 year term of imprisonment. Upon release from federal prison, Piel will be under court supervision for the remainder of his life.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: In conjunction with the National Park Service Centennial, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites the public to participate in a special presentation titled “Not Just a Pile of Rocks: The Preservation of Archeological Resources on Loudoun Heights" on Monday, July 25, 2016, at 2:00 PM. This 60...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: A man who received child pornography was sentenced July 8, 2016 to over 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Reginald Jake Farrow, 31, of Richmond, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to make, forge, counterfeit and pass federal reserve notes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Isaiah Beavers, age 26, of South Bend, Indiana was arrested and charged by criminal complaint for threats posted using the Internet. Beavers was arrested over the weekend by the FBI and the South Bend...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services announced Friday evening that Oregon’s Health CO-OP would shutter, forcing its approximately 40,000 participants to find new coverage. This is the second CO-OP in Oregon to fail as Health Republic Insurance of Oregon closed last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Amanda Ouellette, 38, of Mechanics Falls, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to failing to account for and pay over federal employment taxes.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services announced Friday evening that Oregon’s Health CO-OP would shutter, forcing its approximately 40,000 participants to find new coverage. This is the second CO-OP in Oregon to fail as Health Republic Insurance of Oregon closed last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: A Detroit Police Lieutenant and crew chief from the now-disbanded Narcotics Unit of the Detroit Police Department were convicted today by a federal jury in Detroit on charges of robbing drug dealers and stealing drugs and money obtained in police searches, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Defendant Previously Served 70-Month Sentence for Bank Robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Two Bureau of Land Management (BLM) firefighters died and one was injured in a single-vehicle crash yesterday on Nevada State Route 140. The BLM firefighters were returning from duty in the Denio area on their way back to Winnemucca when the accident occurred at about 5:20 p.m. yesterday.Jacob M. O'Malley...
