News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges today sentenced Kenneth Everette Robinson, Jr. (31, Marion County) to 15 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the semi-automatic firearm and ammunition involved in the offense. Robinson previously pleaded guilty on Jan. 19, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment today against Leslie Michelle Hays, 49, of Fresno, charging her with wire fraud for embezzling over $1 million from her employer, Acting United States Attorney Phillip Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - A Montgomery County resident was sentenced to 48 months in prison for her role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. of the Middle District of Alabama, and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: Sean Fager, 51, of Reading, PA, was charged today by Indictment1 with two counts of production of child pornography, one count of transportation of child pornography, and two counts of possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Albert Shih-Der Chang, a former Lead Systems Engineer for a Dallas technology company known as One Technologies, was arrested at his residence in Fairview, Texas, this morning by special agents with the FBI on an indictment charging federal felony offenses stemming from his approximate $2.4 million theft or embezzlement from the company, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: Thibodaux Man Arrested and Charged with 25 Counts of Possession of Child Pornography.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson today, along with House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway and Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow called on USDA to extend the enrollment period for the dairy Margin Protection Program (MPP) to December 31.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Kenneth Apple, 65, of Beaverton, Oregon, was convicted today by a federal jury on charges related to his role in awarding $2 million in micro-dairy contracts from the U.S. government for use in Iraq.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Philadelphia man was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to obtain firearms from Philadelphia-area licensed dealers and resell them in New Jersey for a profit, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former manager of a Wells Fargo Bank branch in Glendale has been arrested and arraigned on federal charges that allege he was part of a scheme to launder the proceeds of a mass mailing scam targeting holders of U.S. trademarks. Two other Los Angeles-area men had previously been charged for perpetrating the scam and committing bank fraud in furtherance of the scam.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: SPOKANE, Wash. - Domingo (a.k.a. Junior), 28, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced on July 20, 2016, to a life term in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of murder in connection with a drug-trafficking conspiracy. Senior United States District Judge W. Fremming Nielsen also imposed two 30-year terms of imprisonment for Valdovinos’s convictions for methamphetamine-trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: Nickaury DeJesus, a/k/a Nickaury DeJesus-Montanez, 22 years old, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced late yesterday to 36 months in prison for straw purchasing five firearms in Lehigh County. DeJesus had pleaded guilty to five counts of making false statements to a federalfirearms licensee in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Nicholas Jacobson and his twin brother Matthew Jacobson, 30, of Jackson County Oregon, were sentenced to prison on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken for conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. Nicholas Jacobson was sentenced to 97 months in prison, and Matthew Jacobson was sentenced to 78 months in prison. Following their release from prison, both defendants will be on supervised release for five years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Billie Cotten, 59, of Gallup, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque. N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing an unregistered sawed-off shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who robbed two tourists in the parking lot of their hotel at gunpoint and stole their vehicle, was sentenced this morning to 147 months in prison and three years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) is pleased to announce its newly released LM 2016-2025 Strategic Plan. This is the fourth strategic plan since LM’s inception in December 2003. Through the organization’s continued growth and learning, LM has adopted more effective and efficient...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: Securities Fraud Related to Biodiesel Fraud Scheme Convicted in Jury Trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: OAKLAND -Christian Lancaster appeared in court today and was arraigned on charges he possessed child pornography, announced United States Attorney Brian Stretch and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Spradlin. The appearance follows an indictment handed down by a federal grand jury on July 14, 2016, and unsealed earlier today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: Olympic National Park will host a special program on Saturday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center. The program is free of charge and is part of Olympic National Park's celebration ofthis year's National Park Service Centennial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2016
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Kenneth Joseph Skelly (64, New Port Richey) will pay $52,608.86 to settle allegations that he failed to disclose his employment by, and participation in, a business while he was collecting federal workers’ compensation benefits.
