News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Wayman Sparrow a/k/a “Blaze", 25, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 196 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute heroin and crack and firing a firearm while trafficking drugs. Sparrow pleaded guilty to the charges on Dec. 22, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Last August, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa organized and hosted the Iowa Railroad Safety Symposium on the Des Moines Area Community College campus in Ankeny, Iowa. The purpose of the program was to bring together members of the various disciplines...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Sigifredo Bazan, a Mexican national, was sentenced on June 7, 2016, by United States District Court Judge Nancy J. Rosenstengel to 57 months in federal prison (there is no parole in the federal system) for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, namely cocaine and methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An internal medicine physician practicing in Jamesburg, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for patient referrals to a mobile diagnostic company, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Khalid Fahide Carter, age 22, of Harrisburg was arrested yesterday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Capital City Safe Streets Task Force and the Harrisburg Bureau of Police.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Volta Wells 5-Year Incremental Level 4 Groundwater Pumping and Level 2. Diversification Project. Reclamation proposes to enter into an agreement with the Del Puerto Water District and the San Luis Water...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Yesterday afternoon, a federal jury convicted Robert E. Youman, 32, of Tallahassee, of possession with intent to distribute the controlled substance alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone ("alpha-PVP"). The verdict was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: August 27 -Outer Cape Artists in Residence Consortium (OCARC) Celebrates its 20th Anniversary-7-8:30 PM, Province Lands Visitor Center, Provincetown Join members of the OCARC Board, as well as artists who have spent time in the dune shacks managed by the Peaked Hill Trust.Learn about the residency program, what it's like to create art during a dune shack stay, and the significance of this national historic district.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Matthew Etre, Special Agent in Charge of HSI Boston, announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned a 23-count indictment today charging HAI VAN NGUYEN, 41, of Lynnwood, Wash., on charges stemming from fraud scheme targeting members of the Vietnamese community in Connecticut and other states.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - An Ohio lobbyist was sentenced today to 15 months for engaging in extortion in connection with a bribery and fraud scheme involving conduit contributions to the campaigns of elected officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Kidnapping, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, and Assault by Strangulation and Suffocation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: In some cities, the days of nuisance flooding exceeded trends and broke records, especially in the southeastern U.S and Gulf Coast, which may be due to a strong El Niño compounding already rising sea levels.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: A Dubuque area man, who sold over $400,000 worth of goods from his employer using the Internet, pled guilty today to mail and financial fraud charges in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - William Bucci, 59, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty today to one count of securities fraud, four counts of mail fraud, one count of mortgage fraud, and pleaded nolo contendere to five counts of subscribing a false tax return. U.S. District Court Judge Joel H. Slomsky scheduled a sentencing hearing for Nov. 17, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: In 2012, the National Park Service completed an environmental assessment to preserve, rehabilitate and restore the six Chief Petty Officer (CPO) bungalows on Ford Island for use by visitors and park administration. Subsequently, the National Park Service executed a programmatic agreement with the Hawaii...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: A tax return preparer pled guilty to filing false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Dr. Hailu T. Kabtimer, 56, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, was indicted by a federal grand jury today, charging him with five counts of violating the federal anti-kickback act, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a registered sex offender in Lebanon, Mo., was indicted by a federal grand jury today for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Nicola Tauraso, age 81, of Frederick, Maryland pleaded guilty today to health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Seven north Texas residents remain in federal custody following their arrests last week on federal charges outlined in a just-unsealed indictment that alleges various offenses related to their roles in a heroin distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
