News from June 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: Fruit season is upon us. Cherries, apricots, peaches, plums, apples, and pears are typically available for harvest each summer at Capitol Reef National Park. The prediction for the 2016 fruit season shows that apricots, apples, pears and peaches should be in good supply. "We are looking forward to a fun and safe fruit season," says Superintendent Leah McGinnis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - BARBARA A. SADLER, age 63, of Zachary, Louisiana, and SEDRIC C. BLAKES, age 42, of Zachary, Louisiana, have been sentenced to federal prison arising out of their convictions in a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud the Louisiana Medicaid program through Extraordinary Care Network, Inc. (“Extraordinary"), an attendant care services company that SADLER and BLAKES owned and operated.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the appointment of six members to fill vacancies on the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board. The terms for these appointees are effective July 1, 2016, and expire on June 30, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: An indictment was filed charging Richard Hack, 27, of Lima, with receipt and distribution of material involving the sexual exploitation of children, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that John L. Gilbert, III, age 36, and Timothy Rissmiller, age 44, both residents of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania were indicted yesterday by a grand jury in Harrisburg and charged with possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: Inverted Jenny Stamp was Missing for 61 Years Before Its Recovery by the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Jerel Jackson, 30, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for five counts of sex trafficking of minors and adults by force. On March 18, 2015, Jackson pleaded guilty to the charges. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge C. Darnell Jones ordered a $500 special assessment and five years of supervised release. A separate restitution hearing will be held at a later date.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Deputy Administrator Michael G. Whitaker broke ground today for a new 370-foot-tall air traffic control tower and radar approach control at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT). The new tower will enable air traffic controllers to continue to provide the safest, most efficient service to flights at the nation’s fifth busiest tower.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - The leader of a Chicago drug trafficking organization pleaded guilty in federal court today to distributing more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and laundering the proceeds by purchasing luxury cars and leasing high-rent properties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The FBI today arrested one of two Tuscaloosa men indicted in May on charges that they conspired to distribute marijuana and to bribe U.S. Postal Service employees to deliver the drug, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton, U.S. Postal Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez and West Alabama Narcotics Squad Capt. Wayne Robertson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: Criminal charges were filed in federal court alleging cash bribes and kickbacks between contractors and a Cleveland Housing Network official, as well as improper lead abatement practices at several renovation projects, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two defendants pleaded guilty today to federal drug crimes, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Jamarrio Dobbs, 35, of Detroit, pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin. In a separate drug prosecution, Keri Browning, 28, of Logan, pleaded guilty to distribution of oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A California man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to traffic approximately 12 kilograms of cocaine from California to New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Robby Lynn Hawkins, 36, of Rockwood, Tennessee to 15 months in prison on perjury charges for falsely impersonating his brother in court proceedings, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Reidinger also ordered Robby Hawkins to serve two years under court supervision after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A citizen of the Republic of Bulgaria was sentenced to 46 months in prison today for his involvement in a $6 million fraudulent tax return scheme that used personal identifying information stolen from multiple accounting firm networks, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A superseding indictment was unsealed today in a case involving a violent robbery conspiracy that included armed robbery, kidnapping, carjacking, and drug trafficking, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger and Special Agent-in-Charge Sam Rabadi with the Bureau of Alcohol, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ROGER AGUIRRE-SAGASTUME, age 29, a native of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment for illegal entry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - United States Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose announced today that 16 individuals are facing multiple federal drug charges for their involvement in a drug conspiracy. A criminal indictment was returned on May 18, 2016, and was unsealed today in federal court. Law enforcement arrested...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: GALVESTON - West Columbia resident Joseph Robert Shoemake, 36, has been sentenced to federal prison following his conviction of distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Shoemake pleaded guilty Dec. 16, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: Earlier today in Central Islip, NY, William Scully, the president of Pharmalogical, Inc. (Pharmalogical) d/b/a Medical Device King and MDK, and Taranis Medical Corp. (Taranis), was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment and ordered to forfeit to the government close to $900,000 in criminal proceeds, following...
