News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: Washington - Clarissa Whaley, Victim Witness Coordinator of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of South Carolina was one of 160 recipients recognized by Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 32nd annual Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: FORT WAYNE - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Corey Stewart Eaves, 35, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced before District Court Judge Theresa L. Springmann for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Brian Randall, 65, of Levittown, Pennsylvania, was charged by Information with one count of theft of government funds, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the Information, the defendant received Social Security benefits intended for his mother, after his mother’s death in February 1988 until October 2015. The defendant’s alleged actions resulted in a loss to the government of approximately $295,223.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Jason Martin (36, Orange County, CA) yesterday pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud conspiracy involving bank and wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years’ imprisonment. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that today in federal court, JOSEPH HAL KINLAW, JR., 63, of Bald Head Island, North Carolina, pled guilty to Bank Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ Two physicians from a family medicine clinic in Mexico have been convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for their role in a scheme to submit false and fraudulent insurance claims, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Peabody man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to receipt and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: 66 Dogs Rescued. Six New Jersey residents were among nine individuals charged today in four states for their alleged roles in an interstate dog-fighting network spanning from New Mexico to New Jersey, announced Assistant Attorney General John Cruden for the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 310 months imprisonment, followed by a lifetime supervised release, on charges of production and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Eight members of the New Jersey branch of the international street gang “La Mara Salvatrucha," or “MS-13" - including the branch’s founding member - were convicted by a federal jury today of racketeering-related crimes, including multiple acts of violence, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: A federal jury convicted eight defendants today of multiple charges related to a racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, after a 16-week trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Jeffrey Pare, 29, of Woonsocket, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence on Tuesday to trafficking Oxycodone. Pare pleaded guilty as charged in a federal indictment returned on Aug. 19, 2015, to three counts of distribution of Oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA - A Virginia man, who conspired with at least one other person to distribute methamphetamine, pled guilty today to a federal drug conspiracy charge, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ten Assistant United States Attorneys from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York and three federal agents were among the 160 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Attorney General Sally Yates, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 32nd annual Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Two residents of Las Cruces, N.M., pleaded guilty this afternoon in federal court to methamphetamine trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Bradley Lewis Felder, 27, and Everette “Rhett" Carter Berry, 28, have entered guilty pleas in federal court in Columbia, admitting to their involvement in a Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Six current and one former employee of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas (SDTX) were some of the 160 recipients recognized by Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 32nd annual Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Four members of the U.S. Attorney’s Office were recognized today by Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 32nd Annual Director’s Awards Ceremony in Washington D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: Kenyetta Wilbourn Snapp, 41, a former Educational Achievement Authority (“EAA") principal of Denby High School and later of Mumford High School, was sentenced today to twelve months in prison as a result of her pleading guilty earlier this year to conspiracy to commit federal program bribery and federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Albuquerque, N.M., resident Alexander Balding, 20, was arraigned this morning in federal court on a two-count indictment charging him with distribution and possession of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. During this morning’s proceedings, Balding entered a not guilty plea to the indictment. Balding remains in federal custody pending trial.
