News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Joseph Alan Milkey (38, North Fort Myers) to 3 years and 10 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the.40 caliber pistol and 8 rounds of ammunition that were involved in the commission of the offense. Milkey pleaded guilty in November 2015.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A former employee of The Vacation Ownership Group LLC was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for his role in conspiring to defraud owners of timeshare properties by offering phony consulting services, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Joseph Alan Milkey (38, North Fort Myers) to 3 years and 10 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the.40 caliber pistol and 8 rounds of ammunition that were involved in the commission of the offense. Milkey pleaded guilty in November 2015.

By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Marine Builders, Inc. Inspection site: 5821 Utica Pike, Jeffersonville, Indiana. Citations issued: March 1, 2016. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration's cited Marine Builders Inc. for one repeat, eight serious and three other-than-serious...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Greenwood, Mo., home builder has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal jury returned a guilty verdict today convicting Steve G. Singo, 35, of Weirton, West Virginia, of receiving, possessing, and distributing images of child pornography, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Employers: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Correctional Center Hazelton
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A truck driver from California was indicted Wednesday on a federal charge of transporting 15 pounds of methamphetamine to Wichita, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of a complaint charging JULIO ALVAREZ, CHRISTOPHER CAMPOS, MARCO...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Fritzroy Brown, 39, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for a healthcare fraud scheme centering on Brotherly Love Ambulance, Inc. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Gerald J. Pappert ordered three years of supervised release, restitution in the amount of $2,015,712.52 to Medicare, restitution of $14,150 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and a $300 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On March 3, 2016, Brandon Jermaine Sykes, 33, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner to 360 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base ("crack"), announced Acting United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Sykes was ordered to serve five years of supervised release following his prison term and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims’ Fund.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy C. Lynch, who is handling the case, stated that between June 2013 and Feb. 25, 2014, the defendant purchased and then distributed crack cocaine. On Jan. 17, 2014, Buster was found in possession of three grams of crack cocaine while at the Niagara Outlet Mall in Niagara County, NY.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Jose Martin Diaz-Lara, 33, of Walla Walla, Washington, and originally from the State of Mexico, in Mexico, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and conspiracy to manufacture a controlled substance, more than 1,000 marijuana plants, with the intent to distribute it, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Diaz-Lara was charged by a superseding indictment on December 8, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: BOSTON -A Dorchester man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for transporting two 14 year-old girls from Massachusetts to Rhode Island for the purpose of prostituting them.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Josiah John Weiss, 36, of Suitland, Maryland, was convicted today by a federal jury on charges of possession of firearms as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Josiah John Weiss, 36, of Suitland, Maryland, was convicted today by a federal jury on charges of possession of firearms as a convicted felon.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold two hearings next week featuring testimony from administration officials.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Orlando Popa, 26, of Youngstown, with bank robbery, said Acting U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon.

By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today announced a continuation in its Disrupter Series with a hearing to review digital currency and blockchain technology. The hearing is entitled, “Disrupter Series: Digital Currency...

By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Employer name: D.S. Meyer Enterprises LLC, 34 Maple Ave. Waldwick, New Jersey