News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Matthew L. Dailey, age 45, of Howard, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to Hobbs Act extortion under color of official right.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Kamali Rives was sentenced to 19 years, six months in federal prison on fraud and identity theft charges. Rives and his co-conspirators ran multiple fraud and identity theft schemes that ultimately stole over $2 million.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Cascade River Road will be closed to all vehicle and foot traffic from April 3 through May 13 during construction on Hard Creek Bridge. Drivers may experience up to 20 minute delays from May 14 to May 25, 2016.The road closure will begin at the Lookout Mountain Trail parking area near milepost 7 and will affect hikers and climbers approaching the area from either the east or west side.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Release Date: 4 March 2016. Contacts: Jody Mays, jody_mays@nps.gov, 229-924-0343, ext. 201. NR16-02. Living History Weekend at Andersonville National Historic Site. History comes alive at Camp Sumter Civil War Prison during this annual event. ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - Andersonville National Historic Site...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Charles Richard Burks, 67, of Mansfield, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to serve a total of 20 years in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2015 to one count of production of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - A husband and wife from Fort Worth, Texas, have been sentenced for their roles in a postal insurance theft scheme they ran in north Texas, and elsewhere, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, released the following statement after Apache Corp. announced the closure of its Alaska operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Debra A. Scott, 57, of Gainesville, was sentenced today to two years in prison and ordered to pay $179,979 in restitution for theft of government property and aggravated identity theft. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Distributed at Least 450 Kilograms of Cocaine in Maryland and Virginia; Courier Murdered after Drug Seizure; Rolls Royce, Ferrari and Other Property Forfeited.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris and George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama announced today that Erik Raul Torres, 33, and Marc Oliver Adam, 29, both of southern Florida, pleaded guilty on Thursday, March 3, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is responsible for investigating instances where firearms are lost or stolen from a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL). Part of ATF’s core mission is to protect the public from violent crime involving the use of firearms. Stolen firearms are used by violent offenders in the commission of crimes, and pose a substantial threat to the public and law enforcement.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell is set to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the President’s fiscal year 2017 budget proposal. Her testimony comes after she failed to meet a Ways and Means Committee deadline regarding her Department’s choice to illegally divert funds from the Treasury to pay health insurers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - An Orangevale resident was arrested today after a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment on Thursday charging him with distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography and obstruction of justice, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Dennis Boyle, 52, was arraigned today and pleaded not guilty. He is in custody, and a detention hearing has been scheduled for March 10, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Who: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Aurora office
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Yesterday, Rep. Jason Chaffetz and Elijah E. Cummings, Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a bipartisan letter to Senators Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the U.S. Senate, supporting President Obama’s nomination of Beth Cobert to serve as Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Thomas A. Kopec, 48, of New Lenox, Illinois, was sentenced today to 25 months in prison for wire fraud for cheating a Panamanian investor out of $500,000. Kopec was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $500,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Christopher Michael Stewart, 40, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 480 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2015 to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - The leader and four others charged in a $13 million Medicare and Medicaid health care fraud case have entered guilty pleas for their respective roles, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Jose Dany Zacarias-Jaramillo, 29, residing in Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for two counts of distribution of child pornography, two counts of receipt of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography. Zacarias-Jaramillo pleaded guilty...
