News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Alfredo Alonso Ramirez, 24, a citizen of Mexico, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to import liquid methamphetamine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Faycal Taouzinet, 26, of Rochester, NY, with enticement of a minor using a means and facility of interstate commerce, attempted production of child pornography and attempted receipt of child pornography. The enticement charges carry a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of life and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Odessa, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to a $924,000 bank fraud scheme involving her family’s used truck dealership.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned a 10-count indictment today charging JOHNNY BELTRE, 32, of Cromwell, ELVIS DE LOS SANTOS, also known as “Jorge," 23, of Hartford, and DOMINGO DE LOS SANTOS, 48, of Hartford, with heroin trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Waynesboro man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg for the offenses of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: A new study that assesses the accuracy of modern human-genome-sequencing technologies found that some medically significant portions of an individual's DNA blueprint are situated in complex, hard-to-analyze regions that are currently prone to systematic errors.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that URS CORPORATION AES (“URS") has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal government in which URS will pay $580,000 to resolve allegations that the Rocky Hill-based construction company violated...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Tampa, FL - Mark T. Conklin, the former owner, operator and sole shareholder of Recovery Home Care Inc. and Recovery Home Care Services Inc. (collectively RHC) has agreed to pay $1.75 million to resolve a lawsuit alleging that he violated the False Claims Act by causing RHC to pay illegal kickbacks to...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Samuel L. Bradbury Sentenced. HAMMOND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced today that Samuel L. Bradbury, 23, of Pine Village, Indiana, was sentenced before Chief District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to 41 months incarceration, 2 years of supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced Wednesday to federal prison for carjacking and robbery, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that TREY MITCHELL, age 24, of New Orleans, was sentenced today for attempted distribution of heroin using a cell phone smuggled into the Orleans Parish Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that an Ozark, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for filing false income tax returns after he advertised on Craigslist to purchase identity information for children that he could claim as dependents.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Decision Leave in Place Judge Lodge’s Findings; Federal Death Sentences Also Remain in Place.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Edward Werner, age 51 of Middleburgh, New York, pled guilty today to receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A woman who owned a home health care business in Basehor, Kan., pleaded guilty Wednesday to failing to pay more than $856,000 in federal taxes, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Jesus Valenzuela, aka Jesus Valenzuela-Cruz, 42, of Springdale, Ark. was sentenced today to 174 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. He was also ordered to pay a $4,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you Secretary Moniz, for being here today and for your exemplary leadership. In recognition that this may be your last appearance at this hearing-although no matter who wins in November I think they would be very well-served by keeping you on-I’d like to recognize the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JUAN CARLOS FERRERA-RAMIREZ, age 44, a native of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a number of measures today during a legislative markup, including two bipartisan bills to improve the management and disposal of federal office space and real estate inventory to save taxpayers money.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman for holding this hearing. I’m looking forward to hearing from today’s witnesses, welcome to the Ag Committee.
