News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ROBERT BECKMANN, age 54, of Durham, North Carolina, and his company, BECKMANN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (BTI), were each sentenced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger of the District of Minnesota announced today that Michael John Harris, 33, pleaded guilty to making telephonic threats to two clinics that provide reproductive health services in Minneapolis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine that led to several overdoses and deaths was convicted by a jury today, after a 6-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
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, today announced that an investigation into a recent drug overdose in Weston has resulted in federal oxycodone distribution charges against two Hamden residents.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: An indictment was filed charging Sean R. Magner, 50, of Van Wert, with receipt and distribution of visual depictions involving the sexual exploitation of minors, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Christine Little, age 43, of Glen Burnie, Maryland today to a year and a day in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for aiding in the preparation of false tax returns.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, co-sponsored legislation introduced Tuesday to increase national security and facilitate travel and commerce between the United States and Canada. The Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Alexis Mills, 23, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: “This case presents a version of the ‘black widow’ crime scenario occasionally seen by law enforcement," said U.S. Attorney Hochul. “The defendant, taking advantage of a prior intimate relationship with the victim, induced the victim to open a locked door, allowing an accomplice to enter the premises and execute the victim.".
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: As the National Park Service nears its 100th birthday, L.A.'s local national park unit has launched a LA Ranger Troca to bring the parks to people. The truck will rove city streets with rangers from Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to reach the next generation of park goers.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to cut carbon pollution and spur renewable energy development on public lands, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced key milestones in implementing the Western Solar Plan with the release of mitigation strategies that will expedite the safe and responsible development of solar energy zones in Colorado, Arizona and Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Robert Singleton, owner of Petaluma-based cattle company Rancho Veal Corporation, and Eugene Corda, an employee of the now-defunct Rancho Feeding Corporation, a Petaluma slaughterhouse, were sentenced today for their roles in a scheme to distribute adulterated, misbranded, and uninspected...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Sues Richmond City Sheriff’s Office in Richmond, Virginia, for Disability Discrimination.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Isaac Lawrence, 31, of Madison, Illinois, was sentenced in federal district court in East St. Louis for the crime of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Barrington Richards (36, Lauderhill) guilty of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, and failure to appear after being released on bond. He faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in federal prison on the drug charge and up to 10 years’ imprisonment for the failure to appear violation. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: As part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan to cut carbon pollution and spur renewable energy development on public lands, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced key milestones in implementing the Western Solar Plan with the release of mitigation strategies that will expedite the safe...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Joseph O’Neill, 65, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged today by indictment with making false statements to the FBI during an investigation of potential wrongdoing in the Philadelphia Municipal Court, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. O’Neill is a judge on the Philadelphia Municipal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former chief deputy auditor for LaPorte County, Indiana, was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for embezzling over $150,000 from the LaPorte County government, tax fraud and defrauding her father-in-law out of more than $600,000, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David A. Capp of the Northern District of Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Polish citizen living in Garfield, New Jersey, was arrested this morning by U.S. Marshals as a result of an extradition request related to his alleged involvement in a 1996 murder in Poland, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Anastasios “Taso" Kolokouris, 32, of Avon, NY, pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Air Act asbestos work practice standards involving asbestos removal and disturbance before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
