News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: A former member of the Makah Tribal Council was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to six months in prison for embezzlement of tribal funds, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. RYLAND CHAD BOWECHOP, 38, of Bellingham, Washington pleaded guilty in February 2016, admitting that between...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: $10 Million Resort Timeshare Telemarketing Fraud Conspiracy Victimized Persons Over Age 55 − Dozens of Victims in Texas and Thousands in the U.S. and Canada.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Michael Mancil Brown was found guilty yesterday by a federal jury sitting in Nashville, for engaging in an extortion and wire fraud scheme involving former Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s tax returns, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, woman today admitted her role in conspiring to deposit more than $1 million in fraudulent checks into different bank accounts, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that Denny Johnson, age 31, of Kenel, South Dakota, was found guilty of two Counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse by Force, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender, and Simple Assault, as a result of a federal jury trial in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The jury returned the guilty verdict on May 12, 2016, after deliberating for approximately 3 hours.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that on May 3, 2016, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging DAVID ADAMS, 55, of Old Saybrook, with tax...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Wednesday afternoon, May 11, 2016, a federal jury in East St. Louis found William J. Mabie, 55, of Festus, Missouri, guilty of assault on a federal officer. Sentencing before the Honorable Richard H. Mills has been scheduled for June 9, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Six southern Illinois residents and one Cape Girardeau man were indicted on May 3, 2016, for methamphetamine-related offenses, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois James L. Porter announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Patricia Kay Portillo, 54, of Carrizozo, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Aleksey Sosonko, age 35, of Owings Mills, Maryland, today to 14 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy, kidnapping, and brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, in connection with the robbery of a jewelry store, including a home invasion robbery, carjacking and kidnapping.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: HONOLULU -- Raymond Fujii, 68, a resident of Kailua, Hawaii, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright to 42 months in federal prison for engaging in a mail fraud scheme involving the embezzlement of $1,483,800, and failing to report that income on his federal tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Ruben Cotto, Jr., 28, of Allentown, PA, was charged yesterday by Indictment with the production and attempted production of child pornography as well as the distribution and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Haleakalā National Park seeks cultural practitioners from local communities for Hana No`eau, a series of cultural demonstrations that will be offered in the park's Kīpahulu and Summit Districts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston for sexually exploiting a child.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - LeANN MARIE GOODE, of Edmond, Oklahoma, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for embezzlement and signing a false federal income tax return, announced Mark A. Yancey, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - LeANN MARIE GOODE, of Edmond, Oklahoma, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for embezzlement and signing a false federal income tax return, announced Mark A. Yancey, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: HUNGRY HORSE, Montana - The Bureau of Reclamation announces the opening of the Hungry Horse Dam Visitor Center for the 2016 summer season beginning May 27.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Seven men have been charged with distributing heroin in Dubuque in early 2016. The charges are contained in two indictments filed yesterday in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids. All seven men were previously charged in separate federal Complaints filed in April.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: BioBlitz Fun Day is scheduled for May 21, 2016 from 8 am - 4:30 pm at Assateague Island National Seashore.
