News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Angelo Ocasio, 41, of Rochester, NY was convicted following a federal jury trial of conspiracy to possess and distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine, 280 or more grams of crack cocaine, one kilogram or more of heroin and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: A woman who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced May 10, 2016, to more than seven years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that PAMELA MALLORY, 42, of Enfield, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to embezzling more than $840,000 from her employer, 360 Federal Credit Union.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MELISSA ANN DURAN, age 42, a resident of Des Allemands, pled guilty today before Judge Carl J. Barbier, to a one-count mail fraud indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - A Florida woman, who billed Medicaid for services she did not provide while living and working in the New River Valley, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke on healthcare fraud charges, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. and Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Florida woman was sentenced today in connection with an advance fee scheme involving 100 victims throughout the United States, including many in Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - The head of a violent street gang that terrorized the West Side of Chicago through murder and drug trafficking was sentenced today to life in prison.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, convened a hearing today to examine America’s role in the world in 2016 and beyond. The committee heard testimony from former Secretary of State James Baker and former National Security Advisor Tom Donilon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A New Jersey firefighter and a Puerto Rican man were arraigned in U.S. District Court in Worcester today in connection with selling heroin in Leominster, Mass.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Martin James Goggles, 23, of Riverton, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on May 11, 2016, for assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm. Goggles was arrested in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. He received 28 months imprisonment, to be followed by three...
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Dear Commissioner Koskinen: We write today to request information regarding excise taxes on sales of structured settlements, also known as "factoring" transactions, as administered by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Victims who have suffered severe physical injuries are often compensated for their...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Armed and Dangerous Bank Robber Tied to Several Northern California Bank Robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - The head of a violent street gang that terrorized the West Side of Chicago through murder and drug trafficking was sentenced today to life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On May 9, 2016, Russell Edwin Wagler, 52, of Wayland, Iowa, waived his right to be indicted by the federal grand jury and entered pleas of guilty to an Information charging him with one count of misapplication and embezzlement of bank funds by a bank officer in violation of 18 U.S.C.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray, D-Wash., today issued a statement following a ruling by the U.S. District Court in House v. Burwell on the Affordable Care Act...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: A former youth pastor was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for the production and distribution of child pornography by U.S. District Court Judge Jose E. Martinez in Ft. Pierce, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: FBI Continues to Seek Incognito Bandits.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On May 11, 2016, Glen Kevin Winfrey, 33, of Yuma, Ariz., was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Frank R. Zapata to 15 years in prison. Winfrey had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of production of child pornography. Winfrey’s term of imprisonment will be followed by lifetime supervised release with stringent sex offender conditions, including the condition that he register as a sex offender.
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Kellenberger Plumbing & Underground, Elgin, Illinois
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Rand heroin dealer was sentenced today to eight years in federal prison for a drug crime, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Marcus Manchion, 27, previously pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin.
