News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. -- On Nov. 9, 2016, Richard Alan Davis, 44, of Atlanta, was sentenced to serve 23 years in federal prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Upon his release from prison, Davis will be supervised for five years by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHN TODD WILLIAMS, a/k/a “JT," a/k/a “Joe Steele," was sentenced today to five years in prison for perpetrating a multi-year debt collection fraud scheme that defrauded more than 6,000 victims around the...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: The team responsible for the investigation and prosecution of Dr. Farid Fata was among 376 employees recognized by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch today for their distinguished public service at the 64th Annual Attorney General’s Awards Ceremony. This annual ceremony recognizes individuals for their outstanding service and dedication to carrying out the mission of the Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. -Benjamin Harold Hall, 35, of Jonesborough, Tenn., was sentenced on Nov. 10, 2016, by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 42 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a former Homer Police Department Officer was sentenced Wednesday to six months in prison for violating the civil rights of a woman and for making false statements about the incident to the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ALEX LICHTENSTEIN, a/k/a “Shaya," pled guilty to bribery and offering a bribe in connection with his efforts to pay bribes to obtain gun licenses through the New York City Police Department’s (“NYPD") License Division. LICHTENSTEIN pled guilty before United States District Judge Sidney H. Stein today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: DENVER - The Bureau of Land Management will offer 17 parcels totaling 17,632 acres in the Tres Rios Field Office at its Feb. 9, 2017, quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The BLM will hold the lease sale online via www.energynet.com. Bidding will begin at 9 a.m. Mountain Standard Time. The BLM will offer one parcel in Archuleta County, five parcels in Dolores County, one in Montezuma County and 10 in San Miguel County.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, and William Temple, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Dallas Field Division, joined Ken Shetter, President of One Safe Place, and Joel Fitzgerald, Fort Worth Chief of Police, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Thursday to 138 months in federal prison for attempting to rob a Park City liquor store, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Responding to the imminent threat to public health and safety, the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) has placed U-47700 into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, effective on November 14th. Emergency scheduling of dangerous drugs such as U-47700 on a temporary basis is one of the most significant tools DEA can utilize to address the problems associated with deadly new street drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that David Anthony Moody (28, Fernandina Beach) has pleaded guilty to making hoax bomb threats. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. Moody was arraigned on Feb. 16, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment alleging that Aaron Travis Daniels, 20, aka Harun Muhammad, aka Abu Yusef of Columbus provided and attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: REDDING, Calif.-- The Bureau of Land Management is asking for public comments on issues that should be addressed as it begins developing a Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for public lands managed by the Redding and Arcata field offices.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Cole Leggett, 52, of Clearwater, Florida pled guilty in federal court today to distributing performance enhancing drugs, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christopher Dillon, 52, of Lancaster, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: NASHVILLE Tenn., Nov. 10, 2016 - George Ivory aka GI, 27, and Anthony Laquesha Coleman aka Scrappy, 30, both of Nashville, Tenn., pleaded guilty today to gun and drug offenses which they committed in the area of 16th Avenue North and Buchanan Street in North Nashville, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on Nov. 10, 2016, Brendon M. Collier, 39, of St. Louis, Missouri, pled guilty to an indictment charging him with two counts of Bank Robbery. Collier faces a term of imprisonment of up to twenty years...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: The Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) will hold a peer review of its Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems (CEDS) Program research and development projects on December 7-9, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, VA. This event will be open to the public and...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: POCATELLO, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pocatello Field Office (PFO) would like to remind the public that seasonal trail closures will go into effect Nov. 16 for motorized travel in the Pocatello, Bear Lake and Soda Springs areas, specifically the Blackrock/Chinese Peak, Pocatello West Bench, Soda Springs Hills and Cooley Canyon areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that today, KELVIN MELTON, a/k/a Dizzy, a/k/a Old Man, 51, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, to life plus 84 months consecutive imprisonment. Judge Dever further recommended that MELTON serve both his federal sentence and the remainder of his North Carolina life sentence at the ADX Super Max Federal Penitentiary in Florence, Colorado in the most secure part of that facility.
