News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - U. S. Attorney Tom Beall made the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Albuquerque, N.M., pediatric surgeon Guy Rosenschein, 63, made his initial appearance today in federal court on a criminal complaint charging him with possession and distribution of child pornography. Rosenschein remains in federal custody pending a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing, which are scheduled for Monday, Nov. 14, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the November 2016 Federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Jim Modzelewski and Saint Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell today announced a federal indictment charging five members of a criminal street gang known as the Hit Squad for conspiring to illegally possess firearms.[1]
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Following a four-day trial, a federal jury today convicted Kevin McGovern and CMG Construction of Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, and Bribery, arising out of a pay-to-play scheme on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris presided over the trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Alejandro Munoz Galvan, 39, of Lathrop, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 14 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DAVID MICHAEL WHITE, JR., a/k/a “Prince Loyalty," age 33, of New Orleans pled guilty today to two counts of use of an interstate facility to promote prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A total of 10 area men are now in custody as a result of a coordinated effort by federal, state and local law enforcement, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: Nine South Florida residents are charged with stealing more than $800,000 from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr., announced today that Eric Michael Verwiebe, 37, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 168 months’ imprisonment for Assault on a Federal Officer with a Dangerous Weapon. He was also ordered to serve three years...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Three Assistant United States Attorneys for the Northern District of New York and two Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the District were honored today in our nation’s capital for their distinguished public service. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch recognized...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An employee responsible for handling mail being loaded on airlines at McCarran International Airport was sentenced today by U.S. District Chief Judge Gloria M. Navarro to 30 months of probation for his guilty plea of stealing mail containing cash or gift cards, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: MEEKER, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management put the final touches on the 1.3-mile East Ridge Trail above Meeker Nov. 3.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack appointed three members to serve on the Mushroom Council. The appointees will serve 3-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2017, and ending on Dec. 31, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Willie May Ford, 62, of Lamar, South Carolina, was sentenced today to 51 months in prison following her conviction on federal access device fraud charges, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: A Flint man pleaded guilty on November 8, 2016 to discharging a firearm during a carjacking, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that today in federal court, JOSEPH HAL KINLAW, JR., 64, of Bald Head Island, North Carolina, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for Bank Fraud. KINLAW was also ordered to serve 3 years of supervised release following imprisonment, and to pay $23,796,372 in restitution to the victims of his offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: Brian Dewayne Johnson, 38, of Evansville, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on Nov. 10, 2016, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Johnson was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He received 80 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Isela Garza, 30, of Nampa, Idaho was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in the Treasure Valley, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge ordered that Garza serve four years of supervised release following her release from prison. Garza was indicted on December 8, 2015, in a superseding indictment and entered her guilty plea on Aug. 17, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former superintendent of the St. Joseph School District and former president of the Board of Education was sentenced in federal court today for a fraud scheme in which he received more than $662,000 in pension payments to which he was not entitled.
