News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: BISMARCK - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Nov. 28, 2016, Redfawn Fallis, age 37, of Colorado, appeared in Federal Court in Bismarck, North Dakota. Fallis was charged by a criminal Complaint with Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition by a Previously Convicted Felon. Fallis appeared before Magistrate Charles Miller and was detained after waiving her right to a hearing on detention.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee which oversees the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), issued the following statement after President-elect Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate U.S. Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) to serve as HHS Secretary and Seema Verma to head CMS...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas woman who was among those charged last year as part of a nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force for her alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes pleaded guilty today, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joseph Lombardo, 25, of Lancaster, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and receipt of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 50 years and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: (NEW YORK - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division; Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; Kings County District Attorney Eric Gonzalez; Department of Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DERRICK GILLIAM, 30, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in Bridgeport to 121 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in an armed robbery spree in 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER SCULL, 37, of Naugatuck, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 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, announced that FRANK PINA, 57, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 87 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl-laced cocaine that led to three overdose deaths in New Haven in June.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka woman has pleaded guilty to billing Medicaid for services she did not provide to developmentally disabled adult patients, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall and Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Tuesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Reza Olangian Worked With Iranian Officials to Obtain Large Quantities of Missiles and Military Aircraft Parts for the Government of Iran, in Violation of U.S. Sanctions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Baltic, South Dakota, woman convicted of her part in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy was sentenced on Nov. 28, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Youngsville man pleaded guilty to distribution and possession of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: We extend our condolences to those who have lost a pet or other animal as a result of being preyed upon by native wildlife. This is extremely unfortunate for everyone.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced today Alex Arnez Jones, 27, of Atlanta, Georgia, to 262 months in prison for a string of armed robberies of Charlotte-area businesses, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Whitney also ordered Jones to serve three years of supervised release and to pay $6,319 as restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two active duty Army soldiers have entered guilty pleas to smuggling two illegal aliens through a U.S. Border Patrol (BP) checkpoint, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Mark Dawson of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: NOV 29 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Frank Pina, 57, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Ely, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely District is accepting applications for temporary seasonal firefighters. Applications will be accepted through Tuesday, March 28, 2017, but those submitted by Tuesday, Jan. 10, will receive first consideration.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: WILKES-BARRE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ruben Rosario, age 19, of Wilkes-Barre, pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr., in Wilkes-Barre, to the charge of making false statements to a federally licensed firearm dealer.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today issued the following statement in response to President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) to become the next Secretary of Health and Human Services...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Eleven Others Facing State Drug Charges.
