News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Sean Moore, age 43, of New Castle, Del., pleaded guilty to three counts of federal program theft before U.S. District Judge Richard G. Andrews. Moore is scheduled to be sentenced on March 2, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Nathaniel Johnson Boychief, 30, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 18 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release for possession with intent to distribute heroin and oxycodone, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Boychief to pay a $600 fine. Boychief pleaded guilty to the charge on Aug. 23, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced Wednesday that United States District Court Judge James M. Moody Jr., sentenced Reuben Nims, 52, of Little Rock, to prison for his role in the widespread scheme to steal money intended for feeding children in low income areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Demario James, 34, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years and a $5,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Officer Kneed, Stuck and Pepper-sprayed a Handcuffed Man at Harborview Medical Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Sean Moore, age 43, of New Castle, Del., pleaded guilty to three counts of federal program theft before U.S. District Judge Richard G. Andrews. Moore is scheduled to be sentenced on March 2, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that NAVIS FRANCES LEFEVER SABLAN, age 30, was sentenced today by Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood of the District Court of Guam to serve eight months in federal prison, three years...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Rosalio Laredo-Garcia, age 21 of Hutchins, Texas, was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison followed by three (3) years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $1,900 fine on...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Solomon Elias Wheeler, 36, of Lapwai, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to nine months in prison, to be followed by three months home confinement, for failing to register as a sex offender, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Wheeler to serve five years supervised release following his prison sentence. Wheeler pleaded guilty to the charge on Aug. 23, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio, Samuel Mullen, former Chief Financial Officer of the Mullen Pension & Benefits Group, LLC. (Mullen Group), pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme which victimized several local school districts, a municipality, and their constituents regarding health care benefit plans announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Hicksville, New York, man was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for his role in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A criminal complaint unsealed in federal court today charges a Chicago man with sex trafficking for allegedly engaging in paid sexual acts with an underage girl.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ),Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: DENVER - Brandon Bourret, age 41, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel to serve 29 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years on supervised release after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse, access...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Damarcus Boyd, aka Mez, pled guilty to charges involving a September 2015 kidnapping.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: NOV 02 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Reginald Miles, Jr., also known as “Rocky," 26, of Waterbury, was sentenced by...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Scientists are always searching for better ways to assess biodiversity in different areas, particularly when trying to find rare species or newly introduced species that may become invasive. Engaging the public to help with this work has proven successful for this type of work, and the recent Blitz the Bear “BioBlitz" at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is an excellent example of this approach.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ),Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted by a federal trial jury today of illegally possessing a firearm.
