News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Julias Hall, 31, of Niagara Falls, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of life, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Join the National Park Service and the Spanish Choir of St. Catherine of Siena Church for a bilingual program of music, history, and holiday traditions at the Martinez Adobe on the grounds of John Muir National Historic Site. This free event is on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 from 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAYMOND MORALES, also known as “Freddy," 33, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a scheme to obtain oxycodone through fraudulent prescriptions.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: (BELLE FOURCHE, S.D.) --- The Bureau of Land Management South Dakota Field Office will host an open house at their new building located at 309 Bonanza St., Belle Fourche on Dec. 13, 1- 4 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Upstate New York Woman Admits Stealing $3.1 Million From Cargill Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), chairman of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, issued the following joint statement regarding today’s release by the Department of Education of final regulations implementing accountability provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - John Coffin, aka “Body," age 47, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 125 months in prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: It has now been two weeks since Ranking Member Cummings wrote to you requesting that the Oversight Committee immediately begin reviewing President-elect Donald Trump’s financial arrangements in order to identify and protect against conflicts of interest. Although you have stated...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Long Beach man was sentenced today to four years in federal prison in relation to a mortgage rescue scheme that brought in nearly $3 million from fees from distressed homeowners.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, top Democrats on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure sent a letter to leaders on the House Committee on Appropriations, urging them to fully fund job-creating investments in our transportation infrastructure in the upcoming Continuing Resolution (CR). In...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Chief Judge William H. Steele sentenced Nicole Latasha Myatt on Nov. 28, 2016 to serve a term of five (5) years on probation for committing Theft of Public Money on May 21, 2014 in violation of 18 USC § 641. Chief Judge Steele also ordered the defendant to pay restitution in the amount $20,438.38 as a condition of the defendant’s probation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Francisco Javier Hidalgo-Flores, 25, of Fresno, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to 15 months in prison for conspiracy to produce and sell false identification documents, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Co-defendant Lizet Amairani...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Four additional defendants who participated in a multistate drug ring pleaded guilty today to various federal drug charges, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Atari Seantay Brown, 39, entered his guilty plea to distribution of heroin. Sean Lee Braggs, 26, entered his guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Felix Wilson, 35, of Portsmouth, NH, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today that a criminal Information has been filed in federal court in Pittsburgh charging Ryan Kyle with a hate crime based on the victim’s race. This is the first federal hate crime filed in Western Pennsylvania since the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Two people were indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a nearly $600,000 financial fraud, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - National Park Service (NPS) Northeast Regional Director Mike Caldwell announced the selection of Lizzie Watts as superintendent of New River Gorge National River, Gauley River National Recreation Area, and Bluestone National Scenic River. Watts currently serves as superintendent of Andrew Johnson National Historic Site and Andrew Johnson National Cemetery in Tennessee. She will transition to her new position in early January.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Lamar Young, 29, formerly of Lewiston, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack.".
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - David A. Hickman, 28, of Albuquerque, N.M., has been charged with using an explosive device to damage or destroy a building - the Old Navy store in the Pavilions at San Mateo shopping center in Albuquerque - used in interstate commerce. The charge against Hickman was announced by U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An Ohio man pled guilty today in the United States District Court in Huntington to a federal firearm charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Stephen W. Whitt, age 30, of Scottown, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. On June 21, 2014, Whitt pawned...
