News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: (MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Lilian Jakacki, a/k/a/ “Lilian Wieckowski," was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff to four years in prison for illegally distributing 100,000 tablets of oxycodone, Medicare fraud, and money laundering. Jakacki pled guilty on July 28, 2016, before Judge Rakoff.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The Natchez Trace Parkway is a beautiful recreation route for both motorists and bicyclists, but the curvy scenic road that makes the Parkway a pleasure to travel can also reduce visibility for both drivers and bicyclists. Parkway staff have partnered with the Natchez Trace Parkway Association...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Gettysburg, PA - Winter is a great time to visit and explore Gettysburg National Military Park. On January 7, the park’s new winter programs begin. This year Gettysburg National Military Park is offering lectures, a book series, farm programs, and a new reading adventures program for children ages 5 to 10 and their families. These FREE programs run January through early April at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas --The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today sold 135 acres in12 parcels for $24,903,000 during a competitive public land sale. The agency offered 182.93 acres, in 16 parcels, under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA). Parcels offered for sale varied in size from 1.25 to 37.5 acres and were located in the Las Vegas Valley.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ROY AUSTIN, age 69, of St. Tammany Parish and a retired Colonel of the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office (“OPSO"), was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By State Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement on today’s U.N. Security Council meeting on Aleppo...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, lauded the passage of the Cross Border Trade Enhancement Act, S. 461.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Carlsbad man was sentenced this week to five years and three months in federal prison for his part in an international money laundering organization that conspired to move more than $15 million dollars in drug money for organizations that included the Sinaloa Cartel.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Texas man in connection to a scheme to steal more than $545,000 from a retirement account after the account owner and his designated beneficiary both died, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced Anthony Williams, Sr., 48, to 30 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Gomez ordered Williams to pay a $100 special assessment and to perform 300 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Ernest Marshall, 33, of Charles Town, West Virginia, pled guilty to distributing oxycodone, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Owner of Nevada Dry Cleaner Pleads Guilty to Obstructing the Administration of the Internal Revenue Laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney, Deborah R. Gilg, announced that on Nov. 30, 2016, John Michael Steven Brown, 34, of Lincoln, was sentenced to ten years and one month (121 months) in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a substance...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - William E. Grobes, IV, 45, of Chesapeake, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiring to commit wire fraud and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Allied Home Mortgage and CEO Face Statutory Trebling of Damages and Penalties for Fraudulent Conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Operation "Home of the Brave" Indian Brotherhood Gang Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Knoxville Fugitive Arrested by FBI for the Alleged Murder of His Parents.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two New York men were arrested today for allegedly forcing employees to work for them at a Halal chicken slaughterhouse in Middlesex County, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Altoona, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 96 months in prison, and four years’ supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of heroin, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury sitting in Macon, Georgia returned an indictment against a Columbus, Georgia resident on Nov. 9, which was unsealed today, for her role in a stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney G.F. Peterman III for the Middle District of Georgia.
