News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, announced today that United States District Judge Pedro A. Delgado sentenced Noel Aquino Florenciani to serve a term of imprisonment of 22 years followed by 10 years of supervised release. On April 7...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney David Capp announced today the return of two public corruption indictments; one naming Lake County Sheriff John Buncich and the other naming Portage Mayor James Snyder.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Cedric Clark to eight years and six months in federal prison for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme in the Tampa Bay area. As part of his sentence, the Court ordered him to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $1,933.862.37. Clark pleaded guilty on June 21, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Today, Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park officially closed for the season to through travel. The most popular destinations for this time of year including Bear Lake Road, Moraine Park, Horseshoe Park and the section of Trail Ridge Road along the Kawuneeche Valley are all open. These are all great areas for hiking and wildlife watching.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Randolph man was convicted late today of wire fraud and perjury charges in connection with a scheme to defraud DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., by falsely claiming that the company stole from him the characters and story for its animated movie, Kung Fu Panda.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles doctor has been convicted of federal “structuring" charges for making cash deposits totaling nearly a half million dollars that were designed to circumvent federal reporting requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, woman convicted of Child Abuse was sentenced on November 7, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Howes, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Malicious Mischief.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A Bolingbrook man was sentenced today to 40 months in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for attempting to travel overseas to join a foreign terrorist organization in Syria.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Mark F. Friend, 62, of Stockton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to two years and four months in prison and ordered to pay $1,889,379 in restitution for conspiracy to commit bank fraud in relation to a mortgage fraud scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Decision Harms Alaska’s Economy, Threatens Affordable Energy
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released the final revised policy on mitigation impacts of development. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 12-count indictment Thursday against Nive Hagay, 31, of Los Angeles, charging him with operating an illegal gambling business, money laundering, and cocaine distribution, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Correctional Officer Rachelle Hankerson, age 26, of Salisbury, Maryland; Ramel Chase, age 34, of Glen Burnie, Maryland; and Miguel Matos, age 46, of Ft. Washington, Maryland, pleaded guilty this week to racketeering conspiracy operating at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover, Maryland. Hankerson also pleaded guilty to deprivation of rights under color of law for participating in the stabbing of an inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - An armed career criminal andmember of the Gangster Disciples has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court on Nov. 10, 2016, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced SHIRITA MARIE JAMES, 37, from Elizabeth City, NC, to 135 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Today in Waco, 39-year-old Charlotte Horelica of Rockdale, TX, was sentenced to a total of 600 months in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a child and for distribution of child pornography announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Eleven men have been indicted in connection with a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering ring operating between Massachusetts and California.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Running Fraudulent Investment Companies and Obstructing Securities and Exchange Commission Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: MEEKER, Colo. - Permits for cutting Christmas trees on Bureau of Land Management lands within suggested areas of the White River Field Office are now on sale.
