News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, AL--A federal grand jury returned a 23-count indictment against Tariq Khalil Jones, 34, of Tuskegee, Alabama, charging him with committing ten armed robberies in Alabama and Georgia while brandishing and discharging a firearm, and an attempted carjacking, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Jones is alleged to have robbed various convenience stores and other cash-heavy businesses, including.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation provides technical assistance to Indian tribes and tribal organizations through the Native American Affairs Technical Assistance to Tribes Program. This program is intended to establish cooperative working relationships, through partnerships with Indian tribes and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A major U.S. hospital chain, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, and two of its Atlanta-area subsidiaries will pay over $513 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a scheme to defraud the United States and to pay kickbacks in exchange for patient referrals.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: DENVER - Emily R. Strunk, age 45, of Parker, Colorado, pled guilty last week before U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez to wire fraud, money laundering, and embezzlement from an employee benefit plan, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today allocated fiscal year 2017 funds for the Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - President Barack Obama designated the week of October 2-8, 2016 as National Community Policing Week and the U.S. Department of Justice is leading events nationwide to support community policing. Locally, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles for the Western District of Michigan convened...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Maurice L. Whyte, II, 23, of Columbus, Ohio pled guilty to transporting stolen goods across state lines, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that Anthony Oliphant, Jr. of Brown Deer, Wisconsin, was sentenced by the Honorable J.P. Stadtmueller to 114 months’ imprisonment for his role in committing the March 4, 2016, armed robbery of the Tri City National Bank in Brown Deer. Oliphant’s prison sentence will be followed by 60 months of supervised release. He has also been ordered to pay restitution to the bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - An Elgin resident was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala on federal fraud charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury sitting in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Charlottesville has indicted six individuals on charges related to a series of violent armed robberies and a carjacking that occurred in Albemarle and Greene counties in recent months, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Ashley Starling Thomas, 29, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today to three and a half years in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill after being convicted by a jury in May 2016 of conspiring to launder money, conspiring to structure cash transactions, five counts of money laundering, and four counts of structuring cash transactions, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a three-day trial, a federal jury found Jesse Davenport, aka Draco John Flama, 41, of Chico, guilty today of conspiracy to sexually exploit a child, two counts of receipt of child pornography, and one count of distribution of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. The trial was held before United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Damacio Diaz, 44, of McFarland, formerly a detective with the Bakersfield Police Department, was sentenced today to five years in prison for bribery, possession and attempted possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and making and subscribing a false income tax return, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire will be participating in the Department of Justice’s recognition of National Community Policing Week, October 3-7, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: Admits He Sold Guns He Stole from Evidence Room.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: Maryland Man Charged With Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL for Plan to Kill U.S. Military Member.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: It is apple season and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) will be hosting an Antique-Apple Program on Saturday, October 8, from noon to 4:00 p.m. It’s an event for the entire family; jump into fun kid’s activities, ask volunteer experts about the varieties of apples in the National...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: Defendant Found in Cortland, New York.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: Luray, Virginia: To facilitate and encourage scientific research in Shenandoah National Park, applications are being accepted for the Shenandoah National Park Trust research fellowship program. Funded by the Shenandoah National Park Trust, the grant supports field research in the physical, biological...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Three orthopedic clinics will pay a combined $2.39 million to resolve federal and state False Claims Act allegations that they knowingly billed federal and state health care programs for reimported osteoarthritis medications, known as viscosupplements, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today.
