News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - A federal jury today delivered its verdicts against seven defendants charged with conspiracy, possession of firearms on federal property, and theft during the 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Jurors found Ammon Bundy, Shawna Cox, David Lee Fry, Jeff Wayne...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Eugene Willis (22, Orlando), Sedrick Lamar Hamilton (24, Orlando), and Justin Deontae Crumpton (18, Orlando) with carjacking and firearms offenses. If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was charged today with possession with intent to distribute illegal narcotics, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that CLYDEDORO GRAHAM was sentenced in White Plains federal court to 270 months in prison for kidnapping a 19-year-old victim (the “Victim"), conspiring to engage in sex trafficking of the Victim, and attempting...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Following a law enforcement operation this morning, led by officers with the Lubbock Police Department and special agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), three Lubbock, Texas, residents were arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging them with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, a highly potent synthetic opioid.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: (ALBANY, N.Y. - Shukri Abdullah, 44, of Albany, New York, pled guilty Thursday to possessing synthetic cannabinoids with the intent to distribute them.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Eugene Willis (22, Orlando), Sedrick Lamar Hamilton (24, Orlando), and Justin Deontae Crumpton (18, Orlando) with carjacking and firearms offenses. If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Co-defendant to be sentenced in December.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: MONEE, Ill. - The absence of safety pins in two hydraulic leg stands and the failure to use stationary jacks allowed a mobile medical trailer to fall and fatally crush a 58-year-old electrician on his first day working on the job for an Illinois manufacturer of custom trailers and specialty vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that three people have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer, and for Accessory After the Fact.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Lancaster County man was sentenced yesterday on felony computer hacking charges related to his illegal access of over 100 Apple and Google e-mail accounts, including those belonging to members of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A former Huntsville physician, who was the nation’s highest Medicare prescriber of opioid painkillers at the height of his practice, pleaded guilty today in federal court to illegally prescribing controlled substances and to health care fraud involving $9.5 million in unneeded and unused urine tests, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Dr. Michael J. Larson, a veterinarian who owns and operates IBEX Pre-Clinical Research, Inc., in Logan, has agreed to pay the United States $200,000 in civil penalties to resolve allegations involving the handling of controlled substances at the Logan business. The company is involved in conducting orthopedic surgical studies on a variety of laboratory animal species for pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Holly L. Nivens, 31, of Niles, Michigan was sentenced before Judge Jon E. DeGuilio, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in excess of 500 grams.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - In anticipation of the upcoming general elections, United States Attorney John W. Huber announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Lake Dishman will lead the efforts of his office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day program for the Nov. 8, 2016, general...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Zuleyka Jeanette Colon-Rivera (25, Orlando) guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute heroin, and three counts of distributing and possessing with the intent to distribute heroin. She faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. The sentencing has been set for January 5, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Following a law enforcement operation this morning, led by officers with the Lubbock Police Department and special agents with the Drug Enforcement (DEA), three Lubbock, Texas residents were arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging them with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, a highly potent synthetic opioid.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Marc Broidy, the founder, Principal, and Chief Executive Officer of Broidy Wealth Advisors, LLC, was arrested earlier today on charges of securities fraud. Broidy allegedly schemed to defraud his clients by withdrawing over $640,000 in excess management fees and then misappropriating more than $865,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Zane David Memeger announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Tomika N.S. Patterson will lead the efforts of the Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections. AUSA Tomika...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: The Cascade River Road will close at the Eldorado gate (mile marker 20) on Monday, Oct. 31, 2016. The area receives large amounts of precipitation during the winter months and is prone to mud and snow slides. The road will reopen in the spring after accumulated debris has been removed.
