News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Andrew Grivois, 32, of Presque Isle, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute bath salts. The defendant pled guilty to the charge on March 3, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: BOISE - United States Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that her office's Financial Litigation Unit collected more than $12.25 million in civil debts and criminal fines, assessments, and restitution for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2016. U.S. Attorney Olson stated that the Financial...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Eight men have been arrested and charged by indictment with two separate conspiracies involving the April 2, 2016 theft of over 23,000 Apple iPhones valued at approximately $6,791,636.81 from the Miami International Airport, LAN Storage facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: HONOLULU -- United States Attorney Florence T. Nakakuni (third from left in attached photo), Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent-in-Charge Joanna K. Ip (second from left), United States Marshal Gervin K. Miyamoto (fourth from left), Federal Bureau of Investigation Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin C. Khasigian will serve as the District Election Officer (DEO) for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections for the Eastern District of California. The DEO is responsible for overseeing complaints of election fraud and voting rights abuses in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces the availability of four water management plans in accordance with the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA). of 1992: Colusa County Water District, James Irrigation District, Lindmore Irrigation District and Sycamore Mutual Water Company.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An inspector at the Union City Community Development Agency (UCCDA) was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for conspiring with contractors to rig the selection process for home improvement, sidewalk replacement and other projects, causing losses of at least $307,000, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury today returned an indictment charging Ronald Anderson, age 48, of Suitland, Maryland, with kidnapping, murder of a federal officer, attempted murder of a federal officer, using and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, causing death by use of a firearm during a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Robert Twiss, age 58, of Earlton, New York, was charged yesterday with being a felon in unlawful possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Troy Markeith Griffin (38, Bradenton) guilty of conspiring to commit armed robbery, armed robbery, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of an armed robbery. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for February 7, 2017.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: The release of tiny insects to combat the invasive weed giant reed is paying off, according to a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) study.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Yesterday, a Kissimmee, Florida resident was sentenced to more than seventeen years in prison, after having been convicted at trial of wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Twenty-four individuals have been charged with federal drug and gun charges as a result of an investigation spanning two states and three North Central West Virginia counties, according to United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced IAN PARKER BICK, 21, of Danbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding investors of approximately $480,000. Judge Meyer ordered BICK to serve the first one year of his supervised release in home confinement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Rock Hall, Maryland, man today admitted stealing at least 40 pieces of art and bringing them to New Jersey to sell them, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ------ Acting United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA) Barbara M. Bowens and John Potterfield will lead the efforts of her Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Jose Gonzalez, age 34, of Glen Mills, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today in federal court on two counts of manufacturing child pornography, one count of distribution of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Wilkinsburg, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 96 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida- U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Samer Jamil Rashid (43, Fort Myers) to eight years and one month in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 or more kilograms of marijuana and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He pleaded guilty on June 10, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A federal inmate who was caught approximately a mile from Raleigh General Hospital pleaded guilty today, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Jody Ladd Dellenback, 30, entered his guilty plea to escape.
