News published on Federal Newswire in October 2016

News from October 2016


News Release: ATLANTA - Robert E. Windsor, an Atlanta-area physician, has been sentenced to federal prison for filing over $1.1 million in false claims for surgical monitoring services that he did not perform.


Syracuse Man Sentenced for Burglary of Nedrow Gun Store

News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Leron T. Ross, 25, of Syracuse, New York was sentenced to serve sixty months (five years) in prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release for his burglary of a Nedrow gun store, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Ashan M. Benedict.


News Release: BOSTON - The President of Telexfree, Inc., a pyramid scheme that was disguised as an internet telecom company, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Worcester today.


News Release: HELENA - Judge Sam E. Haddon issued an order today finding that the United States Forest Service possesses an easement by prescription on behalf of itself and the public for use of Forest Service Trail No. 328, commonly known as the Indian Creek Trail, in the Madison Ranger District of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. This popular trail provides public access into the Lee Metcalf Wilderness.


St. Croix Man Charged in Firearm Possession Case

News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Karim Woodley, 39, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, was arraigned today before U.S. Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon after being charged in a three-count information with possession of a firearm by felon, possession of a firearm near a school and unauthorized firearm possession, United...



News Release: United States Attorney, Donald S. Boyce, announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA), Norman R. Smith, will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections. AUSA Smith has...


Former Bakersfield Police Detective Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Patrick Mara, 36, of Bakersfield, formerly a detective with the Bakersfield Police Department, was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for a conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: Kevin Koliner named the point person to oversee any potential election fraud complaints.


United States Attorney Statement Relating to November 2016 Elections

News Release: United States Attorney Ripley Rand announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Robert M. Hamilton will lead the efforts of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the...


Six Indicted in Child Sex Trafficking Conspiracy – Face Life in Prison if Convicted

News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Six individuals, most with ties to the Polywood Crips street gang in Fort Worth, Texas, have been charged in a federal indictment with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, sex trafficking of children, sex trafficking through force, fraud or coercion and related offenses. Three additional...


News Release: BOISE - Keith Condict, 42, of Gig Harbor, Washington, pleaded guilty today to misdemeanor possession of an identification document with the intent to defraud the United States, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.


Lexington Doctor Guilty Of Fentanyl Distribution

News Release: (CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose announced that James Randall Long, MD, 56, of Lexington, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer and pleaded guilty to unlawful distribution of Fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance. Dr. Long admitted today in court that...



News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Kelly Cavanaugh will lead the efforts of the United States Attorney’s Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November...


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Larceny.


Vinton Woman Who Provided Rifle Used in Fatal Shooting Sentenced to 46 Months Imprisonment

News Release: A woman who illegally provided a rifle to her minor child was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison.


Berks County Man Indicted For Witness Tampering

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Harrisburg returned an indictment on Oct. 19, 2016 against William Papoutsis, Jr., age 34, for tampering with a witness in a federal trial.


News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- Rhasheel Charles, 30, of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, made his initial appearance in District Court today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after being charged in a criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today. Charles was remanded into the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending preliminary and detention hearings on Oct. 25, 2016, at 1:30 p.m.


November 2016 General Election

News Release: United States Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Stephanie I. Sprecher will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections. AUSA Sprecher...