News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Erie, PA -After deliberating for little more than an hour, a federal jury has found Bola Peters guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Survey of Community Attitudes Towards Seattle Police Department Filed in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Reagan M. Taylor 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 Taylor...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that JIMMY DEWAYNE WHEAT, age 39, of Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, pled guilty to EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT IN INDIAN COUNTRY, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 661 and 1152, punishable by up to 1 year imprisonment, and up to a $100,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Cleveland, Tennessee-based Life Care Centers of America, Inc. (Life Care) and its owner, Forrest L. Preston, have agreed to pay $145 million to resolve a government lawsuit alleging that Life Care violated the False Claims Act by knowingly causing skilled nursing facilities (SNFs)...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Work is complete on what could be the largest cat-proof fence in the United States, designed to protect the federally endangered ‘ua‘u, or Hawaiian petrel, from the birds’ primary threat: feral cats.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: MANSFIELD, Ohio - The absence of adequate machine safe guards led to an amputation and other machine-related injuries at a Mansfield manufacturer of parts used by automobile, motorcycle and appliance brands. One of these injuries involved a 22-year-old temporary employee who suffered the partial amputation of two fingers on his left hand on his first day of work.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA- On Oct. 21, 2016, Lloyd Cortez Horne, age 28, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 60 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Horne was ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
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...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Survey Finds Increased Approval Rating for Seattle Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Irvine man pleaded guilty today in federal court to charges of illegally flying on two separate occasions turbo-jet powered aircraft with passengers onboard without having a valid license.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two individuals from Cumberland County, New Jersey, were each sentenced today for planning to destroy a historic diner that they owned in Bridgeton, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Company Must Enter 5-Year Chain-wide Corporate Integrity Agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - William Albert Engel, Jr., age 40, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to interstate transportation of stolen goods in connection with a scheme to steal property from shopping mall kiosks and sell it online.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
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...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina Leading Local Efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney David A. Capp announced that a federal grand jury in Hammond returned a 6 count indictment charging Monique Bowling aka Monique Boyd, 44, of Merrillville, Indiana with one count of theft from local government receiving federal funds, one count of aggravated identity theft and four counts of mail fraud.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today appointed three members and three alternates to serve on the Hass Avocado Board. The appointees will serve three-year terms beginning Nov. 1, 2016 and ending on Oct. 31, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Shaquana Quenella Brookins (31, Jacksonville) today pleaded guilty to sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion; conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cocaine base; and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. She faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, up to life, in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Parallel Resolutions with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Brazilian Authorities Equaling $97 Million in Disgorgement Also Announced Today.
