News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 37-year-old legal permanent resident from Lebanon who resides in Houston has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to traffic in the interstate transportation of stolen goods, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Wassim Hassan Elsaleh aka Sam Saleh pleaded guilty Feb. 11, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Former California State Senator Ronald S. Calderon was sentenced today to 3½ years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a federal corruption charge and admitting that he accepted tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for performing official acts as a legislator.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former resident of Orange County who now lives in northern San Diego County has been found guilty of tax evasion and lying to the IRS after applying for a passport in a false name as he attempted to flee from the prosecution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Alexis Fontanez Nieves (29, Orlando) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute heroin. He faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Larry Pyos, Jr., of Burke, was convicted late yesterday by a federal jury on charges related to multiple armed robberies of businesses in Fairfax County and Falls Church. Pyos will be sentenced on Jan. 13, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Brea man who operated rehabilitation clinics in Walnut, Torrance and Los Angeles has been convicted by a federal jury of defrauding Medicare out of millions of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Criminal charges were filed this morning in Newport News against four men for their alleged involvement in a large-scale cocaine trafficking conspiracy. When the men were arrested on Thursday law enforcement officers seized approximately 54 kilograms (119 pounds) of cocaine and 100 bundles of shrink wrapped cash containing $5,000 to $10,000 each.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Spokane, Wash. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Vantage to Pomona Heights Transmission Line Project with alternative routes located in Benton, Grant, Kittitas, and Yakima counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Alleged Architect of $30 Million Mortgage Relief Fraud Scheme and Four Others Indicted in Conspiracy to Defraud Banks and Homeowners.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Ellensburg, Wash. -- Effective Oct. 31, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Big Pines recreation site within the Yakima River Canyon will be partially closed to camping. This is a seasonal closure that will be in effect each year until spring. There will still be 21 campsites available for public camping...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jason Edwards, 32, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 15 years in prison on charges stemming from an incident last Halloween in Northeast Washington in which he shot a man, U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA -- Cathedral Henderson, 51, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Court Judge J. Randal Hall, in Augusta, Georgia, to 27 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for falsifying the medical records of hundreds of veterans. After a week-long trial earlier this year, a jury convicted Henderson on all counts.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: In response to growing demand for credible, unbiased information about developing small hydropower projects in Alaska, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy hosted the first-ever DOE Tribal Hydropower Forum in Anchorage on Sept. 21, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: DENVER - Eight members of the Bloods street gang have been indicted by a federal grand jury this week on charges of Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering (VICAR), Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Ken Croke, Denver Police Chief ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Dauphin County couple was indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 19, 2016, for social security fraud, harboring an illegal alien and confiscating a passport for forced labor and services.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - The President and owner of North American Power Group Ltd. (NAPG) pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of filing a False Claim against the United States, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas -Acting United States Attorney Brit Featherston and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joe Arabit announced today that DEA will reprise one of its most popular community programs this weekend: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday October 22 between...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Defendant Fired Seven Shots at Victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Waubay, South Dakota, man has been charged with the federal offense of Misprision of a Felony by an Indictment filed Aug. 16, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 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. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
