News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that WILLIAM J. WELLS was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 46 months in prison for securities and wire fraud charges stemming from his scheme to defraud more than 30 investors, including friends, colleagues...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., tax preparer pleaded guilty in federal court today to aiding in the preparation of 51 fraudulent income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Michael Prisner, Ewing, Missouri, was sentenced to 42 months in prison on charges involving his possession of child pornography between April and June 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: LANSING, Ill. - For a Joliet construction contractor in business more than 50 years, the dangers of working in an unprotected trench should be nothing new. Yet, the company's history of allowing employees to work in unsafe trenches continues - this time to excavate utility lines 7-feet deep in June 2016 at a Torrence Avenue job site.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Sean Stinson, 32, of El Paso, Texas, made his initial appearance today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., on a criminal complaint charging him with using interstate communications to threaten the lives and safety of Las Cruces Police Department (LCPD) officers. Stinson remains in custody pending a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing, which have not yet been scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Raja Chellappa, of St. Louis County, pled guilty to two counts of wire fraud in connection with his solicitation and acceptance of a fictitious “buyer’s premium" as part of a 2015 commercial real estate transaction.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Minnesota Man Admits to the Murder of Jacob Wetterling.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Raphael D. Person Jr., 31, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to a total of 506 months in prison and ordered to pay a total of $23,900 in restitution for his role in a conspiracy to rob two people who had posted vehicles for sale on Craigslist. Person helped plan the robberies and fired a gun during each one.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia (USADC) requesting a review of evidence that may amount to obstruction of justice and destruction of evidence by Secretary Clinton and her employees and contractors.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-A federal jury in Greenville, North Carolina, has convicted Oceanic Illsabe Limited, Oceanfleet Shipping Limited and two of their employees of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS), obstruction of justice, false statements, witness tampering and conspiracy, announced Assistant...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Gettysburg, Pa. (September 5, 2016) -Beginning today, September 6,the Eternal Light Peace Memorial at Gettysburg National Military Park will close for a months-long preservation project. National Park Service preservation experts from the Historic Preservation Training Center will dismantle and reset...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kingman Field Office is seeking public comments on the Bagdad Mine Stockpile Extension Environmental Assessment (EA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Yannier Arias to eight years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy, aggravated identity theft, and access device fraud. The Court also ordered him to forfeit $17,343.62, which is traceable to proceeds of the offenses. A federal jury found Arias guilty on April 21, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: DOJ-Sponsored Conference Promotes Collaborative Approach to Addressing the Needs of Victims of Crime in Indian Country in Arizona, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: A former Detroit Public Schools (DPS) vendor and former Assistant Superintendent of Specialized Student Services were sentenced today for their roles in an illegal bribery and kickback scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 26-year-old Tobyhanna resident pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion in Scranton, to distribution and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jeremy Lillie, age 32, of Melrose, New York, pled guilty today to distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Kennan Dozier, 58, of Brentwood, Tenn., pleaded guilty on Sept. 2, 2016, to criminal contempt of court, for violating a Temporary Restraining Order issued by the U.S. District Court, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Oscar Anchondo Prosecuted under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Joseph S. Heleniak, 72, of West Seneca, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 120 months in prison and lifetime supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
