News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that TIMOTHY RAY CANNON, age 39, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, pled guilty to FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2250(a)(1), 2250(a)(2)(B) and 2250(a)(3), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Providence-based skilled nursing facility operator Health Concepts, Ltd., and its Chief Operating Officer, John Gage, have agreed to pay $2.2 million to resolve allegations concerning inflated Medicare claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An individual found by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Illegal Reentry After Deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky - Lawrence J. O’Bryan, a business owner from Louisville, Ky., admitted in federal court today that he participated in a kickback scheme involving the former Secretary of the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet, Timothy Longmeyer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former mayor of Lawrence admitted Wednesday that he embezzled thousands of dollars from a food bank in Douglas County, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that JACOB AUSTIN DUNCAN, age 26, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, pled guilty to POSSESSION OF UNREGISTERED FIREARM (DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE), in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Sections 5861(d), 5841 and 5871, punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $10,000 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - An Illinois man pled guilty yesterday to felony computer hacking related to a phishing scheme that gave him illegal access to over 300 Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts, including those belonging to members of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GEORGE SANCHEZ, also known as “Little G," 22, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 33 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for firearm and drug offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A former employee of a pain management clinic was charged today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a scheme to falsify patient medical records in order to obtain payments from the Medicare program and commercial insurance companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - The Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded grants totaling $499,899 to create safer neighborhoods through a reduced in gang violence and gun crime. The awards are funded under the 2016 Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction (Project Safe Neighborhoods) Program. The goal of PSN is to create safer neighborhoods by focusing on in gang violence and gun crime.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Dear Commissioner Hicks, Mr. Newby, and Mr. Tatum...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Matthew Ring, 32, of Farmers Branch, Texas, charged with one count of damaging property of a reproductive health services facility plead guilty Sept. 27, 2016, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Renee Harris Toliver, announced U.S. Attorney John R. Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for distributing heroin and illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced today a settlement with Camp Treetops, a residential summer camp in Lake Placid, New York, under title III of the Americans With Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12181- 12189 (ADA). Title III prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in places of public accommodation, including summer camps. Individuals with insulin-dependent diabetes fall within the protection of the ADA.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Lee’s Summit, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a conspiracy that used hundreds of fraudulent prescriptions to obtain tens of thousands of oxycodone pills.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Two male Miami Gardens residents have been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robberies, Hobbs Act robberies, and brandishing firearms in furtherance of crimes of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - George Begay, 47, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Fruitland, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge. The guilty plea was entered without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today recognized 34 of the nation's leading builders at the 2016 Housing Innovation Awards during the Energy and Environmental Building Alliance's Excellence in Building Conference in Dallas, Texas. The winners were selected by a diverse panel of builders, architects, and industry professionals for their outstanding accomplishments in designing and building Zero Energy-Ready Homes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Search Warrant at His Home Locates Large Cache of Child Pornography.
