News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Yunier Hurtado-de-Armas, 30, a resident of Houston and native of Cuba, was sentenced on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, to 13 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for transportation of six illegal aliens, U. S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today. Hurtado was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Anthony Lepore, John Rife, and Brian Domalik, the former President, Regional Vice President, and Division Manager for Rite Way Service, Inc., were convicted by a federal jury yesterday on conspiracy, bribery and honest services fraud charges after a nearly two-week jury trial. The charges were brought in connection with a multi-year scheme to bribe a public official who was employed with DeKalb County government and the Georgia World Congress Center Authority.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a former Joplin, Mo., police officer has pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the civil rights of a woman he arrested by attempting to get her case dismissed in exchange for a sexual relationship.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jordan Hildalgo, 25, who was convicted of Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy, was sentenced to 262 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also sentenced to 240 months for assaulting a federal officer while in custody. The sentences will be served concurrently.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Justin Frank Clark, 28, formerly of Stafford, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for attempting to coerce and entice a minor. Clark was also sentenced to 10 years of supervised release and ordered to register as a sex offender upon release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury in Austin has indicted three individuals, including 28-year-old Chimene Hamilton Onyeri of Houston, for their roles in fraud and racketeering schemes that involved the attempted capital murder of State District Court Judge Julie Kocurek in November of last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: KETTERING, Ohio - In the past year, federal, state and local law enforcement partnerships in the southwestern Ohio have seized more than 35 kilograms of heroin and ten kilograms of fentanyl, and charged 96 people federally in 47 cases with trafficking heroin, including charging two people with providing the heroin that killed someone.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Tyrone Brown, 24, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to RICO Conspiracy in connection with two deadly shootings before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine. The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: Springdale, UT- Zion National Park is heading into its late fall season. Striking fall colors and beautiful weather make it a great time to visit the park. It is also the time of year that the park shuttle service makes changes to its schedule.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: Alabama Pill Mill Doctor Charged with Illegal Prescribing and Health Care Fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of September 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: DeShawn C. Carlisle, 20, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced in federal district court on Sept. 22, 2016, in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 21 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and a $250 fine, for unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - As designated by Presidential proclamation, September 18 through 24 is National Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week. In observance, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida is participating in several events throughout October to educate students on the rising public health crisis of opiate abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Ardit Ferizi, aka Th3Dir3ctorY, 20, a citizen of Kosovo, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and accessing a protected computer without authorization and obtaining information in order to provide material support to ISIL.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: Oyster Bay, NY - Sagamore Hill National Historic Site hosted the naturalization of 75 new citizens on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. In honor of Constitution Day and the National Park Service Centennial, this ceremony was held at Theodore Roosevelt’s Long Island home instead of the Alfonse D’Amato Federal Courthouse in Central Islip.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: Defendants Also Sentenced for Roles in Separate Assault Cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle, along with Federal Bureau of (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Michael Harpster and U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, announced today that Chasing the Dragon: The Life of an Opiate Addict, a documentary about the dangers of prescription opioid and heroin abuse, has been distributed to high school superintendents across Eastern Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Kovakevich today sentenced Tiana Lise to 28 months in federal prison for theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft. The Court also entered a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of $8,000, representing the proceeds of the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Robert Blake Jackson, 31, of Pensacola, pled guilty today to making materially false statements in a federal investigation. The guilty plea was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A Las Vegas man, Jerry Ba Nguyen, who was a passenger on American Airlines flight 2542 early yesterday morning in route from Ontario, California, to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, which was diverted to Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport, has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with interference with a flight crew, announced U.S Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
