News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that on April 14, 2017, Jason John Kahler, 42, of Lincoln, was sentenced to 14 years (168 months) in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: A former office manager of a small dental practice in Mason City, Iowa, who stole nearly $500,000 from her employer over the course of almost a decade, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Ernest L. Chambliss (45, Englewood) to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. A federal jury found him guilty on Dec. 2, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - With the deadline for filing income tax returns rapidly approaching, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia Field Office, IRS Criminal Investigation Division, jointly announced a warning to those who are thinking about breaking the law by committing tax crimes including a listing of recent tax fraud prosecutions and sentences.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced a federal indictment charging SCOTT FRANCIS FORTIER, 38, with production and possession of child pornography. FORTIER was indicted on April 12, 2017, and will make his initial appearance in United States District Court later this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: The criminal fraud and related convictions of William B. Aossey, Jr.; Jalel Aossey; and Midamar Corporation, all of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, were upheld today by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Yi Liu, a/k/a “Ronnie", 28, Orange County, CA, was charged in a criminal complaint alleging that he conspired to defraud Enterprise Holding, a St. Louis, Missouri-based company. He was arrested in California on Thursday, April 13. His detention hearing has been set for Monday morning, April 17 in the Central District of California at the Santa Ana Federal Courthouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Unauthorized Access of Former Employer’s Networks.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that two active duty service members of the United States Air Force have been charged with sex offenses alleged to have occurred on the Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware. Airman First...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: Come celebrate National Park Week at Natchez National Historical Park with free house tours at Melrose the next two weekends: Saturday and Sunday, April 15th and 16th, and Saturday and Sunday, April 22nd and 23rd. Tours of the mansion begin at 10:00 and 11:00 am and at 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00 p.m. The grounds and slave exhibit are open all day free of charge. At the William Johnson House on State Street, self-guided tours of the family home are always free of charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: Four defendants were arrested today on charges of securities fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy for their involvement in schemes to fraudulently manipulate the stock of BioCube, Inc. (BioCube), a U.S. publicly traded company, and to launder approximately $2 million in illegal proceeds using...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: Honolulu - The National Park Service and the United States Navy will conduct the interment of USS Arizona Survivor Raymond Haerry from 5:00 to 6:00 PM on Saturday, April 15, 2017 at the USS Arizona Memorial. Haerry died on Sept. 27, 2016 in West Warwick, R.I., aged 94.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - An Indian national pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering for his role in liquidating and laundering victim payments generated through various telephone fraud and money laundering schemes via India-based call centers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of an charging Verdell Terria Jones (53, Jacksonville) with 10 counts of possession of counterfeit government checks. If convicted, she faces up to 25 years in federal prison on each of count. Jones was arrested...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: Crimes Committed Within a Period of Hours.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Beau Shields, 30, of South Barre, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender as required by the federal Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: Rhonda Coleman, 56, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by Indictment unsealed today with nineteen counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of materially false income tax returns, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. According to the Indictment, Coleman is the co-owner of P.C.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Meet the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore’s fire crew and learn about their jobs and equipment on April 22 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Porter County Expo Center as part of the Northwest Indiana Earth Day celebration. After completion of this hands-on program, children will receive their very own Junior Wildland Firefighter activity book and a Junior Wildland Firefighter patch. The 30 minute program will be repeated throughout the day.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeking Public Assistance Locating Kelechi Declan James, Offering $1,000 Reward for Information That Leads to Arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: Defendant Routed Benefits Meant for Others to Her Own Account and Address.
