News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Georgetown woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to embezzling over $60,000 from her former employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On April 10, 2017, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against twenty-six defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to the attempted armed robbery of Pinnacle Bank in Joplin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that an Indianapolis man was convicted of drug distribution, money laundering and bankruptcy fraud charges in federal court. Geraldo Colon, 48, was found guilty after a six-day jury trial before U.S District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RONNEL OMAR SANCHEZ-VILLAFRANCA, age 37, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: DENVER - Tayson Adam Hidalgo, age 23, of Sterling, Colorado, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson to serve 2 years’ probation during which he is to spend 200 hours doing community service for delay or destruction of the mail. Hidalgo was also ordered to pay restitution of $1,506.76 to the victims of his crime. The sentence was handed down today, Tuesday, April 11, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Travis Lemart Hayes (21, Clearwater) has pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and 83 other members of the U.S. House yesterday wrote President Trump encouraging him to commemorate the Armenian Genocide on April 24th.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. B A suspended Essex County, New Jersey, lawyer today admitted he failed to pay personal and employment payroll taxes, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a trash company pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with defrauding the operator of the Fall River Landfill out of approximately $473,000 in disposal fees.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: Edward W. Millstein, 54, and Susan P. Halpern, 58, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were charged today by Indictment1 with criminal tax offenses announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. Millstein and Halpern, who were a married couple, allegedly owe $444,225.53 for the taxable years 2007...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal jury today convicted a Calera man of possessing a firearm after previously being convicted of a felony, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Hyche.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the federal agency responsible for investigating instances where firearms are lost or stolen from federal firearms licensees (FFL), is releasing its Calendar Year (CY) 2016 FFL Thefts/Loss Report, available on the ATF website, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The fifth and final defendant charged with using credit and debit cards obtained from a series of cyberattacks on U.S. companies that resulted in an estimated $5 million in losses - and caused one victim company to go out of business - has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TERRELL TATE, age 26, and GEREME TATE, age 25, brothers from New Orleans, pled guilty today to being felons in possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to the attempted armed robbery of Pinnacle Bank in Joplin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alexandria man who ran multiple scams that defrauded numerous investors of over $2.3 million, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: Joshua Tree National Park just made it easier and faster to get into the park. The park is now offering a free mobile app which will allow visitors to prepay entrance fees. The app can be downloaded from the app store by searching, “JTNP Fee Pay: Park Pass". Visitors can use debit and credit cards, Pay...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Thursday, April 6, 2017, a federal jury found a Lebanon, Ore. woman guilty of wire fraud and theft. Jamie Faye Cobat, 52, was convicted of stealing approximately $29,000 in welfare benefits by making false claims about her household composition and resources.
