News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that Jeffrey Lavone Shaw of Fairhope was arrested on charges returned by a federal grand Jury in February 2017. The charges include Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine and Use of a Cellphone...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation will present water supply conditions in the Bighorn Basin and discuss the agency's proposed spring operating plan for Yellowtail Dam/Bighorn Lake at a public meeting on Thursday, April 13, 2017. Additionally, the Bighorn River System Issues Group will discuss the river and reservoir aquatic health and operating criteria for Yellowtail Dam.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Abel Lopez, 31, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court to bank robbery charges. His plea agreement includes a recommendation that Lopez be sentenced within the range of 27 to 33 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore selects Marcel Plathe as the Volunteer of the Year for 2016. This annual award goes to the volunteer who best demonstrates exceptional commitment to public service and volunteerism while working at the Seashore.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - Margaret Temponeras, 52, of Portsmouth, Ohio, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Temponeras owned the Unique Pain Management Clinic in Wheelersburg, Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND- Acting United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced that Leroy Robinson, 39, of Hammond, Indiana was sentenced before Judge Rudy Lozano for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Fraud totaled around $2 million over a 13-year period.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MICHAEL SPEARS, age 53, of New Orleans, was indicted today by a federal grand jury for one count of making false statements and one count of aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA -Dereck Cyrus and Chuck Sandford have been arraigned on conspiracy and mail fraud charges for running a false invoicing scheme that caused the restaurant chain Panda Express to send them over a million dollars in fraudulent payments.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service is seeking information from the public concerning the theft of a 2011 Polaris Ranger UTV, similar to the one show above. The theft occurred sometime in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 1, 2017, from Mount Rainier National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal criminal complaint was filed today charging Maryland State Senator Nathaniel Thomas Oaks, age 70, of Baltimore, Maryland, with honest services wire fraud for allegedly accepting illegal payments in exchange for using his official position or influence to benefit an individual...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A federal grand jury in Providence on Thursday returned a two-count indictment charging Willy D. Espinal, 32, and Laura G. Martinez, 23, of Providence, with trafficking 5 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated $150,000, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch and Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal criminal complaint was filed today charging Maryland State Senator Nathaniel Thomas Oaks, age 70, of Baltimore, Maryland, with honest services wire fraud for allegedly accepting illegal payments in exchange for using his official position or influence to benefit an individual...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA -Dereck Cyrus and Chuck Sandford have been arraigned on conspiracy and mail fraud charges for running a false invoicing scheme that caused the restaurant chain Panda Express to send them over a million dollars in fraudulent payments.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Yesterday, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and 37 House members sent a letter to President Trump demanding the removal of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner, John Koskinen. The letter highlights how Koskinen provided false testimony before Congress and his obstruction of the congressional investigation into the IRS targeting of conservative political groups.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Bernadette Aurora Tapia, 49, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 21 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that ZHENGQUAN ZHANG, a/k/a “Zheng Quan Zhang," a/k/a “Jim Z.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced the following schedule update for the Elkmont Historic District demolition project.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted eight defendants with charges ranging from soliciting and accepting bribes in connection with State of California construction contracts, to conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with a federal construction contract, and making...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Two Kansas men were charged Thursday with shooting and killing a golden eagle, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
