News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Other Defendants Charged or Sentenced for Similar Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that CRAIG DUANE GREENLEE, age 34, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for WIRE FRAUD, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Now that Americans are getting into crunch time with tax filing season, I want to begin today’s hearing by discussing what usually happens when early April rolls around each year.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 21-year old resident of Mercedes has entered a guilty plea to one count of receipt of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Three restaurant owners were charged yesterday in a superseding indictment with tax fraud in connection with the operation of three Boston-area restaurants.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A Massachusetts man who formerly resided in McAllen has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of one count of access with intent to view child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. James Patrick Burke, 39, was a former special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and pleaded guilty June 2, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: DENVER - Clayton Emery Catlin, age 44, was arrested yesterday in Highlands Ranch without incident for bank robbery, Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and FBI Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Calvin Shivers announced. Catlin made his initial appearance before a Magistrate in U.S. District Court in...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -- A federal grand jury returned a 12-count indictment late Wednesday afternoon charging Terry Charles Diehl, age 61, of Salt Lake City, with filing false declarations and concealing assets in connection with his Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Diehl is a Utah real estate developer and former board member of the Utah Transit Authority.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DASHAWN LEWIS, age 39; MARK RICHBURG, age 36; LEO CATCHINGS, age 38; NATHAN BALLANSAW III, age 65, all of New Orleans; and, MICHAEL HOLMES, age 37, of Avondale, were indicted today by a federal grand jury for charges of conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine hydrochloride, and cocaine base; possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and other offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: David Q. Givhan, aka “Premier," 35, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was sentenced yesterday to 235 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge David J. Hale, after being convicted by jury of one count of sex trafficking and three counts of interstate transportation for prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley sentenced Dumitru Martin, 55, of Romania, today to 13 years in prison for conspiracy to commit bribery and bribery of a public official, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Dear Acting Administrator Horne: We understand that, as of Jan. 20, 2017, the General Services Administration (GSA) no longer feels obligated to respond to requests for information by Ranking Members of the Congressional committees with legislative and oversight jurisdiction over your agency and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced today that the third charged defendant has been convicted of engaging in a scheme to burglarize gun stores. O’NEAL THOMPSON, age 21, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Shelly D. Dick to...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s April 2017 Total Water Supply Available (TWSA) forecast for the Yakima Basin indicates that the water supply will fully satisfy senior and junior water rights this irrigation season.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - With the deadline for filing income tax returns rapidly approaching, Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez and Special Agent in Charge D. Richard Goss of IRS - Criminal Investigation (CI) have jointly announced seven newly-charged tax return preparers as well as a significant sentencing and delivered a warning to those who are thinking about breaking the law by committing tax crimes.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: APRIL 6, 2017 - The U.S. Census Bureau released today estimates from the Survey of Market Absorption in a report titled, This survey, conducted on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, measures how soon privately financed, nonsubsidized, unfurnished units in buildings with five or more units are rented or sold (absorbed) after completion. Data regarding the number of bedrooms, asking rent and asking price are also collected.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney G. F. “Pete" Peterman, III announces that Antonio Riggins, age 35, of Columbus, GA, and Steven Scott, aged 49, also of Columbus, were sentenced today for their roles in a Balfour Jewelry store burglary that occurred on Fort Benning on Nov. 14, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: On April 4, 2017, three southern Illinois and one Missouri resident were charged with a methamphetamine offense, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: The DOE-funded Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC) is offering a free public webinar that will discuss the formulation of classic optimization problems in power systems in continuous time, considering the optimal power flow and the unit commitment problem in particular. The motivation behind this discussion is the scarcity of ramping resources and their increasing importance.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARIO PASCUAL AQUINO, 36, formerly of Torrington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme.
