News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - John Christopher Ware, aka “Little Chris," 45, formerly of Dallas but now residing in Houston, appeared yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle and pleaded guilty to a drug distribution conspiracy stemming from his operation of several “pill mills" in north Texas. The plea was announced by Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of Dallas’ DEA Division and John Parker U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller sentenced Michael Tamblin, 52, of Manteca, to 11 years and three months in prison today for transporting child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Defendants Two of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Shavonne Saxon, age 29, a Kingston, Pennsylvania resident, was indicted on April 25, 2017, by a federal grand jury on crack cocaine trafficking, cocaine trafficking, and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Mr. Chairman, I welcome this hearing as the Crime Subcommittee continues its oversight of the components of the Department of Justice that advance the Department’s law enforcement mission.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Stole contents of packages while working as a drug interdiction task force officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CARLOS ALBERTO DEOSA-MUNERA, 57, a citizen of Colombia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 16 months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man today admitted filing false tax returns and structuring cash payments to avoid reporting requirements, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Kassandra Whylly, 21, and Thomas Porter, Jr., 20, both of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to financial institution fraud before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charges carry a maximum sentence 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Three Rio Grande Valley residents have been convicted for their roles in receiving illegal kickback payments in exchange for the referral of patients, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Epati Malauulu, 42, of Suisun City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 20 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Two Former Arkansas Juvenile Detention Officers Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Assaulting Juvenile Detainees.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Sabrina Morgan, 39, of Jeddito, Ariz., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a larceny charge arising out of her theft of cash belonging to a commercial business located in Naschitti, N.M.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Hilton Murdock Aitch, age 56, of Houston, Texas was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to serve a total of 150 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2016 to his role in the conspiracy to rob Tilak Jewelers in Irving, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Four defendants, including two sober home owners, the clinical director of a substance abuse treatment center, and a sales representative for multiple diagnostic laboratories were sentenced to prison for their participation in a health care fraud scheme that involved the filing of fraudulent insurance claim forms and licensing documentation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A north suburban chiropractor and his brother and father have been sentenced to federal prison terms in connection with a phony billing scheme that bilked insurance carriers out of more than $10.8 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, man who was arrested yesterday while robbing a Wells Fargo Bank made his initial appearance today in federal court, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Brookline, Mass. - John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site (NHS) opens for its 50th anniversary year on Friday, May 19, 2017. Visitor hours in 2017 are from 9:30 AM until 5:00 PM daily through the summer months. Guided tours of JFK’s birthplace will be available on the hour and the half hour. On Monday, May 29, 2017, the actual centennial of JFK’s birth, the site is offering special programs, commemorations and self-guided tours of the president’s birthplace.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A north suburban chiropractor and his brother and father have been sentenced to federal prison terms in connection with a phony billing scheme that bilked insurance carriers out of more than $10.8 million.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers' Memorial Day on April 28 at various events throughout the country, including New York.
