News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Emmanuel Lamar Bellamy, age 29, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of a quantity of marijuana, cocaine, cocaine base and oxycodone...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - A Roanoke man pled guilty this morning to a pair of federal charges related to cocaine distribution and illegal firearms possession, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - As the result of a national FBI investigation, James Gaver, 71, of Kettering, Ohio, and Robert Phelps, 49, of Jackson Center, Ohio each pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in separate cases to possession of child pornography involving prepubescent minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former Mayor of South El Monte was sentenced today to one year and one day in federal prison for taking bribes from a contractor doing business with the city - in one instance accepting a bribe during an FBI undercover operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Todd Shorey, 52, of Newport, Maine, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: Law enforcement agencies across Iowa continue to make the area safer by addressing the problem of gun crime and violence. Acting United States Attorney Sean R. Berry announced charges and arrests in seventeen recent federal gun cases at a press conference held at the United States Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a two-count indictment charging Jeffrey Mills, 48, of Buffalo, NY, with obstructing justice. The charge carries a maximum of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - A federal inmate at United States Penitentiary at Lee County faces additional federal prison time after pleading guilty this morning to resisting and assaulting a corrections officer, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Thomas “Justin" Palmer has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his role in the operation of the massive pill mill run by Dr. Xiulu Ruan and Dr. John Patrick Couch.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: Energy & Process Corp. Agrees to Pay $4.6 Million for Alleged False Claims Regarding Defective Steel Rebar and Quality Control Failures in Nuclear Waste Treatment Facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Addictive prescription drugs that are thrown away or left untended on shelves and in drawers at home are often stolen and either abused or sold by family members and visitors. That’s why the DEA and thousands of its state, local, and tribal law enforcement and community partners are holding another Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 29, from 10 am to 2 pm, at over 5,000 sites around the country. The service is free of charge, no questions asked.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Glenda Cane, 47, and Shalisa Robinson, 31, both of Houston, Texas, have been sentenced for their role in a pill mill operation that operated during parts of 2013-2015, announced United States Attorney John R. Parker.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: Lamar Cox, 73, of Nashville, Tenn., former Chief Operating Officer and Board of Directors member of now defunct Tennessee Commerce Bank (TCB), pleaded guilty on April 21, 2017, to causing the bank to make a false statement to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), announced Jack Smith, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. TCB was closed by federal regulators on Jan. 27, 2012, due to its failing financial condition.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: Lymon, who was Prosecuted under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative, Will Serve 18-Year Sentence Consecutive to 20-Year Sentence Imposed on April 5, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: The Fremont County ATV Association, Rim Rock Riders 4-H Club and Bureau of Land Management Lander Field Office will hold their annual cleanup of public lands at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 6, in the Government Draw area east of Lander.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Information has been filed in federal court charging an Allegheny County resident with one count of embezzlement and theft of Labor Union assets and five counts of income tax evasion, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: General aviation pilots can now prepare to fly under BasicMed without holding a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) medical certificate as long as they meet certain requirements. They can fly under BasicMed beginning on May 1, the effective date of the January 10 final rule. It offers pilots an alternative to the FAA's medical qualification process for third class medical certificates, while keeping general aviation pilots safe and flying affordable.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a two-count indictment charging Jeffrey Mills, 48, of Buffalo, NY, with obstructing justice. The charge carries a maximum of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Following a two-day trial in U.S. District Court, on April 20, 2017, Lamont Darnell Fortune, 36, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute, and possess with the intent to distribute, 280 grams or more of crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: Criminal activity took place during a two-year period.
