News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Patrick Begay, 43, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Churchrock, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 216 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his conviction on an abusive sexual contact charge. Begay will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - Two men, one a correctional officer at the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail in Abingdon, who agreed to smuggle a variety of contraband items into the facility pled guilty today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon to federal public corruption charges, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON - The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund of Washington, DC, was recognized by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and was presented with the TSA Disability and Multicultural Coalition Partnership Award during the agency’s 15th Annual Disability and Multicultural Coalition Conference held in Arlington, Virginia, today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: PHH Corp., PHH Mortgage Corp. and PHH Home Loans (collectively, PHH) have agreed to pay the United States $74,453,802 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting mortgage loans insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: An onslaught of the weed Palmer amaranth in the southeastern United States has left many farmers wondering if they should continue using environmentally friendly cover crops and conservation tillage, or switch to conventional tillage.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Butler, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of embezzling from a federally insured bank, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Bruce E. Kenney, III, 61, of Norfolk, Virginia, was sentenced today to 21 months incarceration on each of the two counts, to be served concurrently, for wire and tax fraud charges, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- Storage levels in Fresno and Nelson Reservoirs are near expected minimum elevations for the season. Both facilities primarily store water for irrigation and municipal use for the Milk River Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: Sometimes a light touch is best: When you're telling a joke or hammering a tiny finishing nail into a wall, a gentle delivery often succeeds most effectively. Research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) suggests it also may be true in the microscopic world of computer memory, where a team of scientists may have found that subtlety solves some of the issues with a novel memory switch.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A Shelby County woman pleaded guilty today in federal court to fraud charges for falsely claiming she had terminal cancer in order to get money from family and friends and to solicit donations through an online fund-raising site, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert Posey, FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Grand Valley, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A Shelby County woman pleaded guilty today in federal court to fraud charges for falsely claiming she had terminal cancer in order to get money from family and friends and to solicit donations through an online fund-raising site, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert Posey, FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Aug. 1, 2017, Lesley E. Anzures, (age: 35) of Sheboygan, was sentenced to two years in prison, followed by one year of supervised release. On Jan. 17, 2017, Anzures pleaded guilty to assisting in...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - On Aug. 3, 2017, a federal grand jury in San Francisco returned a superseding indictment charging Marcus Etienne, a.k.a. Hitler, Elizabeth Gobert, Craig Marshall, and Mario Robinson, with racketeering, murder, and conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The indictment was unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against the Dangers of Peer-to-Peer Networks.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A South Texas man was convicted Tuesday of receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Christopher Bohnenkamp, 42, formerly of Kuna, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 63 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for the crimes of wire fraud and bank fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Judge B. Lynn Winmill will set a separate hearing to determine restitution and forfeiture amounts. Bohnenkamp pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of bank fraud on April 25, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: MISSOULA - Robert William Stubbins, 39, of East Helena was sentenced to ten years in prison and five years supervised release. Stubbins entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to possess with intent and to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime in April. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Sam Haddon issued the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Shawn Bierd, 48, Deerfield, Wis., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Madison to tax evasion and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. Bierd faces up to five years in prison on the tax count, and up to 10 years on the firearm count.
