News from August 2017
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OREGON - Due to potentially hazardous conditions created by the Spruce Lake Fire, the following road and trails are closed to entry and use until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: “The United States Attorney’s Office, in conjunction with the FBI and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, has concluded the review of the investigations by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation into the Jocques Clemmons deadly force incident. We conclude that no further investigation or action is warranted.".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Two Ohio men were indicted on federal firearms charges, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota man convicted of Conspiracy to Manufacture a Controlled Substance and Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and a Parmelee, South Dakota woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, were sentenced on July 31, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: A Bellevue developer who fraudulently obtained over $235 million dollars during his real estate investment scheme, including over $140 million from immigrant investors, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to four years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. LOBSANG DARGEY...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Teona N. Rodgers, 28, of Tampa, was sentenced today, after being convicted after a jury trial on May 3 of theft of government funds, possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices, use of unauthorized access devices, aggravated identity theft, and false claims. Rodgers was...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Wilfredo Sanio, 52, of Georgia, pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that Matthew St. Pierre, age 31, of McLaughlin, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on August 4, 2017, and pled guilty to a Superseding Information that charged him with Second Degree Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NEFTY RODRIGUEZ, 24, of Hartford, was arrested today on an indictment charging him with one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, heroin and cocaine base (“crack cocaine").
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announced today that U.S. District Judge William H. Steele sentenced Carolyn Dortch, 54, of Atmore, Alabama, to five years of probation for embezzling funds from the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. The Court ordered that Dortch...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: WAYCROSS, GA - Two federal indictments were unsealed yesterday and today which charged 36 South Georgia, North Florida and California residents with conspiring to traffic large amounts of methamphetamine, cocaine and other drugs. The indictments follow a joint federal and state investigation into violent...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: FBI Announces Reward for Information About a Miami Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Georgia man was charged today in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to defraud Framingham-based Staples, Inc. of more than $1.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit today upheld the 35-month prison sentence of the former chairman of the Bergen County Democratic Organization (BCDO), who was convicted at trial for his role in a racketeering scheme involving bribery and fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Demario Bernard Austin, 29, of Charlotte, was sentenced yesterday to 103 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for robbing a convenience store and a bank, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: FBI Agents, Task Force Officers Involved in Shooting in Albuquerque.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: The owner of a now defunct real estate escrow firm was indicted last month by a federal grand jury on ten counts of bank fraud, and one count each of mail and wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. LORI LYNN ANDREW, 48, of Cashmere, Washington, the owner of Hartman Escrow, Inc., was arrested...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Senior U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Benjamin Bland, age 41, of Richmond, Virginia, to five and a half years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and social security fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Martin Shkreli Convicted Of Defrauding Hedge Fund Investors and Engaging in Multi-Million Dollar Stock Fraud Scheme Involving Publicly Traded Retrophin Inc.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Tune up your vocal cords for a night of music and singing on Friday, Aug. 18, from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Visitor Center.
