News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Honduran national residing in Revere was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Benjamin Katz (619) 546-9604, Andrew Young (619) 546-7981 and Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Darren Small, 51, and Jayna Small, 40, husband and wife of Kinloch, MO, have entered pleas of guilty to charges in connection with their theft of funds from the Kinloch Fire Protection District.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- On Wednesday afternoon search and rescue crews located a body believed to be Sarah Beadle of Fort Worth, TX. Beadle who was reported missing on August 1 failed to arrive at Bright Angel Campground, where she had a reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Jonathan and Stephanie Dupiton have been sentenced for using stolen identities to steal over $395,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The defendants illegally obtained SNAP benefits for themselves, and then cashed them at stores they owned in several Georgia communities.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - America’s national parks will be premiere viewing sites for one of nature’s amazing natural phenomena, as a total solar eclipse crosses the continental United States on August 21st.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. sentenced to prison two men and a woman responsible for committing a string of armed robberies in North and South Carolina, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JERMAINE WHITE, age 34, of Houma, pled guilty yesterday to an Indictment charging him with violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841, 841(b)(1)(A) and 846.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Omar Felix-Corrales, 38, and Valeria Silvas Villarreal, 23, both of Mexico, charging them with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, and Felix-Corrales alone with possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: A Russian citizen was sentenced today for his participation in a criminal enterprise that installed and exploited malicious computer software (“malware") on tens of thousands of computer servers throughout the world to generate millions of dollars in fraudulent payments. Acting Assistant Attorney General...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The operators of seven sham medical clinics were among 12 defendants taken into custody this morning on federal drug trafficking charges that allege they diverted at least 2 million prescription pills - including oxycodone and other addictive and dangerous narcotics - to the black market.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Michael Rizzi and Edward Monahan Are Alleged to Have Made False Claims in Connection With the Sale of a Staten Island Property.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: On Monday, August 21 there will be a rare nation-wide opportunity to view a total solar eclipse. Although Craters of the Moon National Monument is not directly in the path of totality we are partnering with the city of Arco, NASA and Idaho State University to provide a special viewing opportunity in...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that GARY HIRST, former president and chairman of the board of Gerova Financial Group, Ltd. (“Gerova"), a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, was sentenced to 78 months in...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a man from Rayne was sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison for taking video and photographs of a juvenile girl and sending them to his laptop.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Five Individuals Indicted in California for Allegedly Stealing More Than $9 Million in Tax Refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Convicted Felon Committed Crimes In Cayce Homes Public Housing Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Demetrius Brown was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute heroin while on state parole following prior convictions for trafficking crack cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MAURICIO RODRIGUEZ-BORJAS, age 38, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty yesterday to a one-count Indictment for illegal re-entry of removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Cassell Anthony Kuoh, a/k/a “Tim Borrol," was sentenced today to 87 months in prison in connection with an investment fraud scheme involving gold and diamonds, that defrauded victims of more than $9.5 million, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District...
