News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
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By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Georgia man pleaded guilty in federal court today to using dozens of stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns seeking $258,063 in refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JOHN VIBBERT, 37, of Fairfield, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to one count of distribution of heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On Aug. 23, 2017, Jeffrey W. Porterheather Jean Reekr, 41, and Gregory T. McCoy, 62, both from Council Bluffs, Iowa, were sentenced individually by Senior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that THOMAS GORDON, a/k/a “Ice," age 33, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced today that Chief U.S. District Court Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced ERIK VINCENT CLARK, 27, of Chamblee, Georgia, to 300 months in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a minor. CLARK was ordered to serve a 10-year term...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ELEISHA WILLIAMS, age 45, of Harvey, and CAREN BATTTAGLIA, age 50, of New Orleans, were sentenced yesterday for their roles in a $30,052,295 Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 135 months in prison and five years of supervised release for robbing a coin and jewelry store while pointing a firearm at the elderly store owner and a customer, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Twenty-seven southwestern Pennsylvania residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of narcotics trafficking and other controlled substances offenses, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today. The indictments were returned on Tuesday, Aug. 22, and unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Joel L. Violanti, who handled the case, stated that on May 19, 2015, the Jamestown Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) executed a search warrant, which authorized the search of defendant’s residence on Keller Road in Ashville, NY and his 2005 gray Saab...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Rosier, 23, and Cody Kross-Rosier, 23, both of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and bank fraud before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On Aug. 23, 2017, Ivan Wade Diaz-Rodrigues, 26, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner to 70 months in prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Diaz-Rodrigues will serve three years of supervised release following his imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - The former owner of a Virginia Beach investment company was arrested today for his alleged role in leading an investment fraud scheme that caused losses of at least $20 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Judge also ordered the defendant to forfeit her house and pay more than $123,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on August 9, 2017, Kerry L. Boltz, Sr., age 54, of Jonestown, Pennsylvania, and Chester L. Hubler, III, age 38, of Lykens, Pennsylvania, were indicted by a federal grand jury in a superseding indictment for multiple drug trafficking crimes. Boltz was also indicted on firearms charges. The case was unsealed on Aug. 23, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Jessie Hampton, 26; and Malcom Johnson, 26, both of St. Louis City, pled guilty to one felony count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, resulting in murder. Hampton appeared today before United States District Judge E. Richard Webber. Johnson pled guilty on Aug. 11, 2017. The sentencings have been set for November 8, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Georgia man pleaded guilty in federal court today to using dozens of stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns seeking $258,063 in refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TRUNG PHAM, age 38, of Los Angeles, California, and TOMMY WELLS, age 40, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to participating in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy throughout the New Orleans area. Specifically, PHAM pled guilty to conspiring to...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO - Murray James Plentywounds, 30, of Fort Hall, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to assault with a dangerous weapon, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez, announced. Plentywounds was indicted in February 2017 by a federal grand jury in Pocatello.
