News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Yesterday, the United States Marshals Service (USMS) Fugitive Task Force arrested two convicted sex offenders on separate parole warrants, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. They were arrested together at a residence in Nampa, Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that six Anchorage residents were charged in a 29-count indictment alleging that the six conspired to obtain checks stolen from the mail and vehicle break-ins, and then they negotiated the stolen checks at different banks and stores in Anchorage.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Defendant had three prior removals from the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: HEYBURN, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation will begin repair work on the maintenance bridge and habitat improvement in the area located below Minidoka Dam in early September. Work will last for approximately 10 days starting on Sept. 10, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Two International Bank Managers Charged in Libor Interest Rate Manipulation Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Matthew McAlpin, 41, of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania was charged today by Information with one count of possession of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - The former director of Information Technology (IT) Services for a Houston-based real estate services company has been ordered to prison following his conviction related to a conspiracy in which he stole nearly $800,000, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Bradley David Freitas, 37, of Tomball, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On Aug. 23, 2017, Gina K. Malloy, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, pleaded guilty to the unlawful use of an identification document, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Malloy will be sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner on Jan. 24, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. at the Council Bluffs Federal Courthouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Aug. 22, 2017, Dr. Paul Matthew Bolger, 45, of Bettendorf, Iowa, pleaded guilty to 18 counts of false statements relating to health care matters and five counts of introduction of misbranded drugs. He also pleaded guilty to one count of false statements relating to health care matters...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: MEDORA, ND: Celebrate the National Park Service birthday with a visit to Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Entrance fees will be waived in honor of the 101st birthday of the National Park Service, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management today released for public review preliminary alternatives for managing about 40 miles of the Upper Colorado River between Parshall and State Bridge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Today, a federal judge sentenced Joseph Mehl, a/k/a “Joseph Montanero" to 180 months in prison for his role in a prescription pill mill that trafficked oxycodone and other dangerous and addictive opioids. In addition, the Honorable Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro, United States District Judge, ordered the defendant to serve three years of supervised release upon release from prison, and pay a special assessment of $100, as well as entering a judgment of forfeiture.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Today, a federal judge sentenced Joseph Mehl, a/k/a “Joseph Montanero" to 180 months in prison for his role in a prescription pill mill that trafficked oxycodone and other dangerous and addictive opioids. In addition, the Honorable Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro, United States District Judge, ordered the defendant to serve three years of supervised release upon release from prison, and pay a special assessment of $100, as well as entering a judgment of forfeiture.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Memphis real estate investor has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain mortgage loans. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jack Mootz, 63, of Sacramento, formerly of Fresno, was sentenced on Wednesday to nine years in prison for receipt and distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Joseph J. Erves, MARTA’s former Senior Director of Operations, has been charged with conducting a false invoice scheme that resulted in MARTA paying more than $500,000 for maintenance work that was never performed and for funneling most of the money back into his personal bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - An individual who pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography was sentenced today, announced Sandra J. Hairston, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Mohammed Rizk, age 53, Steelton, Pennsylvania, was convicted of fraudulently obtaining Social Security benefits and wire fraud. The jury returned a verdict of guilty after one and a half hours of deliberation following a four-day trial in Harrisburg before Chief United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A federal indictment was unsealed yesterday charging Philadelphia Police Sergeant Brian Smith with two counts of bribery and two counts of making material false statements to the FBI, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
