News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to smuggle contraband cell phones and other items to inmates at the Jackson County Detention Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Natchez, Miss. - Donyale Jerrel Holloway, 37, of Bogue Chitto, Mississippi, and Ennis Montgomery, 48, of Rockford, Illinois, were sentenced on December 5, 2017, by Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette III, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 kilograms or more of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Robert E. Miller, III, age 34, of York County, Pennsylvania, was convicted of being in the possession of images depicting the sexual exploitation of children and receipt of obscene visual representations depicting the sexual abuse of children. The three-day trial was held before United States District Court Judge John E. Jones, III.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Fugitive Lawyer Facing 12 Year Sentence in $550 Million Social Security Fraud Scheme Captured and Arraigned on Multiple Escape Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Earlier today, a federal jury found two men guilty in a bank fraud scheme that sought to fraudulently eliminate home mortgages and then profit on the subsequent home sales, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging STEPHEN DECKER and LUIS MERCADO...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Johanna Calderalo, age 45, and Ana Calderalo, age 71, both of Cranston, Rhode Island, were charged on December 5, 2017, in a criminal information with conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Former Owners of Sleep Study Clinics in Northern Virginia and Maryland Charged With Health Care Fraud and Tax Evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jerry Defazio, age 39, of Archbald, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information with providing and attempting to provide contraband, including illegal drugs, to inmates at the Lackawanna County Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: MONTGOMERY, AL-Attorney General Steve Marshall and the Birmingham Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the arrests of Sherry Lewis, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Birmingham Water Works, Jerry Jones, a former Vice President at Arcadis, and Terry Williams, the owner...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) spoke on the Senate floor today about the historic nature of last week’s Senate passage of his bill, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A total of 12 Corpus Christi men are now in custody following enforcement actions resulting from Operation City Shield, a joint venture to identify violent offenders, stop gun violence and protect the community, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury in Dallas has indicted eleven defendants, including Alfredo Navarro Hinojosa, 57, of Dallas, Texas, on felony charges stemming from their involvement in laundering money and the distribution of cocaine at several North Texas nightclubs, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gary Begay, 24, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Hogback, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 108 months in prison for his conviction on an assault charge. Begay will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH- A former resident of Braddock, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to 9 years in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, on his conviction of robbery and bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: A Youngstown man was charged with selling heroin and crack cocaine near a school, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Over 300 law enforcement agents and officers executed a coordinated takedown today, arresting 28 individuals for their respective roles in selling drugs while armed or other firearm related criminal acts.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months imprisonment, followed by five years supervised release, on a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A southwestern Missouri woman pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to smuggling counterfeit Louis Vuitton material into the United States so that she could make and sell counterfeit merchandise on her website.
