News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Dilbagh Singh, 57, of Ontario, Canada, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 46 months of incarceration. Singh had previously pleaded guilty to international travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - In keeping with the administration’s goal of strengthening America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management will offer 43 parcels, totaling approximately 51,401acres in Grand and San Juan counties at its March quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The BLM will hold the lease sale online at www.energynet.com.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RASHON GRAY, also known as “Loke," 24, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to a federal robbery charge stemming from the armed robbery of a Hamden store in April 2016.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Tomato Specialties LLC, doing business as The Avocado Company International (Tomato Specialties), Nogales, Ariz., for making false and misleading statements for a fraudulent purpose and failing to account truly and correctly.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 30-year-old citizen and national of Mexico has been ordered to federal prison for Marijuana trafficking, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Ismael Padron-Garcia pleaded guilty Aug. 3, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: DALLAS, Texas - Jody Sheffield, 44, of Austin, Texas, pleaded guilty today, before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater, to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud stemming from a scheme to defraud TRICARE through the submission of unnecessary toxicology and DNA cancer screening tests. The announcement was made today by Criminal Chief Chad Meacham of the Northern District of Texas.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: The Administrator’s Fact Book has returned, and it’s on-line.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: FBI and Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Seek the Public’s Assistance in Identifying Mt. Washington Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Mexican man has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge for his role in an alien transporting event which resulted in the deaths in three persons, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Christopher Mikelinich, age 62, of Ancram, New York, was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with possessing firearms as a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - Federal authorities have seized rifles, shotguns and ammunition from the Melrose Park home of a man who allegedly brought a gun to a drug deal.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man pleaded guilty today to a federal heroin crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Christopher Rush, 32, entered his guilty plea to distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-FBI Director Christopher A. Wray has named Bradley “Grant" Mendenhall as the special agent in charge of the Indianapolis Division. Mr. Mendenhall most recently served as the assistant director of the Counterterrorism Division.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation and the Idaho Museum of Natural History (IMNH), which is located on the Idaho State University campus in Pocatello, have partnered to make fossils more available to the public. Beginning today, the 3-D scan models of Bison latifrons specimens are available online to view, download, and print in 3-D.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Colby Syhur Grant, age 23, William Chism, III, age 27, Richard Earl Davis, age 25, John R. Wilson, Jr., age 38, and Henry Ferrer, age 40, all of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were charged on November...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: On Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, Mesa Verde National Park will host the 2017 annual Holiday Open House from 4:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. in the Chapin Mesa Headquarters area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: For Filing False Claims. HAMMOND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Arthur Lee Smith Jr., age 60, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced before Hammond Senior District Court Judge James T. Moody for filing false claims. Smith was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Pine Creek Medical Center LLC (“Pine Creek"), a physician-owned hospital serving the Dallas/Fort Worth area, has agreed to pay $7.5 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by paying physicians kickbacks in the form of marketing services in exchange for surgical referrals, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - William Shenette, 31, was arrested on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, and charged in federal court in Worcester with possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: FBI Increases Reward for Information on the Death of a U.S. Border Patrol Agent in the Line of Duty Near Van Horn, Texas.
