News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Latronda Brooks to three years and six months in federal prison for theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft in connection with income tax fraud. She was taken into custody immediately following the pronouncement of her sentence today. In addition, she was ordered to pay $327,521 in restitution, representing the proceeds of the tax fraud. She pleaded guilty on June 30, 2017.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
Release: Washington, DC, Dec. 21, 2017 - Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services (FNCS) Brandon Lipps today highlighted the vital work Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has done this year to provide food assistance to the millions of Americans impacted by unprecedented hurricanes and wildfires, as well as the numerous actions FNCS has taken to promote self-sufficiency, integrity, and customer service within federal nutrition programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A second superseding indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging medical doctor Martin Tesher with unlawfully prescribing oxycodone and fentanyl to a patient, Nicholas Benedetto, without legitimate medical purpose, which resulted in Benedetto’s overdose death...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment yesterday charging JAMES RIPBERGER, 62, of Glastonbury, with one count of receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that a federal grand jury returned an Indictment today charging Timothy Durkin, 42, with maliciously destroying by means of fire real property used in interstate commerce. Specifically, Durkin is accused of maliciously setting...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On Dec. 19, 2017, United States District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Aaron Lee Smiley, age 57, of Mechanicsville, Maryland to 25 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for Sexual Exploitation of a Minor for the Purpose of Producing Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Andrew Reiner, 30, of Cheektowaga, NY, was sentenced to 108 months in prison for attempting to possess child pornography before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CORNELL PENDLETON, age 51, of the Gentilly neighborhood in New Orleans, was sentenced today for his role in laundering money on behalf of heroin dealers in the New Orleans area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Jeremiah John Martinez, 35, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on Dec. 19, 2017, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Martinez was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received 51 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Matthew Adey, 47, of Malden Massachusetts was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Rodney Keys, 46, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 132 months in federal prison. On October 6, 2017, Keys pleaded guilty to committing five robberies of Madison businesses in April 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: HELENA - On Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, United States District Court Judge Sam Haddon sentenced Christian Jesus Ruiz, 23, of Sunnyside, Washington, to 60 months in prison, 5 years’ supervised release, and a $100 surcharge for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. Ruiz...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - Tonto National Monument will be closed on Dec. 25, 2017 and reopen normal hours on Dec. 26, 2017. Normal hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with the Lower Cliff Dwelling Trail closing to uphill traffic at 4:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - Enson Trading LLC, which does business as Eternal Food Service, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for failing to file required IRS forms for cash transactions exceeding $10,000, and for violating Federal Motor Carrier Safety regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ROMAN WILLIAMS, age 36, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - The House of Representatives this week approved several measures to support America’s military personnel and veterans trying to obtain their commercial driver’s license, and to prevent human trafficking on the Nation’s highways.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that Stephen Jones, 30, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to recruit underage girls to commit commercial sex acts, and sex trafficking of minors and adults by force, fraud or coercion, was sentenced to 25 years in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the emergency interview Republicans called this morning with Andrew McCabe, the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), less than 48 hours after he appeared before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Anthony A. Scarpino Jr., Westchester County District Attorney, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment today against Curtis Dale Sawyer, 52, and Ann Marie Vance, 49, both of Chico, charging them with conspiring to possess and possessing methamphetamine for distribution, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Vance was also charged with unlawful possession of a firearm.
