News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Council Bluffs, Iowa - A McClelland, Iowa, businessman pleaded guilty today to tax.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Akhror Saidakhmetov, a citizen of Kazakhstan and resident of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced by United States District Judge William F. Kuntz, II, to 15 years’ imprisonment for conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Froilan Tressord Bonilla, 31, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty to access device fraud, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating the federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
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. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and 10 Committee Democrats sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke opposing the National Park Service (NPS) proposal to increase the entrance fees at 17 of its most popular national parks. The members state that the dramatic increases...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government, by a vote of 231-188. Included in the CR is a provision providing short-term funding for the state Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This temporary patch is similar to one passed by the House earlier this month.
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 a Superseding Indictment today charging Alexis Ocegueda, 23, with conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, distribution of 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, and attempted distribution of 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Haven Hospice (Haven), a hospice company headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, has agreed to pay $5,085,024 to resolve allegations that Haven violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing the government for medically unnecessary and undocumented hospice services.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: FARGO - United States Attorney Chris C. Myers announced that on Dec. 21, 2017, ANTHONY DONTE COLLIER, a/k/a Koleone The Great, age 30, of Illinois, was sentenced in federal court after being found guilty by a trial jury in April of this year. Collier was sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment, to be...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE GREGORY CHARON, also known as “Yoshi," 31, of Danbury, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of distribution of heroin.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: “Future sage grouse management is, and will continue to be, an area in which Wyoming is on the leading edge."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Wendy Kennedy, 39, of Beaver Dams, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public review and comment on a plan to gather wild horses for up to ten years in the Seaman and White River Herd Areas, which are located southwest of Ely, Nevada, in Lincoln and Nye counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARK J. ZITO, 55, of Shelton, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one count of wire fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service, in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), is now accepting applications for $5 million in matching grants to support the preservation of nationally significant historic properties and collections through the Save America’s Treasures program.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio this month presented awards to honor outstanding advocacy, support and legal work on behalf of the district’s six million residents.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
Release: Pellston, Mich. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) implemented new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items this week at several airports in Upper Michigan-including Pellston Regional Airport (PLN), Alpena Regional Airport (APN) and Chippewa County International Airport (CIU).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Joshua Ryne Goldberg (22, Orange Park) today waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with attempted malicious damage and destruction by an explosive of a building. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, with a 5-year mandatory minimum term of imprisonment. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: The owner of multiple towing companies in southeast Michigan, Gasper Fiore, 57, of Grosse Pointe Shores, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit bribery, in connection with a municipal towing contract in Clinton Township, Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch announced today.
