News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daniel Volonino, Jr., 29, Ronald Lockwood, 43, and Michael Ingham, 23, all of Rochester, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute and distributing oxycodone, a Scheduled II controlled substance. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on February 8, 2017, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging JEFFREY PEARLMAN, 49, of Edgewood, N.J., with engaging in a kickback scheme that defrauded federal healthcare programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Hardin County, Kentucky resident and others, were arraigned in United States District Court today, before Magistrate Judge Dave Whalin, on multiple charges of possessing and using counterfeit credit cards and possessing the equipment to make the fraudulent cards announced United States Attorney John E, Kuhn, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted Brian Donaldson, 50, of Webster, NY, and Pablo Ulloa, 33, of Rochester, NY, on a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - Four Chicago men have been arrested on federal drug charges for allegedly operating a busy heroin trade in the Douglas neighborhood on the city’s South Side.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces that the reservoir at
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a federal jury found a former Shreveport mental health facility administrator guilty Thursday of taking part in a kickback scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Daniel R. Goodwin, an attorney from McLean, Virginia, has been convicted of defrauding a Laurel County construction company, in connection with a purported project to build a “green recycling center" in Manchester, Ky. The company, Elza Construction, LLC, lost $1.32 million upfront and incurred several million dollars more in excavation and site preparation costs, but nothing was ever built at the site.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Cameron Ammons, age 24, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced February 8, 2017, by the Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon for attempting to rob a Centris Federal Credit Union branch. He was sentenced to two years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release when his incarceration ends. He had previously pleaded guilty to the charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - An Inland Empire man is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon on federal charges of aiming the beam of a laser at an Ontario Police Department helicopter.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A United States District Court jury convicted Joshua D. Chapman-Sexton, 31, of Buckeye Lake, Ohio, of all counts, which include receipt and possession of child pornography. Chapman-Sexton had been previously convicted of similar federal charges in 2010 and had been released from prison after serving his sentence. He was on supervised release when he committed the new offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: On Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m., the Great Falls Tavern will ring with happy voices and the swish of waltzing hoop skirts. The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) hosts Dr. Larry Keener Farley and his 19th-century dance ensemble for an afternoon of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Kan., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to a carjacking that ended in a multiple-vehicle collision with injuries and the death of the car owner’s dog.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A United States District Court jury convicted Joshua D. Chapman-Sexton, 31, of Buckeye Lake, Ohio, of all counts, which include receipt and possession of child pornography. Chapman-Sexton had been previously convicted of similar federal charges in 2010 and had been released from prison after serving his sentence. He was on supervised release when he committed the new offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that David Folweiler, age 29, of Pittston, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to serve 7 ½ years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute alpha-pvp, commonly known as “bath salts," by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced its recommended decision to establish a California Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) that will publish in the Federal Register on Tues., Feb. 14, 2017. A public inspection copy of the recommended decision is on the Federal Register’s website.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Defendant Was the Principal Organizer of Cybercrimes That Netted More Than $55 Million in Proceeds for the Members of a Cybercrime Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - A federal grand jury sitting in St. Louis, Missouri, indicted a St. Louis resident on mail fraud and aggravated identity theft charges relating to a scheme to steal public school employees’ IDs and use them to file federal tax returns, announced U. S Attorney George Beck Jr. for...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Seeking Information in Unsolved Bank Robberies for 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Hawaiʻi National Park, Hawaiʻi - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park (ADIP) programs with the public throughout 2017.
