News from February 2017
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Dear Congressman Price: We write to request information on how, if confirmed as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), you would address President Trump’s Jan. 27, 2017, Executive Order that appears to follow through on his promise to ban Muslims from entering the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Edward O. Yoder, 50, of Virginia Beach, the former president and chief executive officer of Monarch Mortgage, which is a part of Monarch Bank in Virginia Beach, was sentenced today to two years in prison for concealing approximately $350,000 in bankruptcy assets. Yoder was also ordered to pay $364,660 in criminal restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Moldova pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy and damaging a computer, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Tracey D. Montaño, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Special Agent in Charge, announced today that a federal jury found Lynn Alisa Espejo, 52, of Sherwood, guilty on 15 counts of wire fraud, 6 counts of money laundering, and 4 counts of willfully making and subscribing a false income tax return, all a result of a scheme in which Espejo stole more than $600,000 from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of armed bank robbery and bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: FBI New York Hosts Max Stern Heirs to Return Painting Forced-Sold More Than 80 Years Ago in Germany.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Enrique Chavarria, 33, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 40 months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition. He also was sentenced to an additional 20 months in prison for violating the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DAVID POLOS, formerly an Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge with the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), was sentenced to one year of probation, 250 hours of community service, and $5,300 in financial...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A federal grand jury today returned separate, unrelated indictments that charge two Springfield men with drug and gun offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that Faycal Taouzinet, 28, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to five years in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Eagle Lake Field Office is accepting public suggestions and comments regarding management needs and projects that would benefit off-highway vehicle recreation on public lands. The field office staff will use the comments to develop a preliminary grant application to the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Division. Public comments and suggestions must be submitted by 5 p.m., Friday, February. 24.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two Camden-area men were charged by a federal grand jury today in connection with their roles in a drug distribution organization, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two San Antonio residents have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of smuggling 59 kilograms of cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Darin Josep Fox, 24, and Jacob Escalante, 25, pleaded guilty Oct. 31, 2016, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Government Contractor Facing Federal Indictment for Willful Retention of National Defense Information.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Willingboro, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to rob a drug stash house of multiple kilograms of cocaine that he believed would be stored at the location, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Manuel Maldonado-Martinez, age 27, of York, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on heroin trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: 911 Call Led to Evacuation and Emergency Response Last Summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Kathy Hansen, 36, of Ralston, Nebraska, pleaded guilty on Monday, February 6, 2017 to misprision of a felony, relating to her concealment of an income tax scheme. The Honorable Chief Judge Laurie Smith Camp presided over the change of plea that was held in Federal District Court. Sentencing has been set for May 1, 2017. Hansen faces up to 3 years’ imprisonment as well as a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: A Cleveland man was charged in a five-count indictment for having carfentanil, fentanyl and cocaine with the intent of selling drugs, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Timothy Plancon, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Adminstration’s office that oversees Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Mitesh Patel, 36, of Media, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Superseding Indictment with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, money laundering conspiracy, and filing false tax returns, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
