News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - John David Lee Bacy, 25, a member and resident of Zuni Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his conviction on firearms and residential burglary charges in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M. Bacy will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Sarah Bolhuis Ordered to Repay $5,225,854.41 to 53 Victims.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: In movies and TV shows, dolphins are often portrayed as heroes who save humans through remarkable feats of strength and tenacity. Now dolphins could save the day for humans in real life, too - with the help of emerging technology that can measure thousands of proteins and an improved database full of genetic data.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Falsely promising to safely smuggle immigrants across the border, he defrauded 42 U.S. residents of approximately $95,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Wayne LeMar Palmer, age 60, of West Jordan, indicted in August 2015 in connection with an alleged investment fraud scheme that raised more than $140 million from more than 600 investors, pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon to wire fraud and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Terrell D. Cleggett, 35, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison on Feb. 21, 2017 for possession of a firearm by a felon and being in possession of stolen firearms, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today. Cleggett was also ordered to pay a $200 mandatory special assessment, and to serve three years of supervised release after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A Texas man was sentenced Tuesday to more than eight and a half years in prison for distribution of methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finely.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), today announced the unsealing...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The California Desert District Advisory Council (DAC) is seeking members for its Mojave Trails National Monument subgroup to help develop a management plan for the Mojave Trails National Monument, provide input and advice about current or proposed actions by the Bureau of Land...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Bobby Bullard, Jr., 35, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged in a criminal complaint with theft by a government employee. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Texas resident was sentenced to serve 22 months in prison today for preparing false tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney John R. Parker for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Indictment Alleges Conspiracy to Smuggle 15 Rhinoceros Horns Valued at $2.4 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Two Staten Island Brothers and Associates Allegedly Conspired to Distribute Narcotics.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management Southwest District approved Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.’s proposal to upgrade 80 miles of transmission line located west of Montrose to southeast of Dove Creek, Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge late Tuesday sentenced a former accountant with a Huntsville non-profit corporation that contracted with the government to place people with disabilities into government jobs to two and a half years in prison for defrauding the organization and the Internal Revenue Service, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey, IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Feb. 13, 2017, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a superseding indictment charging Dr. Dante A. Rodríguez-Rivera, Javier Efraín Siverio-Echevarría, Dr. George D. Alcántara-Cardi, Dr. Martha Nieves, Javier Antonio Aguirre- Estrada, and Carlos Maldonado-López...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kristian Thomas, 36, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court to 96 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm. Thomas will be on supervised release for three years after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that today in federal court, PA AMBROSE MENDY, 31, of Raleigh, was convicted following a two-day trial before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle. The jury found the defendant guilty of Conspiracy to Commit Access Device Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, and two counts of Access Device Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Complaint Charges Defendants with Distribution of Steroids and Money Laundering.
