News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: MIAMI - A federal jury found Julian Villa-Gomez Lemus, 31, of Visalia, California, guilty of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances on the internet. In the past week, his co-defendants Fadhle Muqbel Saeed, 31, and Alfonso Bojorquez-Vazquez, 30, both of Porterville, California pleaded guilty to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 69-count indictment today against John A. Crosby, 53, of Redding; Ines S. Crosby, 73, of Orland; and Leslie A. Lohse, 62, of Glenn County, charging them with conspiracy to embezzle tribal funds, embezzlement of tribal funds, false statements to federal agents, and tax charges, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: Randy Patrie, age 44, from Charles City, Iowa, received a 20-year prison term after a September 6, 2013 guilty plea to possessing sawed-off shotguns and being a felon in possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: A former Division Director of the Miami-Dade County Aviation Department was sentenced to seven year’s imprisonment for his involvement in a $5,000,000 fraud and kickback scheme.
By State Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following remarks in the House of Representatives supporting legislation (H.Res.11 ) objecting to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 as an obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian peace...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ernesto Marquez Muniz, 31, of Las Cruces, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a methamphetamine trafficking charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A Casey County, Kentucky convicted felon was sentenced today in United States District Court by District Judge Greg N. Stivers, to 180 months in prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges including being an armed career criminal, possession and distribution of a controlled substance, and possession of firearms by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Richard J. Beall, 49, of Stockton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to 15 years in prison for distribution of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARIO PASCUAL AQUINO, 36, formerly of Torrington, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of theft of public money stemming from his role in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The National Park Service will conduct an eight-acre prescribed burn at the historic town of St. Thomas in January to assist with the control of exotic tamarisk vegetation. This vegetation has aggressively invaded the area of St. Thomas and is being removed to protect the natural and cultural resources in the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Qadir Shabazz, a/k/a Deangelo Moore, a/k/a Deangelo Muhammad, has been sentenced to a prison term of 23 years, one month for running a massive, multi-state fraud scheme in which he operated a fake prison charity that stole thousands of prisoners’ identities to apply for millions of dollars in fraudulent income tax refund dollars. Shabazz was found guilty of 33 felony counts following a jury trial in January 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Richard J. Beall, 49, of Stockton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to 15 years in prison for distribution of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Julian Villa-Gomez Lemus (31, Visalia, CA) guilty of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. In the past week, his co-defendants Fadhle Muqbel Saeed (31) and Alfonso Bojorquez-Vazquez (30), both...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced a Huntsville man to three years in prison and ordered him to forfeit $79,619 for his scheme to steal and counterfeit business checks in 2014, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Postal Inspector Frank Dyer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: COULEE DAM, WA - Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area invites you to come and enjoy the great outdoors. With reduced staffing and resources during the winter season, the facilities open and available for your use are limited. Our snow removal and sanding procedures begin November 1 and extend to March 31 beginning when we have accumulated 2 or more inches of snow.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: Adams County Community Appreciation Day. Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center. Jan. 16, 2017, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The Gettysburg Foundation and Gettysburg National Military Park invite Adams County residents to a Community Appreciation Day on Jan. 16, 2017. On...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A man residing in Duncanville, Texas, who admitted failing to register as a sex offender, Colby Levell Styles, 36, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 55 months in federal prison and 10 years of supervised release, a sentence higher than that recommended by the advisory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: FBI Violent Crimes Task Force, Cambridge Police Department, and Massachusetts State Police Seek the Identity of Unknown Bank Robber.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement today after the Senate Republican Conference ratified his selection to serve as Chairman on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee for the 115th Congress...
