News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H.: Allan Yianakopolos, 49, of Manchester, New Hampshire, pled guilty on Thursday in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - - Daniel Beal, 56, of Utica, New York, was sentenced today to serve seven (7) years in federal prison for distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Andrew W. Vale, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Albany Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Richard Brega Charged in Five-Count Indictment with Scheme to Bribe Rockland BOCES Official for Approval of Bills for Bus Maintenance That Was Not Performed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Donte Timothy Bacon, 31, of Grand Rapids, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment, Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. In August, Bacon pled guilty to selling a firearm to a prohibited person and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Charles Lee Samuels, 28, earlier was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his lesser role in the crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Drew Alia, 40, of Philadelphia, PA pled guilty today to an Information which charged him with willfully failing to file federal income tax returns for tax years 2010 through 2013 before United States District Court Judge Paul Diamond, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: New York Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL in Connection With Planned New Year's Eve Attack.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, the City of Portland was featured in a report released by the Justice Department highlighting Former Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch’s twelve-city Community Policing Tour in 2016 as well as the department’s four Regional Justice Forums. The “Attorney General’s Community Policing Report" summarizes steps taken by the department to build stronger relationships and mutual trust among communities and law enforcement agencies.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Cindy Ott-Jones, superintendent of Big Bend National Park and the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River since 2012, retired on Jan. 2, 2017 after 37 years of service with the National Park Service. Ott-Jones graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Natural Resource Management, before starting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr., today announced the conviction of a Louisville physician, in United States District Court, before Chief District Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr., on multiple charges including unlawful distribution of controlled substances and health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Two brothers who were members of the local street gang “Thug Relations" were sentenced today to life in prison, respectively, for their roles in multiple murders and robberies, in addition to other crimes related to their criminal enterprise.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Following a week-long trial, a federal jury in Puerto Rico convicted four individuals for participating in bid rigging and fraud conspiracies at an auction for public school bus transportation services in Puerto Rico’s Caguas municipality, the Department of Justice announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: On Saturday, January 21st, Big Bend National Park received word of a fire burning on the Southeast Rim of the Chisos Mountains. Two park firefighters hiked up to assess the scene. They were able to secure the perimeter, and monitored the scene overnight. The following day, the Los Diablos fire crew arrived on scene, and the crews were able to control the fire with no additional growth.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Defendant Charged with Selling Heroin and.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: HUNTSVILLE - A federal judge today sentenced a Huntsville man to nearly four years in prison for his scheme to have more than $600,000 in fraudulent federal and Washington, D.C., tax refund checks deposited into his bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - David Brian Bybee, age 56, of Kaysville, Utah, a Utah businessman and CPA, pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon to one count of attempt to evade and defeat payment of taxes, U.S. Attorney John W. Huber announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: A 37-year-old citizen of Belarus was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. ALEXANDER MIHAILOVSKI was indicted in August 2012 for his role as a payment processor in a $71 million cybercrime...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: This week, Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans announced two Health Subcommittee Hearings for next week to examine health care bills. Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today set the record straight that these bills will in no way improve people’s access to health care or offer any semblance of a replacement to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Defendant admits failing to disclose five bank accounts when seeking relief from the bankruptcy court for $1.5 million in debts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: JAN 26 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Erick Delgado, 39, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 13 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl-laced heroin that led to overdoses in April 2016. Michael J.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: HUNTSVILLE - A federal judge today sentenced a Huntsville man to nearly four years in prison for his scheme to have more than $600,000 in fraudulent federal and Washington, D.C., tax refund checks deposited into his bank accounts.
