News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 48-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced. today that Angelo Ocasio, 42, of Rochester, NY was sentenced to life in prison plus 10. years for his involvement in a violent drug trafficking conspiracy and for his involvement. in a shooting and murder of Meosha Harmon at 137 Cameron ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the Democratic Subcommittee Ranking Members of the Committee for the 115th Congress. Full subcommittee rosters will be announced next week.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Angelo Loissaint, 42, and Jennifer Johnson, 41, both of West Babylon, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud before U.S. District Elizabeth A. Wolford for their role in a mortgage fraud scheme that victimized Flaherty Funding, a mortgage company located in Rochester, NY.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Angelo Ocasio, 42, of Rochester, NY was sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years for his involvement in a violent drug trafficking conspiracy and for his involvement in a shooting and murder of Meosha Harmon at 137 Cameron Street in July 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Abdulai Kamara, 47, of Folsom, Pennsylvania, was charged by Information with one count of theft of government funds, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. According to the Information[1], the defendant received Social Security benefits intended for his deceased paramour, after her death in May 2012 until June 2014. The defendant’s alleged actions resulted in a loss to the government of approximately $47,992.30.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that ZACHERY SCOTT KERNS, age 30, of McAlester, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 96 months imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for DISTRIBUTION OF FENTANYL, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park received its highest annual visitation in 2016. The park received a total of 4,517,584 visitors for 2016, which was an 8.7 percent increase over record visitation in 2015. All months in 2016 set visitation records except for December. This visitation represents a 32 percent increase since 2014, and a 40 percent increase since 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States and to aiding and abetting the filing of false claims for tax refunds, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Louis D. Lappen for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Under the leadership of Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), the Democratic Caucus of the House Natural Resources Committee held an organizational meeting today during which members were elected to serve as the Ranking Members of the five subcommittees...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Pacific, Mo., company has been found guilty of violating an OSHA regulation and causing the death of a Raymore, Mo., ironworker.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: BOSTON -A Georgia couple appeared in U.S. District Court in Boston today to admit their involvement in a scheme to defraud Framingham-based Staples, Inc. of more than $1.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A 14-count federal indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Providence charges two individuals, Hasan Hussain, 55, of Princeton, N.J., and Ricardo Abreu, 50, of Cranston, R.I., with allegedly participating in a conspiracy to defraud financial institutions, investors and financially...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: BOSTON -A Georgia couple appeared in U.S. District Court in Boston today to admit their involvement in a scheme to defraud Framingham-based Staples, Inc. of more than $1.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Oswaldo Jariel Bonilla, age 29, of Adelphi, Maryland, today to 12 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit an armed commercial robbery, attempted armed robbery, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Judge Chuang also ordered Bonilla to pay restitution of $1,038.99 to the company he attempted to rob.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Travis L. Spradlin, 37, of Boise pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Mission Viejo man who admitted taking more than $2.3 million from investors in a fraudulent real estate investment scheme has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 48-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management will host a public meeting on February 7 at the BLM Lander Field Office to gather input on interpretive and management plans for public lands in the South Pass area. The meeting will be held from 5-8 p.m.
