News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that a federal grand jury has returned indictments charging child pornography offenses against three different individuals as a result of investigations by various federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. If convicted, the defendants could face a significant imprisonment, fines, restitution, forfeiture, and supervised release following imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Georgetown, Texas, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of embezzlement in connection with health care, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican man living in Springfield was charged and arrested today for using an American citizen’s identity to obtain over $100,000 in Social Security benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - Taylor Karas, 25, of Dayton, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for her role in the kidnapping of an elderly man.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that COREY BRINSON, 36, of Hartford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to a money laundering charge stemming from his involvement in a securities fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Gary R. Tomey II, 47, of Pace, Florida, was sentenced today to 90 months in prison after he was found guilty of conspiracy and mail fraud during a two-week jury trial. He was also ordered to pay a $1,219,129.46 forfeiture money judgment and $6,677 in restitution. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Husband arrested as accessory after the fact.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man, dubbed the “Spelling Bee Bandit," was indicted yesterday in connection with four bank robberies in the Greater Boston area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Defendant Forged Documents, Submitted False Information On Mortgage Applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Thomas Bitter, 36, pleaded guilty today in District Court on St. Thomas before visiting District Court Judge Juan R. Sanchez to one count of threatening a federal officer, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROSEMARIE COLLAZO, 51, of Yonkers, N.Y., waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of wire fraud stemming from her theft of more than $700,000 from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Kun Shan Chun, a/k/a “Joey Chun," Provided Sensitive FBI Information to the Chinese Government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Joaquin “El Chapo" Guzman Loera Faces Charges in New York for Leading a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and other Drug-Related Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Dual Citizen of France and Canada Sought since 2009 Seizure; Extradited in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jarvis Johnson, 28, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Johnson will be sentenced to 70 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Darnell K. Barnes, 28 years old, was sentenced today before the Honorable District Court Judge Kristi K. DuBose for being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: (CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - - Earlier today in Central Islip, New York Michael Troyan, a physician assistant who operated two urgent care clinics on the east end of Long Island, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, three years’ supervised release, and $710,290 forfeiture, following his guilty plea on June 17, 2016, to conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone. The sentencing proceedings were held before U.S. District Judge Denis R. Hurley.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Possessed a Machine Gun; Discussed Support for ISIL and Aspirations to attack Police or Military Installation.
