News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh doctor pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of Oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, and health care fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeks Public Assistance in Recovery of Stolen Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: A Montesano, Washington man, who illegally possessed firearms and expressed a desire to attack the police or U.S. Military personnel out of allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to six years in prison announced U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ralph E. Richards, Jr., 46, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, was convicted for withholding $216,693.00 worth of income from his tax return, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that David Popish, age 38, of Pittston, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on Jan. 19, 2017, before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to participating in a conspiracy to distribute alpha-pvp, commonly known as “bath salts.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates today announced that Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, known by various aliases including “El Chapo," will face charges filed in Brooklyn, New York, following his extradition to the United States from Mexico, alleging that he was operating a continuing criminal enterprise and other drug-related crimes through his leadership of the Mexican organized crime syndicate known as the Sinaloa Cartel.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that THOMAS EDWARD DONALDSON, 54, last residing in Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for violating federal sex offender registration laws.
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: ALBUQUERQUE - Robert Lorenzo Perea, 32, of Sandia Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating federal firearms laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington, Ky., woman, who stole personal identifying information of dozens of individuals and used that information to file tax returns that would generate tax refunds, was sentenced on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, to 61 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $81,423.90 to the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Elias Figueroa, 47, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years in prison and a $5,000,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after President Trump took executive action to begin offering relief from the burdens of Obamacare to the American people.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - James R.J. Scheltema, 56, of Pensacola, has pled guilty to filing false tax returns and tax evasion. The guilty plea was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio this week, a federal grand jury returned two separate indictments against former prison guards announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Jan. 17, 2017, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging María Cristina Cotto-Ortiz with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez Vélez. The FBI is in charge of the investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS: “During December 2016, the Natchez Trace Parkway experienced a slight decrease in the number of recreational visits from the 2015 figures," stated Superintendent Mary Risser. “This year, 413,928 visitors used the Parkway during December 2016 compared to 415,610 who were counted in 2015." Numbers for the entire year, however, continue to top last year’s numbers.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: FORT WAYNE - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that a criminal complaint was filed charging Uryan Frymire, 37, of Ohio, with possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced today that Cory Ellis Easley, 40, of Fayette, Missouri, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kristi K. DuBose to 10 years imprisonment for being a felon in possession of a firearm, the statutory maximum for the offense. The judge ordered that Easley pay a $100 special assessment, undergo 3 years of supervised release, and pay restitution totaling $8,501.88.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Teona N. Rodgers, 27, of Tampa, made an initial appearance yesterday in the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging her with theft of government funds, use of unauthorized access devices, aggravated identity theft, and false claims. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced an indictment charging FOZIA SHEIK ALI, 50, for fraudulently obtaining at least hundreds of thousands of dollars for child care services that had not been provided. ALI is charged with wire fraud and theft of public money. The indictment was unsealed late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.
