News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Boone County man was sentenced today to a year and nine months in federal prison for a heroin crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Robert Donavan Buzzard, 42, of Bloomingrose, previously pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Costco Pharmacies Filled Prescriptions that Were Improper or Incomplete.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell recently announced the appointment of two local residents to the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that KATIA MURILLO COSTA, age 42, of Kenner, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to violating provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Her company, KLV OPERATIONS LLC (“KLV"), was also sentenced after previously pleading guilty to violating the Fair Labor Standards Act and to having representatives make false statements to federal agents.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“HHS-OIG"), and Craig Rupert, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Field...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a three-day trial, a federal jury found Kulwant (Ken) Singh Sandhu, 56, of Tracy, guilty today of two counts of making harassing interstate telephone calls, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. The trial was held before U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in reaction to the appointment of Sonny Perdue to head the Department of Agriculture.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Defendant from Charleston and Las Vegas arrested with significant amounts of drugs and over $30,000 sentenced to 14 years; South Charleston man caught driving with 1.7 pounds of crystal methamphetamine hidden underneath the car sentenced to over 10 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a man previously charged with attempting to entice a missing Springfield, Mo., teenager to engage in illicit sexual activity has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, known by various aliases including “El Chapo," has arrived in the United States to face criminal charges in connection with his leadership of the Mexican organized crime syndicate known as the Sinaloa Cartel.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Matthew Joseph Kelley, age 28, of Pickens, pled guilty this morning in federal court in Anderson for possession of a destructive device, a violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 5861. United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain accepted the plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that STEFAN LUMIERE, a former portfolio manager at Visium Asset Management, was convicted of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud, securities fraud, and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
Release: AVOCA, Pa. - Demand for travelers interested in enrolling in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) TSA Pre✓® program has been so strong that a temporary application center will be stood up at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport Monday in addition to the several permanent application centers already open in the region.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Victor Santiago-Rivera, age 42, of Edwardsville, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Jan. 17, 2017, by a federal grand jury on attempted robbery and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Three Rio Grande Valley men have been arrested on federal wire fraud charges involving a fraudulent mortgage lending scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Costco Failed to Maintain Records at West Sacramento Central Fill Pharmacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney G.F. “Pete" Peterman, III, announced that James Royal, age 43, of Cuthbert, Georgia, was sentenced on Jan. 19, 2017, in Columbus, Georgia, by the Honorable Clay D. Land, United States District Judge, to serve a total of six months imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for distributing marijuana to inmates. He will also not be able to seek or obtain further employment in law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Randolph man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston for two bank robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that FREDERIC PETERSEN BECK JR, age 55, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 108 months imprisonment, and 4 years supervised release for DRUG CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: BISHOP, Calif. - The Inyo National Forest and the Bishop Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management will hold an open house on Thursday, Feb. 2 to gather public ideas for requesting off-highway vehicle grant funds.
