News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: The owner of a Sandusky company was convicted on multiple counts for his fraudulent conduct related to Castalia Farms, said Acting U.S. Attorney David Sierleja and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Nineteen Mexican Mafia Associates Charged After Three-Year, Multi-Agency Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Cameroonian national was sentenced today for her role in a marriage fraud conspiracy dubbed “Operation Evasive Immigration.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty today to robbing a bank with a homemade simulated explosive device with wires and blinking lights worn under his clothes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston man and woman have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors and sex trafficking of minors, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal jury convicted Jazsmine Arielle Joseph, 28, on Sept. 2, 2016, following a week-long trial and approximately six hours of deliberation. Co-defendant Xavier Cooper, 32, had previously pleaded guilty.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Vice Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, introduced a Resolution of Inquiry directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide the Committee on Homeland Security with all information and documents it possesses related to payments made by DHS for Trump Organization or Trump family member travel in furtherance of Trump Organization business.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joleen Sedillo, 42, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court to 27 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her conviction on bank robbery charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: The owner of a Sandusky company was convicted on multiple counts for his fraudulent conduct related to Castalia Farms, said Acting U.S. Attorney David Sierleja and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Bassam K. Naiefeh, 48, of Cranston, owner of AAA Gas Mart in Cranston, was sentenced today to 12 months and 1 day in federal prison for conspiracy to possess and distribute oxycodone, and for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Christian M. Domenech, 24, of West Warwick, pleaded guilty today to federal heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine trafficking charges and to bank fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch; Harold H. Shaw, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division; and Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park (ADIP) programs with the public throughout 2017. In addition, the community is invited to lend a hand to save native rainforest through the park’s Stewardship at the Summit (SAS) volunteer program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for gun and drug trafficking crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Colorado Man Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to File Fraudulent Tax Refund Claims.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites the public to witness the power of field artillery that defended the Union garrison during the Siege of 1862. The park’s Living History staff will present artillery demonstrations July 29-30 and August 5-6 at 1, 2, and 3 p.m., on the battle that led to General...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: On Thursday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS") Secretary Tom Price, M.D., announced the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, involving 412 charged defendants across 41 federal districts, including...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Lenin Gutierrez, 40, of Cranston, was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison for robbing a bank branch office located inside a Johnston supermarket on Dec. 30, 2016, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch, Johnston Police Chief Richard S. Tamburini and Harold H. Shaw, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Division of the FBI.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: On Thursday, July 13th, an unresponsive hiker was extracted by helicopter from the vicinity of the Eagle Peak Trail in the Tatoosh Range of Mount Rainier National Park. The victim showed no signs of life and was released to the Pierce County Medical Examiner.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Lake Mead National Recreation Area has made a change to Aids to Navigation on Lake Mead in the Temple Bar area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced today that a federal jury has convicted QUINTON HALL, age 32, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, of various drug trafficking crimes, and illegally possessing a firearm in connection with the crimes, based on the defendant’s efforts to...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C) - Today, Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate HELP Committee, Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Bob Casey (D-PA), Ranking Member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA), Ranking Member of the...
