News from July 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: On Monday, July 10 two incidents reminded park staff and visitors of the need to exercise care and caution while exploring the national park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -------- United States Attorney Beth Drake, announced that Stephanie Lake Meyer, age 46, of Simpsonville, South Carolina, was sentenced today to serve 36 months in federal prison for Interference with the Administration of the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of Title 18...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Robert Richey Golden, 63, of Chunchula, was sentenced today in federal court on charges involving his possession of two short-barrel firearms. Golden, a former Prichard police officer was implicated in state ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Jacob Chiaradonna, 28, of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for robbing two Rochester banks in October of 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Butler County resident convicted at trial in February on child exploitation charges has been sentenced in federal court to 30 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: Pecos, NM: - Pecos National Historical Park will offer a free botany walk on Saturday, July 22nd. Park volunteers Susan and Dr. Ken Bower, who are members of the Native Plant Society of New Mexico, are passionate and extremely knowledgeable amateur botanists. On this one mile roundtrip walk along the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a member of the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips today admitted his role in a racketeering conspiracy that involved using other gang members to intimidate a witness during a state criminal trial, as well as conspiracies to distribute heroin and crack-cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: DETROIT - Mallinckrodt LLC, a pharmaceutical manufacturer and one of the largest manufacturers of generic oxycodone, agreed to pay $35 million to settle allegations that it violated certain provisions of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) that are subject to civil penalties, Acting United States Attorney Daniel Lemisch and Tim Plancon, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Detroit Division (DEA) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Ai Inthavong Lopez, 37, of Amarillo, Texas, was sentenced this morning before U.S. District Court Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 34 months in federal prison following her guilty plea to one count of mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Adam Chavez, 35, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a methamphetamine trafficking charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Four members of a scheme that used secret card-reading devices and pinhole cameras on PNC and Bank of America ATMs to steal at least $428,581 pleaded guilty today in Newark federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging ten defendants with conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG). The superseding indictment, which was returned on June 30, 2017 and unsealed today, charges ten alleged...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NATALIE LEVINE, 33, of Scottsdale, Arizona, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of engaging in a kickback scheme that defrauded federal healthcare programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: Investors Bilked Out Of More Than $10 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for his involvement in an August 2015 home invasion that left one person dead, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday - Building a Digital Defense Against Auction Fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, lauded the House passage of the Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2017-legislation he introduced to strengthen protections for federal employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: Plea Agreement Calls for 19-Year Prison Sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Ray A. Perkins, age 30, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Ai Inthavong Lopez, 37, of Amarillo, Texas, was sentenced this morning before U.S. District Court Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 34 months in federal prison following her guilty plea to one count of mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
