News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - The "Gangster Disciples" Chief of Security involved in the violent shooting that occurred at Hillview Apartments was sentenced to 263 months in federal prison. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: Officers recovered drugs, stolen goods, and over $18,000 cash as part of investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Logan County man pleaded guilty today to possessing stolen mail, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Keith Lee Caudill, 25, of Mallory, faces up to five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced on October 5, 2017. Caudill has also has agreed to pay restitution as part of his plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: BOISE - John Matthew Caviness, Jr., 35, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison for his role in helping to distribute methamphetamine and other drugs throughout the Treasure Valley, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Caviness and ten others were indicted on...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - A federal inmate at United States Penitentiary at Lee County faces additional federal prison time after being sentenced this afternoon for resisting and assaulting a corrections officer, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Akeiran Lawson, a former federal correctional officer from Lumber City, Georgia, was sentenced earlier this week to 46 months in prison by Senior U. S. District Judge William T. Moore, Jr., for attempting to traffick cocaine for a federal prisoner. After serving his prison sentence, Lawson will be on federal supervised release for 3 years. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: A North Olmsted man was charged in federal court with selling misbranded drugs, Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, female convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on June 26, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced the Federal Aviation Administration will award $105.3 million in airport infrastructure grants to 133 airports across the United States as part of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - A federal inmate at United States Penitentiary at Lee County faces additional federal prison time after being sentenced this afternoon for resisting and assaulting a corrections officer, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to commit robbery of a pharmacy, robbery of a pharmacy, brandishment of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, and possession with the intent to distribute Schedule II controlled substances, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: Ryan James Day, 32, of Ellis, Kansas, and formerly of Clarksville, Tenn., was sentenced on Monday, by United States District Court Judge Aleta Trauger, to 50 years in prison for production of child pornography, announced Jack Smith, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: Texas Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for Not Paying Approximately $18 Million in Employment Taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen announced today that Matthew Kolodesh, Alex Pugman, Svetlana Ganetsky, and Malvina Yakobashvili have agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle False Claims Act allegations that they and their now-defunct company, Home Care Hospice, Inc. (HCH)...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today signed a secretarial order to tackle permitting backlogs and delays, identify solutions to improve the permitting process on federal lands, and to identify solutions to improve access to additional parcels of federal land that are appropriate for mineral development. As of Jan. 31, 2017, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had 2,802 Applications for Permit to Drill (APD) pending.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Sonya Padilla, 42, of Santa Fe, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a year and a day in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her conviction for attempting to rob a business engaged in interstate commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Bryant C. Hardnett, age 44, of Watervliet, New York, was arraigned yesterday on false claim and aggravated identity theft charges relating to his filing of fraudulent individual income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DELTOINE SCOTT, age 24, and JEROME KIEFFER, age 24, both of New Orleans, were indicted today by a federal grand jury for charges of attempted bank robbery resulting in death, using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence that resulted in death, and making false statements to a federal agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Pennsylvania man was convicted today following a seven-day jury trial in federal court in Boston of attempting to engage in sexual activity with a nine-year-old boy he met via online PlayStation games.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2017
News Release: Superintendent F. Gus Sanchez and staff are excited to host Songs and Stories of Our National Parks in celebration of the second century of the National Park Service and more than 100 years of conservation and sharing America’s stories. This free evening of music and memories is scheduled for Friday, July 7th at 7:00 pm in the Theater at Chamizal National Memorial.
