News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II has sentenced Roy Thomas Phillips (47, Orlando) to 60 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting children. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the electronic devices he had used to commit the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud Charges for Role in $192 Million Compounded Medication Scheme; Pharmacy Marketer Also Pleads Guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bronx, New York, man today admitted robbing a bank in Bergen County, New Jersey, in January 2017, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Clifford D. Johnson, announces that Ronnie Rutherford Jr., age 40, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Theresa Springmann on federal convictions of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) is working on the Upper Potomac Interceptor (UPI) adjacent to the Capital Crescent Trail (CCT) to prepare it for re-activation. Work so far has included the installation of a liner and repairs to manholes. In August 2017...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Monterey Park man was taken into custody late this morning on federal smuggling charges stemming from the seizure of a package that contained three king cobras hidden in potato chip canisters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 78 months in prison to be followed by lifetime supervision for possession of over 7,915 images and videos of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- King Leonard, 24, of Tortola and Michael Leonard, 21, of Pennsylvania, were sentenced today to 12 months in prison for bringing into and harboring illegal aliens in the United States, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced. District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez also sentenced the two brothers to serve three years of supervised release, pay a $100 special assessment, and perform 350 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. - Today, the simultaneous unsealing of 25 federal indictments charging 43 defendants in a major operation aimed at curbing drug trafficking and gun violence in West Memphis and Crittenden County. The indictments were returned by a federal grand jury on July 6, 2017 and July 11, 2017, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three Jersey City police officers today admitted participating in a conspiracy to defraud Jersey City by obtaining compensation for off-duty work that they did not perform, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Raul Ramos, 43, of Holyoke, was arrested today and charged in federal court in Springfield with one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Charles Town, West Virginia man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a heroin distribution charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States announced today that from April-June 2017, over 200 wild horses or burros have been placed into private homes with an additional 50 animals in foster care or training programs. These animals were adopted by members of the public at 11 adoptions...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 78 months in prison to be followed by lifetime supervision for possession of over 7,915 images and videos of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Ricky Parnell and co-defendants responsible for $154,000 restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: The former manager of a JPM Chase bank branch in West Seattle was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 54 months in prison for embezzling more than half a million dollars from the accounts of elderly customers, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. ROBERTA CASTILLO, 43, acted as a...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Quincy man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to bank robbery.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) sent letters to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price and to McKinsey & Company today raising serious concerns over HHS’s analysis of an...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Florida man was sentenced today to 73 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess and traffic stolen credit card data held by New Jersey residents, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
