News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the arrest and unsealing of an indictment charging Samika Garcia with five counts each of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with income tax fraud. If convicted on the wire fraud counts, she faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each count, with an additional two-year consecutive sentence for each aggravated identity theft charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Algerian Man Extradited for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorists Makes Initial Appearance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - An Indian man who was ordered deported from the United States has been convicted for using a fake identity to obtain citizenship, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 30-year old member of the Texas Mexican Mafia has been ordered to prison for his involvement in a major poly-drug conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Mario Alberto Rodriguez, of Laredo, pleaded guilty in June 2014 and is the last to be sentenced as part of a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - On Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017 from 9:30am-5pm, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park will host its Festival of the Sea. Guests are invited to upgrade their maritime culture database with a full day’s download of family activities and traditional sea music. The "High-Tech...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury yesterday found Fred Joseph Turner, M.D. (59, Sarasota) and Rosetta Valerie Cannata (60, Osprey) guilty of one count of conspiring to dispense controlled substances for no legitimate medical purpose and outside...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to “Fish Printing," a Junior Ranger program to be held at the Parkway Visitor Center on Saturday, July 29, 2017, at 10:00 am. Join a park ranger for this 45-minute program to discover some of the fish that live in the water along...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces the closure of Keswick Dam Road across Keswick Dam from 7 a.m. Aug. 1 until 7 p.m. Aug. 2. Keswick Dam is located on the Sacramento River, two miles northwest of Redding.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Richard Lueck (62, Satellite Beach) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the electronic devices he had used to commit the offense, and to serve 10 years of supervision following his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Bridgeport has returned an indictment charging TYESHON KING, 30, of Bridgeport, with one count of possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: On June 19, 2017, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against Maribel Nunez, 58, and Madeline Rosario, 25, both of Philadelphia, PA, on charges relating to a scheme to steal fraudulently issued tax refund checks for their own use. Nunez and her daughter, Rosario, were each found guilty of conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that on July 21, 2017, Fausto Alejandro Maldonado, 29, of Lincoln, was sentenced to five years (60 months) in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine. Following the prison term, Maldonado will serve four years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Salem, Ore. - Access will be limited to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Sandy Ridge Recreation Site July 19 to 21 due to a land use permit for use of the parking area and trails. The BLM facilitates opportunities for development of energy infrastructure, active timber management, and commercial recreation on our public lands that create jobs that help local communities grow.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: FBI Violent Crimes Task Force/Atlanta PD Seeking Information for Home Invasion Suspect Julius Rawls.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ The owner of Penitas Family Pharmacy aka Riverside Pharmacy and a marketer employed by the pharmacy have been indicted in connection with a scheme to defraud Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, announced Acting United States Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Former CPA to spend nearly 3 years in prison for defrauding long-time client out of over $1,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas -Shaundel Rey Windom, 39, of San Angelo, Texas, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 168 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in March 2017 to one count of transportation of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Mr. Kautter spent a number of years as director of national tax at Ernst and Young. During that time, the firm marketed tax shelters to wealthy clients. And E&Y employees were convicted of fraud and obstruction for covering it up when the practice came under federal investigation. This was a major scandal,...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Mario Washington, 24, of Chicago, Illinois was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment for his role in the Nov. 26, 2016 smash and grab theft of Chanel handbags from the Saks Fifth Avenue department store at Plaza Frontenac.
