News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Mount Clare, West Virginia, man was convicted today of drug possession, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Hollidaysburg, Pa. has been sentenced in federal court to 84 months in prison, 60 months of which will be concurrent with a sentence imposed in the Southern District of Florida; three years’ supervised release; and was ordered to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Chief Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Jamie Nichelle McKay on June 30, 2017 to serve a term of imprisonment of 60 months followed by 4 years of supervised release for conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Fahim Ahmed Khan, 59, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced this morning for his involvement in a “pill mill" operation, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Steven B. Boyd, a/k/a “Gotti," age 38, of Baltimore, to 16 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the sentencing of MICHAEL TOBAK, 55, to two years in prison for filing a false tax return. TOBAK pleaded guilty on November 7, 2016, and was sentenced on June 29, 2017, before U.S. District Judge Joan N. Ericksen in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose announced today that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, dba Carolinas Healthcare System (CHS), has agreed pay the Government $6.5 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act, by “up-coding" claims for urine drug tests in order to receive higher payment than allowed for the tests.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of a criminal Complaint in Manhattan federal court charging...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) carrier has been ordered to federal prison for receiving bribe money in exchange for providing addresses of postal ballot recipients, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Fort Pulaski National Monument returns in time to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with you. On Tuesday, July 4, 2017, join park staff and volunteers and have a blast at Savannah’s and Tybee Island’s National Park. An action packed day has been planned for the whole family to enjoy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man was sentenced this afternoon in federal court in Boston for failing to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 49-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison for more than 21 years as a result of his convictions for two counts of bank robbery, one count of attempted bank robbery and one count of escape, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. In May 2016, a federal jury sitting in Houston convicted Henry Lee London Jr. following a three-day trial and approximately five hours of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Reginald L. Lomax, Jr., age 32, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 28, 2017, by United States District Court Judge William W. Caldwell to 15 years’ imprisonment for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation signed a Finding of No Significant Impact for providing a CALFED Water Use Efficiency grant to the Central California Irrigation District for the Orestimba Creek Groundwater Recharge Project. CCID would use the CALFED Water Use Efficiency Grant to develop a 20 acre recharge facility near Orestimba Creek and the Delta-Mendota Canal that would allow the recharge of 500 acre-feet per year to the local groundwater basin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced today that Dr. Rassan M. Tarabein, 58, a neurologist residing in Fairhope, Alabama, was arrested by law enforcement officials on federal and state criminal charges relating...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: ELY, Nev.--The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is accepting sealed, written bids for the commercial harvesting of pine nut units in the BLM Battle Mountain, Elko and Ely districts. The deadline to submit a bid is 9:30 a.m. PDT, Tuesday, Aug. 8. Public lands provide valuable, tangible goods, and materials we rely on and use every day to heat our homes, build our roads, and feed our families.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 34-year-old Cypress man entered a guilty plea today to the coercion and enticement of a minor, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - Four Erie residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On Thursday, June, 29, 2017, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Justin Larson, age 30, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, to life in prison, for distribution of acetyl fentanyl, which resulted in death, as well as conspiracy to distribute narcotics, five counts of possession or attempted...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Thursday, June 29, 2017, U.S. District Court Judge Michael J. McShane sentenced James Derby Rictor, 43, of Corvallis, Ore., to 80 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
