News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina--------United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that a federal grand jury in Columbia, South Carolina, returned a three-count indictment charging Nicole Jenice Samples, of Columbia, with depravation of rights under color of law, in violation of Title 18, United States Code...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A federal grand jury in Victoria has returned a three-count superseding indictment against Marq Vincent Perez, 25, for allegedly burning the Victoria Islamic Center on Jan. 28, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Byerly Birge announced that George E. Compton, Jr., 63, of Sturgis, Michigan, pled guilty today in federal court to a felony information charging him with executing a health care fraud scheme from at least Jan. 1, 2013, until June 30, 2016. Compton...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held a lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet. The lease sale was the first to be held in Alaska’s federal offshore waters in almost a decade.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: David Barber to be Prosecuted under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - Grady Calhoun, 35, of Hamilton, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to three counts of bank fraud related to making representations as part of his application to obtain credit cards.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Long-term Boone County heroin trafficking investigation has led to several convictions and prison sentences.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a federal jury late yesterday found COREY BROWN guilty of murder in aid of racketeering, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, and firearms charges, and found JOSNEL RODRIGUEZ guilty of conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering and racketeering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Detroit, Michigan man was convicted today in federal court of heroin distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PENNY ROY, 46, of Wethersfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing $1.7 million from her former employer, a Connecticut-based computer software company. ROY also failed to pay taxes on the stolen funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Florence, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Norod Arcane McCullough, age 24, of Loris, South Carolina, was sentenced today in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, for possession with intent to distribute a quantity of heroin and for possession of a firearm in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Crips Gang Member Sentenced to Eight Years for Racketeering Conspiracy in Nebraska.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Cheryl McGrath, 49, of Guysville, Ohio, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to health care fraud and willful failure to pay over tax.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - EM's next quarterly public forum to discuss upcoming business opportunities in the legacy nuclear cleanup program is set for Thursday, July 13 at DOE headquarters in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Earlier today at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, Melvin Marquez-Sanchez, a member of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, was sentenced to 40 years in prison by United States District Judge Joseph F. Bianco. Marquez-Sanchez previously pled guilty to racketeering charges in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national was charged today in federal court in Boston with a federal immigration crime.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: On Saturday, July 1, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will conduct artillery programs at Point Park on Lookout Mountain. Demonstrations, each lasting approximately 30 minutes, are scheduled at10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3:30 pm. Admission to Point Park is $5 per adult, ages 16 and over. Youth, ages 15 and under, are free.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News woman was sentenced to 20 years in prison today for her role in the distribution of heroin to a person who overdosed and died.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago businessman has been arraigned on federal fraud charges for his alleged role in a scheme to bilk elderly homeowners out of millions of dollars.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will initiate fire restrictions for public lands managed by the Mother Lode Field Office effective June 23. The fire restrictions will remain in effect until further notice.
