News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A South Boston woman was arrested today for using false Social Security numbers on a job application and an apartment rental application after she completed a prison sentence in a previous fraud case.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On March 16, 2017, Robert W. Webster, heather Jean Reekr66, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 12 months and one day in prison for conspiracy to bribe a public official, 12 months and one day on each of two counts of bribery...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Anthony Darnell McCutchen, 27, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for his role in the illegal purchase of two firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Kansas Man Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements in Federal Hate Crime Investigation.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) issued the following statement today in response to an announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarding a $100 million grant to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to fund drinking water infrastructure upgrades in Flint, Michigan...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Demetrius Muschetta, 33, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a prison term of thirteen years stemming from his leadership role in a narcotics conspiracy that operated in the District of Columbia and Maryland. He is among 16 people to plead guilty following an investigation that led to the seizure of kilograms of narcotics, firearms, and cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Wanted. Be on the lookout for MARIO L. LAMBERT, who has pending charges in multiple jurisdictions. Locally, LAMBERT has been charged in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, with a Hobbs Act violation related to the armed robbery of Cellular Sales, 4501 Chapman Highway, Knoxville...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TREVON GROSS, the former Chairman and CEO of Helping Other People Excel Federal Credit Union (“HOPE FCU"), located in Lakewood, New Jersey, and YURI LEBEDEV, a former member of HOPE FCU’s Board of Directors...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: National Park Service Seeks Public Comments on Plan to Protect Species of Concern on Southeast Coastlines.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A Willowbrook woman has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for scheming to help a contractor falsely satisfy its female hiring requirement for city of Chicago construction projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Aaron M. Bowman, age 33, of Middleburgh, New York, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison after pleading guilty to unlawfully possessing a firearm that he advertised for sale on Facebook.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, wrote Acting Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Michael Young to request information about the Department’s response to recent detections of avian influenza around the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On March 17, 2017, Corey Anthony Jones, heather Jean Reekr28, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 188 months in prison for possession with the intent to distribute 28 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing cocaine...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - Two businessmen have been convicted on bank fraud charges for falsifying loan documents to prevent foreclosure on a nearly $2 million parcel of land in Aurora. The fraud left one couple out of $450,000, and an elderly couple out of $300,000.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: National Park Service Seeks Public Comments on Plan to Protect Species of Concern on Southeast Coastlines.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Nathan E. Boguhn, 50, of Vestal, New York, pled guilty yesterday to three (3) counts of distributing and receiving child pornography via the internet and using a file sharing program, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent in Charge Vadim Thomas...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA) will lead a roundtable discussion on the impacts of emerging railroad technologies. Subcommittee members and representatives a freight railroad, a rail industry technology supplier, the railroad technology research center, and a labor representative will participate in Tuesday’s roundtable.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Okeyonna Njoku, 30, of Los Angeles, California pleaded guilty on March 16, 2017, in federal court to possessing with intent to distribute marijuana, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - Keon Rutledge, 35, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 90 months in prison for possession with the intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Patrick Begay, 43, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Churchrock, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an abusive sexual contact charge. The plea agreement recommends that Begay be sentenced within the range of 144 to 216 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court. Begay will also be required to register as a sex offender.
