News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - An 18-count indictment was unsealed today after two of five defendants were arrested today for unemployment benefits fraud and an identity theft scheme, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Special Agents with the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) and US Park Rangers are investigating recent vandalism inflicted upon the Memorial which is the final resting place of three American Naval Officers and three British Officers interred under the rotunda.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Ross D. Pickard (63, Naples) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit loan and credit application fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: ***In order to protect the privacy of the child victim in this case, the United States Attorney’s Office is requesting that the media not disclose the victim’s name or display an image of the victim when reporting this story. We are aware that her identity and images were released to the public in the...
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issues the following statement in response to the administration’s notice that it intends to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)...
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Albuquerque, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking input from the public about proposed changes to the administration of firewood and other forest product removal activities in the Rio Puerco Field Office area. The BLM will hold the following public meetings:.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - - Darin Thimmesch, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Omaha District Office announced on May 18, 2017, that DEA had secured a prison sentenced for Daniel Perez-Heredia. Perez-Heredia, 29, a resident alien from Worthington, MN, was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Perez-Heredia had previously pled guilty to this charge on Feb. 15, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An internal medicine doctor practicing in Yonkers, New York, today admitted taking bribes in connection with a long-running and elaborate test referral scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, New Jersey, its president and numerous associates, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jennifer Y. Lucas, 37, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 10 months incarceration for cocaine distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: (Pinedale, Wyo.) -The Pinedale Anticline Project Office (PAPO) proposes to upgrade snow removal equipment in Sublette County to meet higher emission standards and is seeking public comment regarding this proposal.
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Washington-The Department of Energy today announced $5 million to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing nuclear engineering degrees and other nuclear science and engineering programs relevant to nuclear energy. The awards include 58 undergraduate scholarships and 31 graduate-level fellowships for students at U.S. colleges and universities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Former Reeves County Judge Jimmy Galindo faces federal bribery and income tax related charges announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division; and, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge William Cotter, San Antonio Division.
By State Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - At a hearing today considering the nomination of William Hagerty of Tennessee to serve as U.S. ambassador to Japan, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following remarks in support of the nomination. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) introduced Mr. Hagerty to members of the committee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Nashville, Tenn. today, returned a two- count indictment charging Tad Cummins, 50, of Columbia, Tenn., with transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of engaging in criminal sexual conduct and obstruction of justice, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jack Smith of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Hornell Money Mule Pleads to Wire Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Dominique Pearson, 25, of Houston, Texas was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to serve a total of 120 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in October 2016 to his role in the conspiracy to rob Tilak Jewelers in Irving, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - - A jury voted today to convict William “True" Hilts, age 52, of Schenectady, New York, of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and heroin, and distribution of crack cocaine and heroin, following a four-day jury trial.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced the office manager of a Birmingham surgical practice to more than three years in prison for stealing from her employer and ordered her to repay nearly $1 million. Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent in Charge James E. Dorsey.
By State Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following remarks at the full Committee hearing on U.S. interests in Africa...
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Put-in-Bay, Ohio - Special Agents with the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) and US Park Rangers are investigating recent vandalism inflicted upon the Memorial which is the final resting place of three American Naval Officers and three British Officers interred under the rotunda.
