News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Distribution of a Controlled Substance was sentenced on April 24, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: For Hobbs Act Robbery. FORT WAYNE - The Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Clifford D. Johnson, announces that Freddie L. Church, 39, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before Chief District Court Judge Theresa Springmann for a Hobbs Act Robbery and carrying a firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: ROCKFORD - Two bank officers and a bank customer were charged Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Rockford with fraud and falsifying statements to the Small Business Administration, an agency of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Theodore Gerald Reiss, age 81, of Halethorpe, Maryland today to 90 months in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man and a Crookston, Minnesota, woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that REGINA ANN BALLARD, age 38, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 77 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for DRUG CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C).
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that NATHAN ROWDEN GREEN, age 29, of Hulbert, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 100 months imprisonment and 4 years of supervised release for DRUG CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Future of Emergency Alerting."
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Jason Lee Pyles, age 44 of Barling, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 180 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release on one count of Knowingly Possessing a Firearm After a Felony Conviction. The Honorable Chief Judge P.K. Holmes, III presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - On Tuesday, May 9, 2017, Dr. Robert M. Ritchea, 54, of LaGrange, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison for operating a “pill mill" through his medical practice and for money laundering, announced Acting United States Attorney A. Clark Morris. A “pill mill" is a medical clinic created to dispense controlled substances inappropriately, unlawfully, and for non-medical reasons.
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement regarding the tunnel cave-in at the Hanford Site containing contaminated materials and equipment from Cold War operations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who committed two armed robberies in the Las Vegas Valley in the same week pleaded guilty today, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Krisinda Messer, aka Krisinda Garay, pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to bank fraud, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Michael T. Batdorf, Special Agent in Charge Internal Revenue Service. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Charles R. Breyer, U.S. District Judge, in San Francisco.
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a legislative hearing for Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Initiatives to Advance Public Health."
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron today sentenced Guillermo Pardo (53) to two years and one day in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and passport fraud. He pleaded guilty on Feb. 15, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: Four Texas Men Indicted on Federal Hate Crime and Conspiracy Charges for Assaults Based on Victims’ Sexual Orientation.
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a legislative hearing for Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Initiatives to Advance Public Health."
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - Public access to shooting areas along Iron Mountain Road west of Redding will be restricted from May 16 through May 26, while the Bureau of Land Management completes a project to control storm water drainage. There will be no restrictions from Saturday to Sunday, May 20 to 21.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ALEKSANDR BURMAN, a/k/a “Alexander Burman," was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe to 10 years in prison. BURMAN organized and managed a large health care fraud scheme through six...
