News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Three separate multi-count indictments were unsealed this morning in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging three federal correctional officers employed by the United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP) variously with deprivation of civil rights under color of law, aggravated...
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: National Park Service. Homestead National Monument of America. 8523 W. State Hwy 4. Beatrice, NE 68310. 402-223-3514 phone. 402-228-4231 fax. www.nps.gov/home. National Park Service News Release. - May 25, 2017. Susan Cook 402-223-3514. Homestead National Monument of America. Is an Official NASA Viewing Location...
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: MAY 25, 2017 - Nonemployer businesses, establishments without paid employees, in the Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation subsector (North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 485 ) increased by 59.4 percent from 362,445 in 2014 to 577,809 in 2015, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics released today. Receipts in this subsector increased 21.9 percent from $11.7 billion in 2014 to $14.3 billion in 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Thursday to 46 months in federal prison for turning stolen mail into 14 false identities, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a former Shreveport chiropractor and his son were sentenced Wednesday for funneling money through an unlawful bitcoin financial scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy announced today that Juan Oliverias-Arbello, 28, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution 100 grams or more of heroin before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Defendant allegedly coerced minors to send explicit photographs to him and then distributed the photographs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a mother and daughter who ran a tax-preparation business in Sumter County for a conspiracy to defraud the IRS, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent in Charge James E. Dorsey.
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the award of a contract to Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership, LLC for the continued deactivation and remediation of Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) facilities, in Paducah, KY. The procurement is a cost-plus-award-fee and includes...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that four inmates at the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Allenwood) were indicted separately by a federal grand jury for possessing contraband within a federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston methamphetamine dealer pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Shannon L. Mitchell, 36, entered his guilty plea to distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal Prosecutors have filed nine civil complaints that seek the forfeiture of nine real properties across Southern California that were allegedly purchased with proceeds generated by a fraudulent scheme that collected more than $50 million from foreign investors seeking “Green Cards" through the EB-5 visa program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Haverhill man was arrested and charged today with robbing a branch of Santander Bank in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: A Miami-Dade, Florida man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to use stolen IDs to file fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID QUATRELLA, 62, of Trumbull, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in a scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Defendant, Rande Brian Isabella, earlier convicted at trial for enticement of a minor and attempted production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Luis Enrique Rueda-Barcenas, a/k/a “Luis Rueda," of Nottingham, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about April 3, 2017, Rueda-Barcenas, an alien, and native and citizen of Mexico, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about April 6, 2004 and March 24, 2005.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On May 25, 2017, Jason Anthony Knight, 45, of Telford, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 84 months in federal prison. Knight pleaded guilty on June 21, 2016, to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - In celebration of National Drug Court Month, the United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of North Carolina (EDNC) spotlights the two Federal Drug Courts that operate in the EDNC. The H.O.P.E. Program, (Helping Offenders Pursue Excellence), began 2009 and is held in Raleigh, North Carolina. The S.T.A.R. Program, (Striving to Achieve Recovery), began in 2016 and is held in Greenville, North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - On June 1, entrance fees at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will increase, the last phase of a three-year incremental plan to meet national standards for parks with similar visitor amenities.
