News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Michael Dube, 48, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to three counts of mailing threatening communications, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley of the District of New Hampshire announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY-The Bureau of Land Management West Desert District has scheduled seven fuels management projects for fiscal year 2018. With over 7.7 million acres of land to manage in Utah’s West Desert, the fuels program is taking actions to reduce hazardous fuels and risks to local communities, as well as improving land health by creating fire-resilient landscapes and restoring fire-adapted ecosystems.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: An orthopedic surgeon practicing in Vero Beach, Florida, was charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance which resulted in death, aiding and abetting the distribution of a controlled substance which resulted in death, and attempted possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: Victim Was Shot in Abdomenin Early-Morning Attack.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Tracey D. Montaño, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Special Agent in Charge, announced today that United States District Judge Kristine G. Baker sentenced Lynn Alisa Espejo, 53, of Sherwood, to 45 months in federal prison for her role in a scheme in which she stole more than $600,000 from her employers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: Julieta Boone-Tellez, age 43, of Richland Hills, TX, is charged by federal grand jury indictment with allegedly influencing a San Antonio federal juror during the trial of her brother that resulted in a mistrial announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and United States Marshal David Sligh.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: 27 year-old man used 14-year-old girl for commercial sex acts.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Five individuals have been charged by way of federal criminal complaints filed in U.S. District Court in Providence for their alleged participation in a conspiracy to create fraudulent prescriptions for opioid pills and, at times, unlawfully pay for the prescriptions with the use of medical insurance. It is alleged that often times the pills were distributed to others in return for cash payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Mustafa Hassan, 34, of Portland was sentenced on November 1 in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to seven years in prison and four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and 28 grams or more of cocaine base, commonly known as crack. The defendant was convicted following a jury trial on March 16, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday yesterday sentenced Gary Paul Moorman (35, Cincinnati, Ohio) to 20 years in federal prison, the statutory maximum penalty, for inducement to travel to engage in criminal sexual activity. He pleaded guilty on July 21, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Medford woman was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston with fraudulently receiving Social Security disability benefits, Medicare, MassHealth and Food Stamps.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota man was sentenced Thursday to five years in federal prison for distributing child pornography through online chatrooms.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kari Scattaglia, 39, of Newhall, and Lisa Terraciano, 51, of North Hollywood, pleaded guilty today to their roles in a conspiracy to sell Class A commercial driver’s licenses without the buyer having to take or pass the required tests, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Todd Beckman, owner of Tan Co., pled guilty on Thursday to federal kidnapping charges on a Maplewood man. Beckman appeared before United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig, who set sentencing for Friday, February 9, 2018 at 10:00AM.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: Mark S. Huffman Stole More Than $230,000 in Social Security Funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced yesterday a Waynesville, N.C. man to 114 months in prison on child pornography charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Travis Lindsey Mehaffey, 39, was also ordered to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: A former FAA Aviation Safety Inspector and the co-owner of a South Florida aviation repair company, AVCOM Avionics and Instruments Inc., were charged with various offenses in connection with bribery scheme during 2010-2013. To date, the other co-owner of AVCOM Avionics and Instruments Inc. has also been convicted and sentenced in connection with the ongoing investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Shakur Brownstein, age 20, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to a term of 84 months’ imprisonment for brandishing firearms in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- Calvin Benjamin, 50, of St. Thomas and Stephen Bernier, 53 of St. Croix have pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Jay Jackson, age 57, of Hershey, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Martin C. Carlson to bankruptcy fraud related charges.
