News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - After two days of the trial before U.S. District Judge John T. Fowlkes, Jr., the defendantM. Cleve Collins entered a plea of guilty to the indictment charging him with one count of major fraud against the United States. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the conviction today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, a federal jury in New Bern found WILLIAM MAURICE SADDLER guilty of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor and sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - A 49-year-old man from Bushland, Texas, Thomas Roy Clark, who pleaded guilty in August 2017 to one count of health care fraud, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 41 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $514,576.29 in restitution, joint and severally with his codefendant. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Officer Rodiny Calypso Lied Repeatedly on a Use of Force Report After Beating a Handcuffed Inmate in a Shower Stall.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - Former Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus Chairman Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today introduced H.R. 4489, the Authorizing Critical Conservation for Sportsmen and Sportswomen (ACCESS) Act. The bill comes on the heels of House Republicans’ failed attempts to advance the SHARE Act (H.R. 3668), a bill riddled with anti-conservation and anti-gun safety provisions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Mexican citizen was sentenced to 11 months in prison for reentering the United States illegally after being removed at least three times.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: TUSCALOOSA - A federal judge today sentenced the leader of a drug ring trafficking methamphetamine and cocaine in Tuscaloosa County to 25 years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Gerido and West Alabama Narcotics Task Force Captain Phil Simpson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans, announced that LUIS ALONSO MUNOZ-MADRID, age 35, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to being in the United States illegally.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RODOLFO BOLIVAR TEPAN, 38, a citizen of Ecuador last residing in Danbury, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to one count of reentry of a removed alien.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Winter is a wonderful time to explore Capitol Reef. “Hiking in the off-season gives visitors a chance to experience solitude," says park volunteer Angela Oppelt. Visitors can enjoy dark night skies, few crowds on the trails, and quiet camping.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley today announced that, after a four-day trial, a jury returned guilty verdicts late Wednesday afternoon against Valentin Delo Perez Soto, also known as Miguel Angel Sanchez Caraballo, 49, of Manchester, New Hampshire.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury late Wednesday indicted a Decatur man on kidnapping and child sex-trafficking charges, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and David E. Beach, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service, New York Field Office (“USSS"), announced charges today against 13 individuals in connection with a scheme to defraud drivers of two ride-sharing...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Jackson, TN - Jeremy Seville Hall was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARK D. HUBER, 57, of Mahopac, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 28 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally manufacturing and possessing explosives.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - An Indianapolis immigration attorney pleaded guilty Thursday to defrauding U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and more than 250 of his clients by filing false visa applications and reaping about $750,000 in fraudulent fees.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jonathan James, 44, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By State Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: We, the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the Commonwealth of Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Haiti, Jamaica, the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Republic of Suriname, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States of America, do hereby.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Lashea Dannette Harris, age 33, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(C), punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, and up to a $1,000,000.00 fine or both.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Greater Boston metropolitan man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to multiple charges related to his role in a conspiracy to traffic counterfeit steroids to customers across the country.
