News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Bobbi A. Constantine, formerly known as Robert Bove, age 48, of Albany, pled guilty today to wire fraud in connection with a scheme to obtain mortgages and car loans under the false pretense of being a beneficiary of a $12 million trust.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich today sentenced Everett Taylor to eight years, six months in federal prison for theft of government funds and aggravated identify theft. The Court also ordered him to forfeit real property located in Tampa, which is traceable to the offenses. In addition, the Court entered a money judgment in the amount of $124,521, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: Former Pharmacy Compliance Director Pleads Guilty to Introducing Adulterated Drugs into Interstate Commerce and Conspiracy to Defraud the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Maryland man today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: Dwight Hamilton, a former correctional officer at the DeKalb County Jail, pleaded guilty on Monday to abusing a female inmate by tasing her without any legitimate justification. Leonard Dreyer, Mr. Hamilton’s former supervisor at the DeKalb County Jail, previously pleaded guilty to attempting to obstruct the federal investigation into Mr. Hamilton’s use of excessive force by making false statements to an FBI agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Former DeKalb County corrections officer Dwight Hamilton has pleaded guilty to abusing a female inmate by tasing her without justification. Leonard Dreyer, Hamilton’s former supervisor at the jail, previously pleaded guilty to attempting to obstruct the federal investigation into Hamilton’s use of excessive force by making false statements to the FBI.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: This Saturday marks Small Business Saturday, where American consumers head to Main Street to shop and support their local businesses. These engines of our economy are capable of creating more than 1 million new jobs each year and employ about half of the American workforce. That’s why Congress is working...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Jose Matos, 29, and Jeremias Matos, 28, both of Syracuse, were arraigned on Nov. 21, 2017 on an indictment charging them with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and for possessing a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime. Jeremias Matos is also charged...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
Release: HOUSTON-The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has implemented new carry-on baggage security procedures at William P. Hobby Airport (HOU). The new procedures also are being phased in at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), but will not be fully implemented until after the first of the year.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
Release: Leading his first international trade mission Oct. 30-Nov. 3, 2017, Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney was joined by more than 50 U.S. agricultural leaders eager to explore potential trade opportunities in Mumbai and New Delhi, India.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has found Isiah Pierce, 34, and Larry Willis, 32, both of Buffalo, NY, guilty of possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute, maintaining a drug involved premises, possessing firearms in furtherance of drug...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: MACON, GA - Charles E. “Charlie" Peeler has taken the oath of office to become the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Mr. Peeler was nominated by President Donald Trump on Aug. 3, 2017 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 9, 2017. He took the oath of office from Chief United States District Court Judge Clay D. Land.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Terry Lee Keehn, II, 44, resident of Wasilla, Alaska, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to serve 13 years, 10 months in prison, to be followed by a 10-year term of supervised release, for two counts of sex trafficking through force, fraud, and coercion.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Gregory McLeod, a former correctional officer with the rank of lieutenant at the U. S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, has pleaded guilty to abusing an inmate by punching him in his face without justification. McLeod also admitted that he intentionally obstructed a federal investigation into the matter by writing a false incident report.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: WALNUT GROVE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will close its Delta Cross Channel gates this Friday at 10 a.m., to help reduce winter-run Chinook salmon straying from the Sacramento River. National Marine Fisheries Service biologists have been monitoring fish migration in the river this fall. They notified Reclamation Tuesday that fish were entering the area in numbers that required the gates to be closed.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: A Medina man was indicted in federal court trying to induce a 13-year-old girl to engage in sexual activities with him and sending images of himself engaged in sexual activities, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident has been sentenced in federal court to 150 months’ imprisonment on his convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute more than one kilogram of heroin and conspiracy to commit money laundering, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: Defendants Charged with Federal Drug Conspiracy and Possession of Firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington today sentenced Richmond Joseph McDonald (40, Tampa) and Shauna Maryann Boselli (25, Tampa) to life, and 40 years in federal prison, respectively, for enticement of a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct. McDonald and Boselli previously pleaded guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: HILLIARD FAZANDE, III (“FAZANDE"), age 50, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged in a Bill of Information today for bank theft, announced Acting United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.
