News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a six-day jury trial in the U.S. District Court, a Memphis man has been found guilty as charged of using stolen identities to defraud over 100 individual victims and various financial institutions of more than $1.7 million dollars. In addition, he was found guilty on two counts of tampering with government witnesses. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the convictions today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that Floyd Preston Miller, III, age 38, of Ada, Oklahoma was arraigned in federal court on Nov. 21, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO - Thomas Wayne Anderson, 57, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 84 months in federal prison, to be followed by eight years of supervised release, for accessing with intent to view child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Chief...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) and cleanup contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) recently completed two key steps to get rid of highly radioactive sludge near the Columbia River: testing and validating the equipment to remove the material and beginning final demonstrations in the sludge-removal facility.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Five people from eastern Iowa pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to a scheme to defraud elderly victims across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 4 years probation on his conviction of bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: The owner and operator of two defunct Miami home health agencies was sentenced today to 80 months in prison for her role in a $74 million conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jesus Fabian Jimenez, 41, of Hobbs, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 60 months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition. Jimenez will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: After a non-jury trial, United States District Court Judge John E. Dowdell entered a Judgment yesterday in the amount of $296,000 against Darnell E. Blackmon, M.D., for 430 violations of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act. The violations occurred while Dr. Blackmon was the Medical Director of Enhanced Skin and Body Medical Spa.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine charging Rashad Sabree, 37, of Boston, Massachusetts, with two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, two counts of kidnapping, and one count of interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John M. Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank of the District of Maine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Fairmont, West Virginia man has admitted to his role in making methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Brandon Frank, 42, Argyle, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 148 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. Frank pleaded guilty to this charge on Sept. 12, 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Located between Carrizo Springs, Texas, nearby Laredo, and the United States-Mexico border are some of the largest ranches in the Lone Star state.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: LM Director Carmelo Melendez spoke during the 15th combined Intergovernmental Meeting with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), held November 15 through 17, 2017, at the Grand Hyatt Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas. The meeting featured a variety of presentations and roundtable discussions designed to...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: There will be a press conference today at 12:30 p.m. to announce charges against Behzad Mesri, an Iranian national, for allegedly hacking into the computer servers of Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO), stealing proprietary data, including information about then-unreleased episodes of the popular television series, “Game of Thrones," and then allegedly seeking to extort HBO.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: VALENTINE, NE: Children and their families are invited to make free gifts for friends or relatives on Saturday, December 2nd at the Niobrara National Scenic River (NSR) Visitor Center. Kids’ Craft Day will run from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Children of all ages are welcome to create one of the many crafts provided or use their creativity to make their own craft from materials on hand.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: NOV. 21, 2017 - Revenue generated by service sector firms increased 4.4 percent between 2015 and 2016, according to statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2016 Service Annual Survey (SAS). Revenue for all service sectors covered by the program is estimated at $15.5 trillion for 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Release Date: Nov. 22, 2017. Contact: Amanda O’Brien, Education Assistant, Pacific Historic Parks. Phone: 671-477-7278 ext. 1018. Day at the Museum: Preservation in Action, Saturday, December 9, 2017. War in the Pacific National Historical Park, and its non-profit partner, Pacific Historic Parks...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Homestead, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 21 months in prison on his conviction of federal firearm offenses, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Jason Lee Randall, 33, of Mesquite, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 540 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in January 2017 to multiple child pornography offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
