News from November 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: The Office of U.S. Trade Representative today released updated summaries of its negotiating goals for the North American Free Trade Agreement. The move comes after Sen. Wyden placed a hold on future USTR nominees until the summaries were updated, as required by the 2015 Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Scott Kennedy, 40, of Beaver Dams, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine, was sentenced to 235 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KHADAFI CASTRO, 39, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to one count of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin and cocaine base (“crack cocaine").
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the sentencing of RONALD DAVID JOHNSON, 51, to 126 months in prison for stealing more than $2.1 million from victims who were hoping to invest successfully in the North Dakota oil boom. On June 19, 2017, following a five-day trial, a jury...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, woman today admitted using bogus litigation support companies to obtain millions of dollars from two law firms where she was a partner, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh Minkler today announced federal criminal charges against 26 individuals reaching from Indianapolis to Phoenix, Arizona, one of which is Richard Grundy III.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Noel Rodriguez, age 56, formerly of Dover, Del., pleaded guilty to one count of federal program theft before U.S. District Judge Richard G. Andrews. Rodriguez is scheduled to be sentenced on March 30, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Rachel Marie White, age 38, of El Reno, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(B), punishable by not less than 5 years imprisonment, and up to 40 years imprisonment, and up to a $5,000,000.00 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney John H. Durham and Chief State’s Attorney Kevin T. Kane announced that KARL ROYE, also known as “Eagle," 26, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to a life term of imprisonment for committing the murder of Anthony Parker of Hartford in April 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: The Denver Police Department and the FBI Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Edgar Solorzano, 24, of Dallas, was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 231 months in federal prison for the Nov. 19, 2015 armed assault of two federal law enforcement officers in southwest Dallas, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Suzanna Meliksetyan, an operator of multiple purported durable medical equipment (DME) companies pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud for her role in a scheme to defraud Healthfirst, a non-profit, New York-based health maintenance...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: After 22 years with the United States Attorney’s Office, Randolph J. Seiler has announced his retirement. Seiler will bid farewell on Dec. 31, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Found guilty of civil rights violations, now looks at additional prison time.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Terminix Companies Sentenced for Applying Restricted-Use Pesticide to Residences in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Lavyette Garcia Indicted for Preparing and Filing Fraudulent Federal Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: 26 INDIVIDUALS FACE A VARIETY OF DRUG-RELATED CHARGES.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago Police Department officer was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for using unreasonable force against two individuals while on duty.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Daniel K. Gonzalez, 35, of Gallina, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a misdemeanor offense of interfering with a U.S. Forest Service Officer under a plea agreement that recommends a sentence of 68 days of incarceration or time served.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former executive director of a Newark-based childcare and community program and a partner in a political fundraising and consulting company today admitted committing wire fraud and tax evasion, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
