News published on Federal Newswire in November 2017

News from November 2017


News Release: Luis Estela Was Found Guilty After a Jury Trial.


Mississippi Skilled Nursing Facility, Related Companies, and Executives Agree to Pay $1.25 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations of Grossly Substandard Care to Facility Residents

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today that Hyperion Foundation, a Georgia not-for-profit entity (Hyperion), Julie Mittleider, a resident of Georgia and Hyperion’s former President, AltaCare Corporation, a Georgia corporation engaged in nursing home management (AltaCare), Douglas Mittleider...


Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park's December 2017 Events

News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park (ADIP) programs with the public throughout 2017. In addition, the community is invited to lend a hand to save native rainforest through the park’s Stewardship at the Summit volunteer program.


Additional YMM Gang Member Sentenced to 20 Years for Drug and Gun Conspiracy

News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BRYAN SCOTT, age 23, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced today after having previously been found guilty of participating in a drug conspiracy and a firearms conspiracy. U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt sentenced SCOTT to serve 240 months or 20 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, and a $200 special assessment.


News Release: FBI Arrests Portland Man on Child Pornography Production Charge: Juan Carlos Ramon Has Reportedly Held Significant Positions of Trust With Children.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - As House Republicans continue to promote enormous oil and gas industry giveaways as their vision for energy policy, and as Senate Republicans move to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling as part of an unrelated tax bill, Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)...


News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged Ronquieze Head, 35, and Seronte Newby, 29, both of Cincinnati, with crimes related to theft from gun stores in Ohio and Kentucky in an indictment returned in Cincinnati.


News Release: TUPELO, MS - Do you know that the Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway) is one of the 417 units managed by the National Park Service? Do you know that the National Park Service includes iconic parks, such as Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon, and smaller units such as the.2-acre Thaddeus Kosciusko...


New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Receipt of Child Pornography

News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TIM NALL, age 62, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information charging him with receipt of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children.


New Orleans Man Charged with Production of Child Pornography

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that JON C. BALLAY, age 58, of New Orleans, was charged in a three-count Indictment with production of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of a fourteen-year-old girl.


Mexican National Charged with Illegal Reentry

News Release: BOSTON - Carlos Lucera-Mejia, 28, was charged today in federal court in Boston with one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien.


News Release: St. Louis, MO - Taleb Jawher was charged today in an Indictment with being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm.


News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management El Mirage Dry Lake Off-Highway Vehicle Area access road will be undergoing maintenance and repair work for approximately two weeks, beginning Monday, November 27. Scheduled work on Mountain View Road includes crack repair, asphalt surface re-seal...


Lawrence Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Kidnapping

News Release: BOSTON - The leader of a Lawrence-based kidnapping crew was sentenced today to life in federal prison for his role in a 2012 kidnapping.


Senate Tax Plan Designed To Lift American Families

News Release: For the last decade, American families have struggled with flat wages and a sluggish economy. The Finance Committee’s plan to overhaul the tax code was designed to provide tax relief and boost take-home pay for middle-income families. Under the Senate plan, a typical family of four earning the median...


News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Two men, from Fort Worth and Louisiana, appeared Wednesday in federal court on a federal criminal complaint stemming from their attempt to threaten witnesses who were cooperating with law enforcement to prosecute a child sex trafficking organization.


New Orleans Man Sentenced in Cocaine and Firearm Conspiracy

News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced yesterday’s sentencing of ANTONIO NEVEAUX, age 42, of New Orleans, following the August 2017 trial.


News Release: Leader of Black P-Stones Gang Sentenced for Racketeering Conspiracy and Murder Charges.


News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - JASON BARBER, 41, of Bethany, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty today to depriving a pretrial detainee of his civil rights by using unreasonable force, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.


Southern Oregon Men Sentenced for Immigration Fraud and Money Laundering

News Release: Defendants used Medford-based Business to Perpetrate State-Wide Immigration Fraud.