News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Donovan Miller, 30, formerly of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 15 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release for transporting an individual in interstate commerce with the intent that she engage in prostitution. He was also ordered to pay $500 in restitution to his victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on Nov. 14, MARK BERLIN, 64, of Boca Raton, Florida, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding three restaurant groups of millions of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Yosvani Castillo and Rodolfo Arteaga Oliva have been sentenced after pleading guilty to hijacking truckloads of valuable copper wire and other copper products. The Southwire Copper Company, based in Carrollton, Georgia, was one of the pair's primary targets.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: 11 Firearms Purchased for Felon Boyfriend.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. - A Humacao man was arrested Nov. 15 on charges of falsely impersonating a federal officer. The arrest is the result of a joint investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Dominican national previously convicted and incarcerated in federal and state prisons on drug trafficking charges was named today in a 15-count federal indictment charging him with trafficking fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine; and being an alien in possession of a firearm, a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Quincy man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: 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.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
Release: Denver, Colo. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has started to implement new carry-on baggage security procedures at Denver International Airport (DEN).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Media Relations Director Kelly Thornton (619) 546-9726 or Kelly.Thornton@usdoj.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Dr. John Dailey was sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay $291,413 in restitution to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Matthew Harrell, Nikki Richardson, Tomeka Howard and Andrea Barrett have been indicted on multiple counts of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and aggravated identify theft related to fraudulent claims filed with the Georgia, Florida and Louisiana Medicaid programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Man Charged with Threatening to Shoot Several People.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two men have admitted to illegal re-entry charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Rome, NY - On Saturday, Nov. 25, Fort Stanwix National Monument will be hosting the annual Holiday Open House. This special event highlights the winter traditions of the residents of 18th Century and the Mohawk Valley. The festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m. and are free of charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the guilty plea of ARON AVRAM SHAMILOV, 24, for impersonating a federal officer. SHAMILOV, who was indicted on Sept. 19, pleaded guilty on Nov. 13, 2017, before United States District Judge Susan Richard Nelson in Saint Paul, Minn. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 16, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dennis man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a heroin trafficking operation on Cape Cod.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of the state of Florida has been sentenced in federal court to three years probation, two months of which shall be served at a Community Corrections Center and four months of which shall be served on home detention, restitution in the amount of $14,992.96, jointly and severally with her co-defendant, Gean Carlos Del Valle-Barquin, on her conviction of conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that VENACIO ORTIZ-LEON age 29, a citizen of Guatemala, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information charging him with illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Project Safe Childhood.
