News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Shelby County, Tennessee dentist pleaded guilty today to tax evasion, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Duane Crithfield (70, Lecanto) to four years and six months in federal prison and Stephen P. Donaldson, Sr. (72, Tampa) to six years’ imprisonment for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud the United States using an offshore tax shelter scheme. A separate hearing will be held at a later date to determine the amount of restitution owed by the two defendants.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, Oct. 28, at 10 am, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present a free ranger-guided hike focusing on a crucial Civil War story associated with Moccasin Bend. The 1.2 mile, 90 minute program will begin at the Brown’s Ferry Federal Road Trailhead near 707 Moccasin Bend Road, Chattanooga, TN 37405. To find the trailhead, follow the “Special Event" signs beginning at the Manufactures Road exit, off Highway 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MONICA SYLVEST, age 52, of Marrero, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Defendant Receives 120-Month Sentence. ALBANY, NEW YORK - Dujuan Pleasant, 35, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to serve 120 months in prison for distributing crack cocaine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. U.S. District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino also ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MONICA SYLVEST, age 52, of Marrero, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - After a three-day trial, Tangela Lawson-Brown, 41, of Midway, Florida, was convicted yesterday of wire fraud, theft of government funds, possession of unauthorized access devices, and aggravated identity theft. The verdict was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Clarksburg, West Virginia man has admitted to having a drug-involved premises, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Jeremy Langston Alford, 34, of Niceville, was sentenced yesterday to serve 135 months in prison after pleading guilty on July 31, 2017, to unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, possessing stolen firearms, and theft of firearms from the premises of a federal firearms licensed dealer. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced new projects between American and Chinese companies to collaborate and showcase successful models that can help industry adapt to new approaches and build business opportunities. These projects intend to improve energy efficiency across retrofitted systems in buildings and industrial facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Civil Rights have reached an agreement with the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA") and the Michigan Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act (“MPWDCRA"), Acting...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An owner of a Fairfax gaming center was sentenced to prison today for obstructing justice and making false statements involving international terrorism.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Charles E. “Chuck" Hunt has been selected as the acting superintendent of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site. He will arrive on October 17 and serve in this position until January 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that IVAN ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON, age 26, of Clayton, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DONALD HUGHES, 42, of Groton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 12 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: For Drug Distribution Conspiracy. SOUTH BEND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced the return of a seven-count indictment that alleges a heroin distribution conspiracy. Named in today’s indictment are: * Corey Harris, age 22, of South Bend...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County - The Federal Highway Administration, Central Federal Lands Highway Division (FHWA-CFLHD), in cooperation with Marin County, California and the National Park Service (NPS), initiated a Subsequent Initial Study (IS) and public comment period to analyze changes...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for Alternative 1 from the Bureau of Land Management’s 2014 Final Environmental Assessment for the Southern Nevada Intertie (Harry Allen to Eldorado 500 kV Transmission) Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Alan Okpechi, 30, of Garland, was sentenced yesterday afternoon by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 60 months in federal prison for identify theft, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Defrauded Banks of Over $1.1 Million and Evaded Over $450,000 in Personal Income Taxes.
