News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that RICHARD ESTABA, also known as “Raw," 23, of Bridgeport, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Gerald Fitzpatrick Odneal II, also known as "PJ," of Muskegon, Michigan was sentenced to 66 months (five-and-a-half years) in federal prison for possessing firearms as a convicted felon, Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Byerly Birge announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff imposed a 3-year term of supervised release that will commence once Odneal is released from imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A U.S. Navy Petty Officer pleaded guilty today to the production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Federal inmate Fernando A. Settles has been sentenced to an additional one year, three months in prison for escaping from the United States Penitentiary’s minimum-security camp in Atlanta, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood; Plea Agreement Recommends 12-Year Prison Sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joseph Thigpen, 41, Madison, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to a cumulative sentence of 201 months (16 years and 9 months) for possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute. Thigpen pled guilty to this charge before Judge Conley on June 20, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Nine people arrested today are named in a federal methamphetamine and money laundering conspiracy indictment unsealed in court in Binghamton, New York, announced U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, Postal Inspector in Charge Shelly Binkowski, and New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach, II.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Ernest Marshall, 34, of Charles Town, West Virginia, was sentenced in federal court today to eight months incarceration for distributing oxycodone, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Alabama Man Sentenced to 90 Years for Producing Child Pornography Involving Multiple Victims.
By State Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
Release: Substance of the Specific Instance. On May 24, 2017, an individual acting for descendants of Oswald Weiss, (herein referred to as the “submitter") filed a Specific Instance with the U.S. NCP alleging that a U.S. company, through its acquisition of a German company, practiced conduct inconsistent with...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - A Christiansburg man, who filed multiple false tax returns between 2008 and 2009 in an attempt to receive fraudulent tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service, was convicted this week on multiple tax fraud and bankruptcy fraud charges, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: On Sept. 19, 2017, Tyree M. Neal, Jr., 30, of Marion, was sentenced to federal prison for a cocaine offense, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Incident information. Photos of Hurricane Irma damage and response. Homestead, Fla. - The National Park Service (NPS) Eastern Incident Management Team currently has 334 laborers, saw teams, arborists, heavy equipment operators and other employees on the ground throughout South Florida, along the Atlantic...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - On Saturday, Oct. 14, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the Bureau of Land Management will host a National Public Lands Day event at the Water Canyon Recreation Area in Winnemucca, Nevada. As stewards, the BLM manages public lands for the benefit of current and future generations, supporting conservation as we pursue our multiple-use mission. Event partners include Newmont, Nevada Outdoor School and various other community organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Miami Physician Sentenced to 97 Months for Role in Pain Pill Diversion and $4.8 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Colorado man already serving time for a bank robbery in Arkansas was indicted here Wednesday on charges he robbed a bank in Manhattan, Kan., U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Eric J. Rommal Named Special Agent in Charge of the New Orleans Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, police officer today admitted paying bribes in order to obtain compensation for off-duty work he did not perform, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: With parts of Texas and Florida still reeling from the devastation of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, thousands of Americans have lost their homes, their communities, and are wondering how to rebuild their lives. These people need help, starting with immediate needs like getting electricity back on and putting food on the table. In the weeks to come, they will also need help determining where to live and how to return to a sense of normalcy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad, of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that the grand jury indicted Ronald Van Den Heuvel (age: 62) of De Pere, on wire fraud and money laundering charges today. The indictment alleges that Van Den Heuvel fraudulently obtained over $9 million in loans and investments for his eco-friendly “Green Box" business plan but diverted much of the funds to his own purposes.
