News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, John Stuart Bruce, announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced KEITH WILLIAM DEICHERT, 47, of Raleigh, to 240 months of imprisonment followed by 15 years of supervised release.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: On Sept. 18, 2017, Roosevelt Miller, 20, of Ft. Lauderdale, was sentenced to a total of 121 months in federal prison by United States District Judge William P. Dimitrouleas, after having previously pled guilty to attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity, in violation of, Title 18, United States Code, Section 2422(b).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Angela Lucke, age 37, of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, to five years’ probation for unlawfully providing firearms to a convicted felon.

By Homeland Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A South Texas federal grand jury on Wednesday returned a superseding indictment in the case against the tractor trailer driver that was allegedly responsible for the deaths of 10 illegal aliens on July 23.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Lisa Carrico, a 33-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS), has been selected as Deputy Superintendent of Operations and Science at Grand Canyon National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND - Damion McDaniel was sentenced today to 33 years in prison for shooting an Oakland police officer on Jan. 21, 2013, just 28 hours after he and three other gang members from the Seminary neighborhood in East Oakland shot a rival gang member in a street-corner ambush. The sentenced was announced...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Damon Curtis Chisholm, 42, a resident of Mobile County, was sentenced today in federal court on charges involving his participation in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy and for aiding and abetting one of the co-conspirators, a convicted felon, in possession of firearms. Chisholm pled guilty to the charges in May of 2017.

By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following the announcement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) would pursue numerous projects that threaten health care for seniors and vulnerable Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Yvonne Sanchez, age 40, of Chapin, pled guilty in federal court in Columbia to Bank Fraud, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 1344. Senior United States District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, of Columbia, accepted the guilty plea and will sentence her on Jan. 24, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Adam Khan Le, 36, of Panama City, Florida, was sentenced today in federal court on a charge involving his participation in a scheme to grow and distribute marijuana. Le pled guilty to the charge in May of 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that Yolanda Otero-Valenzuela, 63, and her son, James Narvaez, 29, both of Omaha, were each sentenced on Sept. 20, 2017, to 10 year prison terms by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard. Each had previously pled guilty to conspiracy...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: SAN JOSE - Peter C. Chang was arrested today following the filing of a federal complaint charging him with securities fraud and fraud in connection with a tender offer, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.

By Homeland Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: SPOKANE, Wash. - A Benton man who previously pleaded guilty to producing child pornography was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in federal prison, following a probe by the Southeast Regional Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (SER-ICAC) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Emily W. Allen (619) 546-9738 and Andrew P. Young (619) 546-7981.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Kassandra Whylly, 21, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of financial institution fraud, was sentenced to 15 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The defendant was also ordered to pay more than $9,000 in restitution to the ESL Federal Credit Union.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Emily W. Allen (619) 546-9738 and Andrew P. Young (619) 546-7981.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia man pled guilty today to a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that RYAN S. ROZYCKI, 41, of Norwalk, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of tax evasion.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Trading in advance of an acquisition generated illegal profits in excess of $800,000.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: FBI Searching for 1.8 Million Dollar ATM Courier Van Thief.