News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Mangal Gill, 58, of San Ramon, pleaded guilty today to two counts of conspiracy to commit bribery and identity fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Melanie K. Pierson (619) 546-7976.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced WILLIAM TODD CUTRER, age 52, to 42 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining over $500,000 from victim investors in an investment fraud scheme. The Court ordered CUTRER to pay $502,035.09 in restitution to his victims. CUTRER will be required to serve a two-year term of supervised release upon his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Daniel Dale Barton, Sr. (57, Brevard County) to seven years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography. The court also ordered him to serve a 10-year term of supervised release and to forfeit a laptop computer, which was used in committing the offense. Barton pleaded guilty on February 7, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: The Smackdown Trophy returns to Dollar Bay High School: the Minettes & Miner have won the 16th annual High School Local History Smackdown!.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: On April 24, 2018, Carlos L. Hemphill, a/k/a "Los," age 35, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for a methamphetamine offense, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Donald S. Boyce announced today. Hemphill previously pled guilty to a one-count superseding indictment charging conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. His sentence includes five years of supervised release and a $600 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced two foreign nationals formerly living in Austin to federal prison in connection with a multi-million dollar Austin-based Stolen Identity Refund Fraud (SIRF) scheme announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Acting Special Agent in Charge Andy Tsui, Internal...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) - Starting as early as Sunday, the BLM Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) and U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK) will implement prescribed fires in the Oklahoma Impact Area, located approximately 15 miles southwest of Delta Junction. As weather conditions allow, prescribed burning may continue through May 31. Trained personnel will monitor the burn areas throughout the prescribed fire period until declaring the fires out.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Darnell D. Devaughn, age 33, of Queens County, New York, pled guilty yesterday to distributing heroin and crack cocaine in Albany County.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two Guatemalan nationals were today sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, Washington, for their scheme to exploit other Guatemalan nationals for their own financial gain, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Annette L.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: A Parma man and woman were indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and theft of government property, Social Security fraud, and obstruction of justice, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced WILLIAM TODD CUTRER, age 52, to 42 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining over $500,000 from victim investors in an investment fraud scheme. The Court ordered CUTRER to pay $502,035.09 in restitution to his victims. CUTRER will be required to serve a two-year term of supervised release upon his release from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that in 2017, 1.1 million park visitors spent an estimated $69.8 million in the local gateway region while visiting Haleakalā National Park. These expenditures supported a total of 819 jobs, $32.2 million in labor income, $56.3 million in value added, and $89.3 million in economic output in local gateway economies surrounding the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Peabody man was indicted yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with 15 armed robberies throughout greater Boston.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - By a vote of 393 to 13, the House of Representatives today approved the bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (H.R. 4), a five-year bill to reauthorize the programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, provide much needed long-term stability for the Nation’s aviation community, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - An Oklahoma man was indicted Wednesday on charges of robbing a bank in Newton, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Northborough man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that a Criminal Information was filed in the Eastern District of North Carolina. The Criminal Information charges JAMES SCOTT WIGGINS, 43, of Wayne County, North Carolina, with conspiracy to commit various offenses against the United States, false statements to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, material false statements to the Farm Service Agency, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The former business manager of a local museum pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to embezzling funds from the museum that employed her.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart is encouraging everyone to participate in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this Saturday, April 28, 2018. The event, held from 10:00am to 2:00pm, provides an opportunity for people to safely dispose of unwanted, unused or expired prescription medications. The service is free and anonymous.
