News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: SAN DIEGO - April 8 -14, 2018 is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week - a time for law enforcement, prosecutorial agencies, victim advocates and community members to come together and support victims of crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 13-count indictment on March 29, 2018, against Bikramjit Singh Pannu, aka Victor, 47, and Ulises Pena, 35, both of Bakersfield, charging them with criminal conspiracy, one count each of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, five counts of unlawful production of an identification document and five counts of unlawful transfer of an identification document, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Cottage Grove, Tenn, man has been sentenced to 110 months in federal prison for possession and receipt of child pornography. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that the Estate of Dr. Leroy Pelicci has agreed to pay the United States $625,000 to settle False Claims Act allegations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: South Florida Doctor Indicted for Tax Evasion and Disability Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: The Denver Police Department and the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force Are Seeking Information About a Bank Robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Park roads, campgrounds, and other facilities may be impacted.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Join the National Park Service (NPS) and the John Muir Association in celebrating John Muir’s 180th birthday and Earth Day during our annual Birthday - Earth Day event on Saturday, April 21, 2018 from 10 AM to 4 PM at the John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) in Martinez, CA.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, woman who admitted her role in a more than $200,000 mortgage fraud conspiracy involving a property she purchased in Mays Landing, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Mitzi Bickers has been arraigned on 11 federal charges including conspiring to commit bribery, wire fraud, money-laundering, federal obstruction and tax fraud. Bickers was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 27, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Thomas J. Howe, age 38, of Plattsburgh, New York, pled guilty yesterday to fraud and identity theft charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Federal Jury Convicts Minister of Tax Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Cory Demond Ward, 31, of Hattiesburg, entered a guilty plea today before U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C - U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray announced today that Montorio Darell Allison, 38, of Concord, N.C. was sentenced to 132 months in prison on drug trafficking charges. U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. also ordered Allison to serve 10 years under court supervision after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Correctional Officer Victor Casado Took Bribes from a Federal Inmate in His Custody in Exchange for Smuggling Contraband into the Jail.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM - The Bureau of Reclamation invites the public to a presentation to explain plans for water operations in 2018. Snowpack is far below average in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico and it is likely the spring runoff has already peaked. The presentation will cover the process for...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Justin Gomez, 29, of Barstow, California, was sentenced yesterday in United States district court for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced Gomez to 240 months in prison. Judge Lodge also ordered Gomez serve an additional five years of supervised release upon his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - April 5, 2018 - Levi West, 34, of Palmyra, Tennessee, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee, and charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and possession of body armor, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Teresa Yarborough-Walker, age 50, of Blythewood, pled guilty to Theft of Government Funds, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 641. Judge Mary Geiger Lewis accepted the plea and will sentence Walker at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: A Geauga County man was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for possessing videos of children being raped and sexually assaulted.
