News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Jackson, TN - Following a three-week trial in February 2018, a federal jury convicted a married couple and their son, of health-care fraud offenses that led to millions of dollars lost to federal health care programs. A federal judge has sentenced them to a total of 249 months in federal prison. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentences today.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
Release: MADISON, N.J. - Residents of Morris County, New Jersey, will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program in Florham Park, New Jersey, from August 20 to 30, where officials will host a mobile TSA Pre✓® enrollment center Mondays through Thursdays during that timeframe.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Arizona man was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy that defrauded elderly victims, including several Virginia residents, out of over $640,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Rogelio Santacruz Godinez, also known as “Tramposo," also known as “Trampa," of Axton, Virginia, Citizen of Mexico, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have proposed a reduction for controlled substances that may be manufactured in the U.S. next year. Consistent with President Trump’s “Safe Prescribing Plan" that seeks to “cut nationwide opioid prescription fills by one-third within...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Timothy L. Ware, age 52, of Greenville, pled guilty in federal court in Anderson, to wire fraud, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A. United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain, of Anderson, accepted the plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Drug Trafficker, Murderers Sentenced to Life in Prison Following Trial Convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Esteban Santiago-Ruiz (Santiago) was sentenced today to life in prison by United States District Judge Beth Bloom, after previously pleading guilty to charges of committing acts of violence at an international airport resulting in five deaths and serious injuries, in connection with the mass-shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on January 6, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Missoula, Montana, woman convicted of Aiding and Abetting Receipt of Stolen Mail Matter was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Theodore William Symonds, 51, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Robert N. Scola to more than 17 years in prison and 30 years of supervised release, after previously pleading guilty to traveling to the Dominican Republic for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Osman Ak was sentenced by United States District Judge Denis R. Hurley to a year and one day in prison, to be followed by three years’ supervised release, for selling the illegal drug K2, also known as “spice" and synthetic marijuana, from his convenience store in Medford, New York. Ak pleaded guilty in November 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - George B. Larsen, 56, formerly of San Rafael, was sentenced to 10 years and one month in prison and ordered to pay $1,759,100 in restitution for his role in a fraudulent mortgage elimination scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Steven Murn, age 50, of Pasadena, Maryland, today to 12 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for armed bank robbery and attempted bank robbery. Judge Russell also ordered Murn to pay restitution of $1,210.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorneys for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia and the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC), announce the award of more than $110 million to fund local victim assistance programs across the state and to help compensate victims for crime-related losses. This is the largest award to the State of Georgia under this program in its history.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Esteban Santiago-Ruiz (Santiago) was sentenced today to life in prison by United States District Judge Beth Bloom, after previously pleading guilty to charges of committing acts of violence at an international airport resulting in five deaths and serious injuries, in connection with the mass-shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on January 6, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Guillermo Jose Rodriguez, of Charles Town, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Defendant Reoffended while on Supervised Release for Federal Child Pornography Conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - Following a four-day jury trial in federal court, a Memphis man has been convicted on two counts of wire fraud. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Indica Greenidge, 27, of St. Croix, was sentenced on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, before District Court Chief Judge Wilma A. Lewis to 12 months’ imprisonment for her conviction of conspiracy to defraud the United States, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Judge Lewis also sentenced Greenidge to 3 years of supervised release, $75,171 in restitution, and a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: Five members of La Mara Salvatrucha (also known as MS-13), Ruendy Jhonatan Hernandez-Vasquez, Jhonny Contreras, Reynaldo Lopez-Alvarado, Jeffrey Amador and Ronald Catalan, are scheduled to be arraigned this morning before United States District Judge Joseph F. Bianco, at the federal courthouse in Central...
