News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 20, 2018, Steven Eugene Johnson, a.k.a. Yahya Johnson, 36, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced to serve 37 months in federal prison by the Honorable Pamela Reeves, U.S. District Court Judge. Upon his release from prison, Johnson will be supervised by the U.S. Probation office for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Fugitive Sought. HOUSTON - A man and woman from Houston are set to appear in federal court on charges related to health care fraud and money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Law enforcement are searching for a third individual also indicted in the case. George Phillip Tompkins, 73...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 20, 2018, Steven Eugene Johnson, a.k.a. Yahya Johnson, 36, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced to serve 37 months in federal prison by the Honorable Pamela Reeves, U.S. District Court Judge. Upon his release from prison, Johnson will be supervised by the U.S. Probation office for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Tharon Jamell Taylor, 27, of Pascagoula, Mississippi, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Court Judge Sul Ozerden to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced a criminal complaint charging AVIEL LI GOODMAN, 62, a licensed psychiatrist, with receipt of child pornography. GOODMAN made his initial appearance today before Magistrate Judge Menendez in United States District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Dustin Lockwood, 23, was charged in a federal criminal complaint today Feb. 21, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The National Park Service (NPS) Traffic Safety Coalition recognized Mary Risser as the 2017 Superintendent of the Year. Each year the Traffic Safety Coalition searches out superintendents who have made a positive impact on the safety of our employees and visitors, particularly in the area of highway safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Barbourville, Ky. couple, who previously admitted to defrauding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA") and Social Security Administration (“SSA"), were sentenced on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. James R. Baker was sentenced to 24 months in prison, while his wife, Debbie K. Baker, was sentenced to 8 months in prison to be followed by 8 months’ home incarceration.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a former executive of a Springfield charity, who was also an Arkansas lobbyist has been indicted by a federal grand jury for his role in a nearly $1 million bribery conspiracy involving a Springfield, Mo., health care organization.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
Release: LYNCHBURG, Va. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun to implement new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at airports across the country with the procedures now in place at Lynchburg Regional Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a prisoner at the U.S. Penitentiary in Pollock, La., was sentenced last week to two years in prison for assaulting another inmate who later died.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - A Burnsville, West Virginia, man was indicted today by a federal grand jury on firearm and drug charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A local woman has been sentenced in federal court to three years probation on her conviction of health care fraud and conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone and Oxymorphone, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: OAKLAND - Former Southwest Airlines baggage handler Keith Ramon Mayfield pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland today to entering an airport area in violation of security requirements, conspiracy to distribute marijuana, and conspiracy to launder money, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A local woman has been sentenced in federal court to three years probation on her conviction of health care fraud and conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone and Oxymorphone, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Suffolk man was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for three armed robberies targeting employees of Chinese food restaurants located in Hampton Roads.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Justin L. Billings, 35, of Wellsville, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, was sentenced to 54 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Carlos Orozco, 24, of El Paso, Texas, pled guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Sul Ozerden, to transporting marijuana on the interstate, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and DEA Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein joined U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes, Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan, the Wales family, the National Association of Former United States Attorneys Foundation, and other law enforcement partners in Seattle today to bring continued and deserved attention to the Department of Justice investigation into the 2001 murder of Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas C. Wales.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeks Public's Help Finding Fugitive Wanted for Robbery.
