News from January 2018
By USDA Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 145,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Cebrian Omar Sims, currently an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Oxford, Wis., was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 21 months in prison for possessing a weapon in the prison. Sims pleaded guilty to this charge on Nov. 28, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: EVANSVILLE -United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that an Evansville man was sentenced for possessing ammunition as a convicted felon after being arrested by the Evansville Police Department during a domestic disturbance in 2016. Jason E. Galloway, 40, was sentenced to 120 months (10 years) by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A former bank employee has entered a guilty plea to allegations she stole more than $1 million from customer accounts, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: John Seckel, of Newtown, Pennsylvania, was charged by information with four counts of making false statements to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Seckel had been the CEO of Seckel Capital, LLC, an FHA-approved mortgage lender in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jawayne Watkins, 29, of Buffalo, NY, with possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, heroin, and possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of a mixture of heroin and fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of $1,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Florida Technical College, Inc. (“FTC") will pay the United States $600,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that FTC’s Cutler Bay Campus (“FTC-Cutler Bay") falsely certified compliance with federal student aid programs’ eligibility requirements and submitted claims for 27 ineligible students.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Jan. 29, 2018, Taylor Ray Freeman, 28, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Soto to serve 97 months in prison. Freeman had previously pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Freeman’s term of imprisonment will be followed by lifetime supervised release, with stringent sex offender conditions, including the condition that he register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: John Brown Named Special Agent in Charge of the San Diego Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Home Family Care, Inc. (HFC), a Brooklyn-based company that provides home health care services, and Alexander Kiselev, the co-owner and President of HFC, have entered into a civil settlement agreement under which they have agreed to pay $6,415,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - William Timothy Sutton, 55, of Corbin, Ky., has been convicted of four counts of interstate murder-for-hire and one count of possession of firearms by a convicted felon. The verdict came yesterday, following six days of trial, which included testimony from all four intended victims of the scheme. The jury deliberated for less than two hours in reaching its verdict.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Honeywell today sentenced Daniel R. Kendricks (46, Bradenton) to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the firearm used in the offense. Kendricks was found guilty after a bench trial on Oct. 31, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Cebrian Omar Sims, currently an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Oxford, Wis., was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 21 months in prison for possessing a weapon in the prison. Sims pleaded guilty to this charge on Nov. 28, 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a passenger from bringing a loaded handgun on board a plane at a John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) checkpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The former supervisory pharmacist of New England Compounding Center (NECC) was sentenced today in connection with the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 64 and caused infections in 793 patients.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management Hassayampa Field Office announces the temporary closure of public lands in Maricopa County for the Vulture Mine Off-Road Challenge official permitted off-highway vehicle race. The dates for the temporary closure will occur February 9-11.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Glow Industries, Inc., a tobacco related product distributor headquartered in Perrysburg, Ohio, was sentenced on Monday in United States District Court after pleading guilty to a felony violation for shipping hazardous materials in packaging that did not display a required hazardous material label or marking on the package. United States District Judge Stephen V. Wilson sentenced Glow to a five-year term of probation and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Leominster woman was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston for theft of Social Security and Veterans Affairs benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: MISSOULA - Eric David Fletcher, a 36-year-old resident of Washougal, Washington, was sentenced today to 66 months in prison followed by 5 years supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen handed down the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that Monday in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced JAMES MARVIN POOLE, 33, of Elizabeth City, to 262 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
