News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that Dr. Fuhai Li, age 53, of Milford, Pennsylvania, has surrendered to the U.S. Marshals in Scranton following an order for detention issued by Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo on July 10, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A series of ongoing Department of Justice led fraud and opioid investigations across the country has resulted in a Dominican National previously deported for trafficking significant quantities of heroin and cocaine, and most recently living in Pawtucket after allegedly reentering the country illegally, being detained on federal health care fraud, welfare fraud, aggravated identity theft, misuse of a social security number and illegal reentry charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Orlando, FL - A federal indictment has been unsealed charging Geo Geovanni (49) and Elizabeth Longerbone (39), both of Moultrie, Georgia, with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and four counts of bank fraud. If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison for each count.
By State Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today addressed a joint conference committee about foreign affairs priorities in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act. His prepared remarks follow...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed six bills including H.R. 6302 (Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Mich.), H.R. 1482 (Rep. Michael Simpson, R-Ind.), H.R. 3764 (Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont.), H.R. 5613 (Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan.), H.R. 6077 (Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y.), and H.R. 577 (Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev.)., the Cormorant Control Act, enacts as law certain regulations relating to the taking of double-crested cormorants.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JAMIRON BARNES, a/k/a “Miron," a/k/a “Myron," age 22, was sentenced today to 60 months imprisonment for one count of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking crime in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A). U.S.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Yesterday, a 53-year old man from Fairbanks, Alaska, suffered a fatal cardiac arrest while hiking with family on the Root Glacier Trail in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Park staff, local guide personnel and good Samaritans responded to the scene. Efforts at emergency resuscitation were not successful. Resuscitation efforts lasting almost one hour were suspended based on direction from medical professionals. The exact cause of death is under investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas -Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that James Lewis Story (Jimmy), age 57 of Fayetteville, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $1,282,966.00...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that James Andrew Joy, age 29, of Spokane Valley, Washington, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on April 11, 2018, to Attempted Production of Child Pornography. Chief United States District...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Leaford George Cameron, 65, of Burlington, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release in connection with his operation of a fraudulent multi-state law practice. Cameron was convicted in February 2018, of one count of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud, and three counts of making false statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. District Court and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia are issuing an alert to citizens concerning a scam that has cost victims thousands of dollars. Citizens continue to receive fraudulent phone calls from scammers falsely claiming to be with the U.S. District...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: The House Appropriations Committee today adopted 12 Democratic amendments to protect migrant children separated from their families by President Donald Trump’s cruel family separation policy and to demand an end to family separation during markup of the fiscal year 2019 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Defendants Sent Fraudulent Prize Promotion Mailings to Thousands of Consumers in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jason Williams, 44, of Kenmore, NY, pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office is re-opening the Knoxville Recreation Area and portions of the Cache Creek Management Area, as the County Fire no longer poses a public safety risk in these areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Andre Hinton, 36, of McNary, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to eight years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Hinton had previously pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum punishment of eight years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced JAMIE BROOKS FRANKLIN, 37, of Clayton to 180 months in prison, 10 years of supervised release for the Receipt of Child Pornography (CP). FRANKLIN pled guilty to the charge on Jan. 23, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal drug and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Joshua Knight, 35, of Brunswick, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a felon. Knight pleaded guilty to the charge on January 5, 2018.
