News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Gary W. Rochevot (72, Trinity) to five years’ probation, with the first six months to be served on home detention, for making a false statement in connection with his worker’s compensation benefits. As part of Rochevot’s sentence, the court also ordered him to pay $123,434.89 in restitution. He pleaded guilty on March 23, 2018.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement on Commerce Secretary Ross’ supplemental memo regarding the administrative record on Census litigation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led all Democratic Committee Members in sending a letter demanding that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristjen M. Nielsen, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: (PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.) - Jimolo Coates, a.k.a. “Lo," Marlo," “Brodie," age 25, of Annapolis, Maryland, was sentenced today to 188 months in prison, to be followed by eight years of supervised release, for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Six people from Northeast Ohio were indicted in federal court for firearms crimes.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that Michelle Toohey has joined her Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee staff. She also welcomed four interns who are assisting the committee with various projects this summer: Alexandra Bender, Selia Butler, Kaiwi Eisenhour, and Michael McCambridge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Defendant and Accomplice Accosted Person on Residential Street.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Davi Sarah Bailey, 28, of Battle Creek, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint that alleges she threatened the sister of a 16-year-old identified only by the initials K.P.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Travis Jonathon Card, 38, of Westbrook, Maine, was charged today by criminal complaint in U.S. District Court with interference with commerce by robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted on two counts of Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Minor was sentenced on June 18, 2018, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Beaver County resident pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh to one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin and one count of conspiracy to launder money, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced than an indictment was unsealed today charging Concepcion Cedano, 48, of Camden, New Jersey with one count of criminal conspiracy to commit theft of public funds and one count of theft of public funds.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Boston, and Christopher W. Fonda, Supervisory Immigration Officer for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Office of Fraud Detection and...

By DOL Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WI - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), engineering company AECOM, the Wisconsin Onsite Consultation Program, and the Southern Wisconsin Building and Construction Trades Council have signed a strategic partnership to promote worker safety and health during expansion of the Riverside Energy Center in Beloit.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: A Toledo man was indicted on firearms and drug charges, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Joseph Racine and Arnouse Merlien have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the federal income tax laws by purposely misrepresenting to the IRS that their clients were qualified to receive certain tax credits and deductions on their federal tax returns. Racine is the owner of JSR Westend Tax Services, located in Atlanta, Georgia and JSR Tax Services, located in Greenacres, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Eddie and Michael Balderramas Assisted Illegal Aliens in Obtaining Michigan Driver’s Licenses in the Identities of Other Individuals.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Pecos, NM: Eager to get out of the house and see something new? Celebrate the 4th of July with a hike through one of the seldom-seen areas of Pecos National Historical Park! The 3.8 mile South Pasture Loop trail on the grounds of the historic Forked Lightning Ranch will be open to hikers from 8:30 a.m.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Ochopee - Big Cypress National Preserve and Southwest Florida and Caribbean Interagency Fire and Aviation are planning to conduct a prescribed burn as early as June 27 through late July 2018. Implementation of these treatments will be weather and resource dependent. Additional notifications will be sent out prior to ignitions via social media and the preserve’s website, nps.gov/bicy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced former Detective Daniel Thomas Hersl, age 48, of Joppa, Maryland to 18 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for racketeering conspiracy and racketeering offenses, including overtime fraud, and robbery. A federal jury convicted Hersl on Feb. 12, 2018.