News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-On Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, Ryan Smith Hagel, 30, a resident of San Luis Obispo, California, was indicted on a charge of being a Fugitive from Justice in Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition. The indictment stems from a traffic stop made by the La Paz County Sheriff’s Office. Hagel was a passenger in the vehicle when it was stopped on I-10 near Ehernberg, Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman, announced the sentencing, of a Simpson County, Kentucky resident, in United States District Court yesterday, by United States District Judge Greg N. Stivers, to twenty years in prison, without the possibility of parole, for making and possessing illegal firearms, commonly known as Molotov cocktails.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Andrew Whittington, age 40, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was sentenced to 110 months imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The sentence was handed down by Senior United States District Court Judge C. Ashley Royal in Athens, Georgia on March 7, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Donald McEachin (D-Va.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, sent a letter today to Special Counsel Henry Kerner, head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), requesting an investigation of whether...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 4731. Introduced by Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands), the bill extends the retained use estate for the Caneel Bay resort in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - A Salem man, who believed he was enticing a 15-year-old female to engage in prostitution while actually communicating online with an undercover Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy, pleaded guilty this week in U.S. District Court in Roanoke to a federal sex-trafficking charge. United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Pennsylvania Hospital and Cardiology Group Agree to Pay $20.75 Million to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks and Improper Financial Relationships.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: SANDRA RAVEN, age 51, a resident of Laplace, Louisiana, was charged by a federal grand jury in a six Count Indictment for Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: On March 2, 2018, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Santo Domingo Country Attaché Cesar H. Cabrera and HSI Representative Josean Santiago were awarded the Medal of the Order of Police Merit by the Dominican Republic National Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Dr. Anthony Baldizzi (54, Largo) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy and receiving illegal kickbacks related to a federal health care benefit program. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Medina resident has been sentenced to federal prison for forgery of a court document. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Beaver County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating the federal drug laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Dwayne B. Sheron, 36, of Maple Heights, for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
Release: SEATTLE - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding several Fast Track hiring events this week to recruit full-time and part-time transportation security officers to work at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - The victim in what has become known as the Katy Nanny case has been presented with a check for the full amount of restitution owed to her, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - The victim in what has become known as the Katy Nanny case has been presented with a check for the full amount of restitution owed to her, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday against a Topeka man who is accused of driving a getaway car in two armed robberies, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man, dubbed the “Spelling Bee Bandit," was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for four bank robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: The former owner and chief executive officer of a Nashville, Tennessee-based telemarketing company pleaded guilty this morning to overseeing a fraudulent scheme in which limited-benefit health plans were sold to consumers as traditional health insurance, and to violating a federal court order that in...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2018 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited J.E. Corcoran Company, Crafton, Pa., for failure to pay for produce.
