News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to stealing the identity of a U.S. citizen from Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 34-year-old former Corpus Christi resident has entered a guilty plea to wire fraud and tax evasion, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division and Chief James Gimler of the Hatch Police Department announced that Jesse Denver Hanes, who shot and killed Hatch Police Officer Jose Chavez on Aug. 12, 2016, was sentenced today to a lifetime...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee introduced the Stronger Safety Net (SSN) Act, a set of common sense proposals to modernize, enhance, and protect Social Security. The bill offers provisions...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: The staff of Big Thicket National Preserve invites you to explore the thicket by taking advantage the many ranger-led programs being offered throughout the spring and summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Northfield, New Jersey, man today admitted defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers out of millions of dollars by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito and New Jersey Attorney Gurbir S. Grewal announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: With Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: Wide-Ranging Operation Filed Over 12,000 Fraudulent Tax Returns Seeking More Than $42 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Loren Park, a/k/a “Loren Yong Park," age 50, formerly of Falls Church, Virginia was arrested on Feb. 22, 2018 in South Korea and extradited to Maryland to face charges relating to bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced David Duane Banchetto, 43, of Gastonia, N.C., to 36 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his role in a series of car break-ins at Pisgah National Forest, announced R. Andrew Murray, United States Attorney for the Western...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: Nine people were indicted in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to bring large amounts of fentanyl and carfentanil into the United States from China and then sell the drugs in Akron and Lorain, as well as firearms and money laundering violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Thomas Brooks, 54, of Wilmington, was sentenced to 15 years’ incarceration by Chief U.S. District Judge Leonard P. Stark following convictions for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Beverly, Mass., man was arrested today in connection with mailing five threatening letters containing suspicious white powder to high-profile individuals around the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division and Chief James Gimler of the Hatch Police Department announced that Jesse Denver Hanes, who shot and killed Hatch Police Officer Jose Chavez on Aug. 12, 2016, was sentenced today...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of MICHAEL HARRINGTON for misapplying police resources while serving in the New York City Police Department (“NYPD") as, among other things, a Deputy Chief and former Executive Officer...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: YUMA, Ariz. - A local San Luis-area warehouse company has become the latest Arizona employer to join a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program designed to strengthen hiring practices and reduce unauthorized employment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Terry O’neal Grant, 30, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 16 months in federal prison followed by one year of supervised release for two counts of prescription fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam. Grant was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach-based Sailor was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for making a series of bomb threats directed at Navy assets aboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court to seven months of home confinement with electronic home monitoring, followed by four years of probation, on his conviction of a health care fraud conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
