News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Failure to File a Foreign Agent Registration Statement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of West Virginia has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of attempting to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition by an unlawful user of a controlled substance, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The final tally is in from the 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 28th, 2018. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field (NEFD) and its partners, over the course of four hours, collected 88,182.07 pounds or 44 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted prescription...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Georgians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, April 28, 2017, turned in 9,633 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. The amount collected was the fourth highest total collected during the previous 14 NTBI events.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that two Long Island residents were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven for their roles in two separate investment fraud schemes. THOMAS HEAPHY, Jr., 43, of East Moriches, N.Y, and BRIAN FERRAIOLI, 41, of Sayville, N.Y., were each sentenced to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Omar Jaber, 31, of St. Louis County, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft of government funds today in U.S. District Court. Jaber appeared before U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for Aug. 10, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - The DEA announced the conclusion of its case against Juan Mark Sayegh, 44, of Phoenix, who earlier this week was sentenced in federal court to serve 48 months in prison and ordered to forfeit an estimated $1.7 million in cash and assets. Sayegh was the owner and operator of Greenlight Distribution, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that David Scott LaPointe was sentenced to prison for 8 months followed by 3 years supervised release in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, by United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis, of Columbia, after being convicted for failing to register as a sex offender in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2250(a).
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On May 3, 2018, United States District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Jose Juarez-Diaz, age 32, of Clarksburg, Maryland to 21 months in prison for being an unlawfully present alien, after three illegal entries and two prior deportations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kanas City, Mo., man and woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to commit a series of armed robberies at area businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, April 28, 2018, turned in 8,502 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This was the second highest total ever collected during the previous 14 take back events.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: FBI Arrests Española Man in Death of Native American Woman.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: MEEKER, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a preliminary environmental assessment of a proposed land exchange in Rio Blanco and Moffat counties that could consolidate public lands and increase public access for hunting and other recreation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -------- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today on May 2, 2018, April Cormelius Miller, age 44, of Seattle, Washington, was sentenced by District Court Judge Timothy M. Cain sitting in Anderson, South Carolina. Miller was sentenced to serve 135 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons to be followed by 3 years of Supervised Release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Dr. Robert Fetchero, D.O., of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, Dr. Sridhar Pinnamaneni, M.D., of Windermere, Florida, and Dr. Thelma Green-Mack, M.D., of Zionsville, Indiana, separately agreed to settle allegations that they each received improper payments for referrals from Greensburg, Pennsylvania...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced on May 3, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 4.1 million people to Yellowstone in 2017 spent $498.8 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 7,354 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $629.6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fruitdale, South Dakota, woman convicted of Bank Robbery was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA -Trevor King, a former sergeant with the Atlanta Police Department, was sentenced to five years in prison for using excessive force when he arrested a Walmart shopper who King wrongfully suspected of shoplifting a tomato and for writing a false police report about the incident in an effort to cover up his crime.
By DOL Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: On Tuesday, May 8 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections will hold a hearing on "The Opioid Epidemic: Implications for the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
