News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Former Nashville Judge Pleads Guilty to Federal Obstruction and Theft Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced ADAM GEOFFREY FRANKEL, 33, of Cary, North Carolina, to 295 months of imprisonment followed by ten years of supervised release for production of multiple videos containing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Hawaiian Fishing Companies, Managers, and Operators Will Perform Corrective Measures and Pay Civil Penalties to Address Illegal Ocean Pollution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: A Cleveland man was sentenced to six years in prison for having a rifle with an obliterated serial number and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Boylston man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for possessing and distributing child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Osaka, Japan, May 25, 2018 - Representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy, Japanese organizations, and multiple other nuclear-focused organizations this week agreed to expand advanced nuclear reactor cooperative activities and share research facilities to further...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Garret Gadd, 45, of Walton, Kentucky, was sentenced today to 264 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge David L. Bunning, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- Napoleon Isaac Mansell, age 35, of Greenville, South Carolina, was sentenced to 60 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1). United States District Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks of Greenville sentenced Mansell on May 23, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Yesterday, following a two-day trial, a federal jury convicted David Williams, 54, of Fort Worth, Texas on four counts of Healthcare Fraud, announced Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Maryland man with felon in possession of firearms, conspiracy to straw purchase firearms, and making false statements to federal firearms licensees.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The former Treasurer of Jackson County, Kentucky was indicted today for stealing over $160,000 from the Jackson County government and misusing the identities of two other Jackson County employees to facilitate her thefts. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - Mary Elgin, 73, of Gary, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen to 12 months and 1 day in prison and ordered to pay $21,311 in restitution, announced U. S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: COLUMBIA -Jeremy David Grove, 30, Tyler James Durney, 36, both of Greenville, and Jaspal Singh Grewall, 40, of Anaheim, California, have all pleaded guilty in federal court for their roles in a marijuana distribution conspiracy operating between the East Coast and California. On Dec. 12, 2017, the...
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing to examine the challenges and discuss ways to improve health care in rural America...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MAURICE SHARPE, 46, of Torrington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to five years of probation for committing health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE - The former treasurer of the Newport, R.I., Police Department Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), Newport Lodge No. 8, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to a fraud charge, admitting to fraudulently converting more than $31,000 in FOP funds for his own personal use.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Cathine Lavina Sellers was sentenced to three years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and two synthetic opioids, furanyl-fentanyl and U-47700.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: On May 24, a small cove near the Lone Rock Primitive Camping Area was closed to swimming. It was deemed unsafe for recreational activities due to potential exposure to decaying cattle carcasses.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Patchogue, NY - The National Park Service invites you to explore the William Floyd Estate this season from May 25 to Nov. 11, Friday through Sunday and holidays. Visitors of all ages can enjoy a new exhibit, the June 2 Tri-Hamlet Day celebration, and Old Mastic House Tours this spring, and special events and programs throughout the summer and fall.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Louis Petrossi, a former registered broker, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Brian M. Cogan to 44 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years’ supervised release, for his role in the fraudulent market manipulation of ForceField Energy...
