News from October 2018

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Failed to follow FHA rules for underwriting mortgages during the 2008 crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Abraham Arturo Rodríguez, 30 years old, and Ruben Rodríguez, 23 years old, both from Brownsville, Texas, were convicted of conspiring to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine after a 3-day jury trial in...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been indicted on federal sex trafficking charges for allegedly recruiting several children into prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that, LESTER DESMOULIN, age 31, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty to one count of possession of firearms by a convicted felon. As a result of his conviction, DESMOULIN faces a significant term of imprisonment, fine, and a period of supervised release.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas and Little Rock FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Diane Upchurch, announced today that Derrick Nicholson, age 50, of Fayetteville, Arkansas was sentenced Oct. 16, 2018 to 250 months in federal prison...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the formation of Hempstead County, Arkansas, the Hempstead County Bicentennial Committee is sponsoring a time capsule. As part of the County Bicentennial being celebrated this year we are offering an opportunity for you to send a one page "Letter to the Future" on...

By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
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By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to a total of 150 months in federal prison for the robbery of the U.S. Cellular store, 6430 E. State St., in Rockford, on June 1, 2016, and using a firearm during a violent crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Lynchburg, VIRGINIA - A 32-year-old Buena Vista man, who was studying to become a youth pastor, was sentenced yesterday to 78 months in federal prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to possession of child pornography and attempting to send obscene material to a child under 16 years of age, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, Nov. 3, at 9 am, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will conduct a 4 mile, approximately 4 hour, ranger-guided hike on Lookout Mountain beginning and ending at the historic Cravens House (1060 Cravens Terrace, Chattanooga, TN).

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Oct. 19, 2018.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sisseton, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for aggravated sexual abuse of a child and for sexual abuse.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Twin brothers from Hyannis were charged in federal court in Boston yesterday with additional gun and drug offenses.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Defendant illegally possessed firearm in connection with drug trafficking activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: John Frederick Snyder, Owner of Snyder’s Roofing, Willfully Underreported his Income by Over $6 Million for tax years 2009 to 2014.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - The government intervened and filed a complaint in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Aarti D. Pandya, M.D. a/k/a Arati D. Pandya, M.D., an ophthalmologist from Conyers, Georgia, and her practice Aarti D. Pandya, M.D., P.C. (“the Pandya Defendants"). The lawsuit alleges that the Pandya Defendants...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Third Degree Burglary and Arson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a federal jury today found LAVELLOUS PURCELL, a/k/a “King Casino," a/k/a “Mike Hill," guilty of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, and related offenses. PURCELL was convicted following a one-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: GLENNALLEN, Alaska- To ensure the protection of cultural resources in the federally managed Tangle Lakes Archaeological District, the BLM Alaska Glennallen Field Office will extend the restrictions for Off-Highway Vehicle travel on designated trails due to inadequate snow cover.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman today announced the charging of Victor E. Silvers, with the premeditated murder of Sgt. Brittney N. Silvers, who was killed on base at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.