News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: Philadelphia Police, Cheltenham Township Police, and FBI Seek to ID Serial Armed Robbers.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A California man, who previously provided counseling services at his home in Mahomet, Ill., has been ordered to serve 18 months in prison for submitting false billings to health care insurers. Christopher DiFilippo, aka “Kip," 40, of Bakersville, Ca., was also ordered to pay restitution...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Derrick John Fincher, age 48, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced today after being found guilty by a jury of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud. Chief United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced today that a federal jury had convicted David Shanks, 37, of Green Bay, of conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine, conduct which resulted in death. As a result of his conviction and two prior felony drug convictions...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A suspended Massachusetts State Police Trooper pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with being paid over $5,900 for overtime hours that he did not work.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DEVIN WILLIAMS, age 23, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty to a two-count indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: TULSA, Okla.- United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that Timothy Paul Hamilton, Jr., 31, of Dallas, Texas, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a scheme that defrauded investors of $875,300. Additionally, Gena Catherine Hamilton, 53, and Timothy Paul Hamilton, 56, both of Collinsville, pleaded guilty to giving a false statement to a financial institution.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: NATRONA COUNTY, Wyo. -Thanks to a partnership between the Bureau of Land Management and The Conservation Fund, 646 acres have been added to the North Platte River Special Recreation Management Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: SENTENCING - Nemelee Jiao, 48. On September 6, Nemelee Jiao of Irving, TX was sentenced to more than 8 years in federal prison for her role in operating a $3.4 million Ponzi-scheme investment fraud. In December 2017, Jiao pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud after FBI agents identified 41 victims...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: Celebrate the end of summer and the beginning of autumn at the annual Harvest Homecoming at Capitol Reef National Park. “Come enjoy freshly pressed apple juice," says Operations Manager of Capitol Reef Natural History Association Lee Grundy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Shakur Brownstein, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution FCI-Berlin, pleaded guilty to assaulting another inmate on May 22, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: Five South Florida Law Enforcement Officers Graduate FBI National Academy.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: Luray, Virginia: Shenandoah National Park has announced a phased reopening of Skyline Drive, facilities, and the backcountry after its closure due to Hurricane Florence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A California man, who previously provided counseling services at his home in Mahomet, Ill., has been ordered to serve 18 months in prison for submitting false billings to health care insurers. Christopher DiFilippo, aka “Kip," 40, of Bakersville, Ca., was also ordered to pay restitution...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeking Assistance to Identify El Cajon Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Theft of Government Property, Identity Theft, Money Laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: Pressed Pills into Fake Oxycodone; Stashed more than $1 Million and Arsenal of Firearms in House with Hidden Room, and Gold Coins in Walls.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Matthew Bailer, 33, of Jamestown, NY, with receipt and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Matthew Bailer, 33, of Jamestown, NY, with receipt and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CARSON MORRIS, a former New York State Correction Officer, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas to 40 months in prison for the Nov. 12, 2013, beating of Kevin Moore, a 54-year-old inmate at the Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill, New York, and for falsifying records to cover up the beating.
