News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch would like to announce National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 7-13, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Larry Anthony Ladson, Jr., 29 years old, of Simpsonville, South Carolina, who was convicted by a federal jury of possessing 500 grams or more of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute in October 2018, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Has Twice Been Convicted of Operating While Intoxicated.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging Mohamad Ali Makki, R.Ph. and Wansa Nabi Makki with multiple health care fraud offenses, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today. At the same time, related criminal complaints were unsealed charging Mamoud Makki and Hossam Tanana (husband of Wansa Makki) of laundering some of the proceeds of the health care fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Two men were indicted on firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Filing a False Tax Return.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS -U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that DARRYL HENRY, age 27, pleaded guilty Wednesday, April 3, 2019 to committing three Hobbs Act Robberies and Brandishing a Firearm During a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Eric Birkedahl, 32, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks for the hearing on hate crimes and the rise of white nationalism...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Bogota, Colombia, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to violate federal robbery laws. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Scott W. Brady, FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Jones, and Chief Robert T. Amann of the Northern Regional Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Marcella Moore, 44, of Lewiston, Idaho was sentenced to federal prison earlier today for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, announced U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye sentenced Moore to 54 months in prison followed by three years supervised release. Judge Nye also ordered Moore to pay over $30,000 in restitution to Owl Pharmacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: This morning, federal authorities arrested 54-year-old Christopher O’Hara, of Kingsbury, TX, without incident in connection with Health Care Fraud, bribery and kickback scheme, announced U.S. Attorney John Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) Special Agent in Charge C.J. Porter, Dallas Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: As "Tax Day," April 15th, approaches, U.S. Attorneys Mike Hurst and Chad Lamar of the Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi, respectively, remind taxpayers to beware of unscrupulous tax return preparers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS -U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that DARRYL HENRY, age 27, pleaded guilty Wednesday, April 3, 2019 to committing three Hobbs Act Robberies and Brandishing a Firearm During a Crime of Violence.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., April 9, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared and is accepting comments on a draft environmental assessment (EA) for importing plants in approved growing media into the United States. The EA considers the potential ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: An Akron man was indicted in federal court on charges that he robbed eight businesses in Akron or Cuyahoga Falls.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: As “Tax Day," April 15th, approaches, U.S. Attorneys Mike Hurst and Chad Lamar of the Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi, respectively, remind taxpayers to beware of unscrupulous tax return preparers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Timothy J. Smith, 42, of Mobile, Alabama, was arraigned today in the U.S. District Court in Pensacola after a federal grand jury returned an indictment, unsealed today, charging him with computer fraud, theft of trade secrets, and interstate threatening communications. Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing the firearm he used in the armed robbery of a Pizza Hut.
