News from January 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Box Elder, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody Jr. today sentenced Jayam Krishna Iyer (66, Clearwater) to six months in federal prison for committing health care fraud, ordered Iyer to forfeit over $52,000 in health care fraud proceeds, and order her to pay restitution to the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Kanawha County man pled guilty to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Douglas Matthew Spry, 42, entered his guilty plea to possession with the intent to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine. The investigation was conducted by the Nitro Police Department, with assistance from the United States Department of Homeland Security.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Eric D. James, 32, of Lexington, was sentenced yesterday to 188 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and money laundering. Reeves also ordered James to pay a fine of $2,000 and ordered the forfeiture of his interest in $586,369 in cash.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Wyoming State Office released the March 2019 oil and gas lease sale list, which includes 140 parcels totaling about 148,909 acres. The sale will occur online at www.energynet.com on March 19-20, 2019. In accordance with Secretarial Order 3362 to improve...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: The Defendant Used the Drug Proceeds to Buy Multiple Homes and Luxury Vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. -- Mellissa Krystynak, 49, of St. Lucie, Florida, pled guilty to a mail fraud scheme she executed while employed as a counselor at Greenbrier West High School, in Charmco, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The investigation was conducted by the Office of Inspector General, United States Department of Education.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jalen Jewaun Glass, age 24, of Arlington, Texas, entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle sentenced DELTOINE SCOTT, age 25, of New Orleans, to 200 months in federal prison for his role in a 2015 armored car robbery and a 2017 attempted armored car robbery in which Loomis guard James McBride was killed, announced U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) and House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) today released a list of House Democratic proposals for smart, effective border security that Democrats will advocate for in the House-Senate Conference Committee on Homeland Security.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Lawrence man pleaded guilty to a federal charge of distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Great Falls resident Jay Nash, who admitted defrauding four persons of more than $800,000 in real estate schemes, was sentenced on Tuesday to three and one-half years in prison and to three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-On Jan. 18, 2019, Daniel Stephen Johnson, 40, of Coos Bay, Oregon, was sentenced to life in federal prison for repeatedly sexually abusing children who lived at an orphanage operated by the defendant in Cambodia.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today reintroduced the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and guarantee that women can challenge pay discrimination and hold employers accountable. In the 116th Congress, the Paycheck Fairness Act will be designated H.R. 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Laurecene (Lori) Barnes Isenberg, 65, of Coeur d’Alene, pleaded guilty yesterday to three counts of wire fraud and one count of theft from a federal program, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Isenberg’s sentencing is set for April 30, 2019, before Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federal courthouse in Coeur d’Alene.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A felon who shot a person with a loaded stolen semi-automatic pistol was sentenced today to a total of 57 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Lawrence man pleaded guilty to a federal charge of distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Holland man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to drug and money laundering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached a settlement agreement with the Town of Bethlehem, Connecticut, to resolve allegations that Bethlehem’s Town Hall and Memorial Hall buildings were not operating in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA").
