News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: 20 Defendants Charged in District of Utah Cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kevin Mokhtari (619) 546-8402 and David J. Rawls (619) 546-7966. SAN DIEGO - Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment in San Diego today charging the owner of a large residential compound in Vista with maintaining a drug-involved premises.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Growing up in Kentucky’s capital of Frankfort, Tyler Hicks knew a lot of state employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman joined Attorney General William P. Barr in announcing today the Department of Justice’s National Nursing Home Initiative, which will coordinate and enhance civil and criminal efforts to pursue nursing homes that provide grossly substandard care to their residents.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada joined Attorney General William P. Barr in announcing today the Department of Justice’s National Nursing Home Initiative, which will coordinate and enhance civil and criminal efforts to pursue nursing homes that provide grossly substandard care to their residents.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: Three Defendants Charged in the Northern District of Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: New Haven, Conn. - United States Attorney John H. Durham joined Attorney General William P. Barr, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, and Chief Postal Inspector Gary R. Barksdale today in announcing the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud cases in history. This year, prosecutors charged more than...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON - On Feb. 27, 2020, United States District Judge Louise Flanagan sentenced CORBIN JURAN to 84 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release. On October 7, 2019, JURAN pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of heroin and distribution of a quantity of heroin.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against RRD Produce Co. The company, operating from California, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to 17 produce sellers in the amount of $174,464 from May 2018 through December 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: Illegally Worked under Someone Else’s Name and Social Security Number.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Feb. 27, 2020, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against Gilberto J. Meléndez-Colón and Ángel M. Pagán-Vélez, charging them with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and misuse of Social Security Number. Meléndez-Colón is also facing 11 counts...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Lance McClendon, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was indicted today on drug charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury indicted Timothy Mulligan for the unlawful distribution of opioids, including fentanyl, outside the scope of professional practice and health care fraud, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Maryland U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur joined Attorney General William P. Barr, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, and Chief Postal Inspector Gary R. Barksdale today in announcing the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud cases in history. This year, prosecutors charged more than...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Calvin Toledo, 49, of Cuba, New Mexico pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque today to unlawful taking and transporting wildlife in violation of Indian tribal law. He was sentenced to one year of probation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brian Cutright, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was indicted today on firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, woman was arrested today for allegedly embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing affordable housing to residents of Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND - On Monday, March 2, 2020, Gary Peck, 44, of Clark County, Washington, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison and 3 years’ supervised release for his role in a credit card fraud ring that operated in the greater Portland metropolitan area from February 2017 to February 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Justin Channell, 32, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography involving prepubescent minors, was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The defendant will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas prohibited person who pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm, based on a prior conviction for domestic violence, was sentenced Monday to 20 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Acting Special Agent in Charge Frederic D. Winston for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for the San Francisco Division.
