News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - The self-appointed bishop of a Pennsylvania ministry has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for forcing church members to work certain jobs, pocketing their earnings, and directing them to defraud various hotels.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, today announced the convictions of Stephanie Lynn Fleming, 42, and Helen Elizabeth Storey, 37, both of Waldorf, Maryland, and both formerly of Tallahassee, Florida. Both defendants were found guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 22-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison after stealing a large load of electronics originally set for delivery to a local college, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIAN MELENDEZ, 32, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by six years of supervised release, for cocaine distribution and ammunition possession offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A federal jury in the Western District of Louisiana has returned a guilty verdict against Dale Wayne Green, Jr., 39, of Shreveport, on drug trafficking and firearms charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook. United States District Judge Donald E. Walter presided over the trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: A federal jury has convicted a Muleshoe, Texas man of child pornography crimes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Hubert Ivan Ugarte, 52, of Draper, Utah, pleaded guilty for his role in two separate fraud schemes last week in federal court. Ugarte first pleaded guilty to charges related to a federal bribery case involving the procurement of FedEx Ground (FXG) contract shipping routes worth $24 million dollars of profit and also pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining a federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for other trucking companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that TODAY’S YOUTH LLC and its owners, Maurice Stuckey and Joyce Anderson, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments in which they will pay $273,000 to resolve allegations that they caused overpayments to be paid by the Connecticut Medicaid Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the arrest of Terrell J. Woods for First-Degree Murder in the homicide of a 4-year-old child.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Health Net Federal Services LLC has paid $97,237,391 to resolve duplicate and inflated claims submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. - In late April, the National Park Service (NPS) will kick off a $6.3 million project to complete repairs to areas of Biscayne National Park significantly damaged by Hurricane Irma in 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: Bridge Repairs to Begin on US Route 209 in National Recreation Area BUSHKILL, PA: The National Park Service will be undertaking some much-needed repairs to aging-infrastructure along US Route 209 over the next year. Bridge and culvert repair work on US Route 209 within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is anticipated to start on April 5.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Jody B. Hice, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to President Joseph R. Biden requesting that he prioritize nominations to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha County man pleaded guilty today to two federal gun crimes. Tevin Williams, 27, of Charleston, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay March 21 - March 27, 2021. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man pleaded guilty today to possessing images of child sexual abuse, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 29, 2021, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a six-count indictment charging 25 gang members with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, and aiding and abetting in the possession/distribution of controlled substances...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Gerald Isom, age 46, of Toledo, Ohio, was arrested today and charged in a two-count indictment for allegedly distributing fentanyl that caused six overdose incidents, two of which were fatal.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Physical progress is visible at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) as EM ’s Office of River Protection (ORP) moves closer to treating millions of gallons of Hanford Site tank waste. Workers recently took down scaffolding used in startup testing around large vessels in...
