News from March 2023
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart announced that Shaheyne Phillip Thomas, 28, from Tuskegee, Alabama, received a 100-month prison sentence.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
A federal jury convicted brothers Julio Garcia, 42, and Juan Garcia, 38, of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the guilty verdict.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with sex trafficking.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
Troy Wilson Wheatley, 42, of Boone County, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
Jonathan Wayne Green, 41, of Holladay, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for possession of over 50 grams of actual methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the sentence today.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
On February 27, 2023, David Michael Apps, 50 of Chattanooga, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to an information charging him with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. Apps is scheduled to be sentenced on July 27, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., before the Honorable Charles E. Atchley, Jr., in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
Nearly one in four students ages 12-18 experiences bullying. It can eat away at a student’s self-esteem and make attending school a serious challenge.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
A federal grand jury returned an indictment on February 23, 2023, charging Jeremy Scott Daniels, 37, of Chugiak for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ION VIOREL IONITOIU, a Romanian national who resided in Spain, was extradited to the United States on bank fraud and money laundering offenses arising from a scheme to launder money derived from an online vehicle sale scam that took in at least $5 million from defrauded consumers.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for ramming into two law enforcement vehicles while attempting to flee while in possession of methamphetamine and firearms.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced that it has resolved a complaint under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) made by a Wells Fargo customer who is hard of hearing relating to accessing Wells Fargo’s banking services via telephone.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Monday, February 27, 2023, TYRESE HARRIS, age 19, a resident of Orleans Parish, pled guilty to a five-count superseding indictment for conspiracy, carjacking, and weapons violations.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal law, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
A resident of Fairview, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court on Feb. 24, 2023, to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
A former Aroostook County resident pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
A total of five people have been arrested on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
Wesley Guard, age 34, of Queensbury, New York, was convicted Friday, after a four-day jury trial, of receiving, transporting and possessing child pornography using the online social networking application Kik. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; Matthew Scarpino, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Buffalo Field Office; and New York State Police (NYSP) Acting Superintendent Steven A. Nigrelli made the announcement.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
U.S. Attorney Henry C. Leventis announced today that the United States has reached an agreement with Nashville Acupuncture Clinic, PLLC (NAC) to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act (FCA). Under the terms of the agreement, NAC will pay $300,000 to resolve the allegations.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
Stephan Bullis, the man convicted in the July 1995 bombing at the then Business Telecom, Inc. (BTI) building located in North Raleigh, was resentenced on Friday to 450 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
The Justice Department, together with the New York State Office of the Attorney General, announced today that the United States and New York State have entered into settlement agreements with the landlord and several individuals and entities involved in the operation of Saratoga Center for Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Care (Saratoga Center), a nursing facility in Ballston Spa, New York. Leon Melohn; Alan “Ari” Schwartz; Jeffrey Vegh; Jack Jaffa; 149 Ballston Ave., LLC; Ballston Two, LLC; Saratoga Center for Care, LLC; and Saratoga Care and Rehabilitation Center, LLC (the Settling Parties) collectively agreed to pay $7,168,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of false claims to the Medicaid program for worthless services provided to residents. Saratoga Center closed in February 2021, after this investigation was initiated.
