Lexington, KY - Versailles man admits distributing drugs that caused overdose death of Woodford County woman

The leader of a drug conspiracy in Versailles, Ky., is the second defendant to plead guilty to distributing fentanyl that caused the overdose death of a Woodford County woman.

Luis Aguirre-Jerardo, 28, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell to distributio... More...   $0 (08-16-2016 - KY)

Oklahoma City, OK - Lawton Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Using Internet to Send Obscene Communications to a Minor

CHARLES MICHAEL SEGALOFF (a/k/a "Michael Makai,” "Mike Sage,” "Daddy,” "Papa," and "Master"), age 60, of Lawton, Oklahoma was sentenced to twenty-four months in federal prison (the statutory maximum prison term allowable for the offense) for sending offensive materi... More...   $0 (08-05-2016 - OK)

Houston, TX - Houston Doctor Convicted for Distributing Prescription Narcotics

A federal jury returned a guilty verdicts on all 19 counts as charged against a Houston doctor for distributing oxycodone and hydrocodone.

The jury deliberated for approximately eight hours before convicted Richard Arthur Evans, 71. He now faces up to life in prison. The jury heard testimony for 14 day... More...   $0 (07-31-2016 - TX)

Richard Anthony Root, 52, of Granger, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on July 22, 2016, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Root was arrested in Granger, Wyoming. He received 38 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment. This case was investigated by the Sweetwater... More...   $0 (07-28-2016 - WY)

Trenton, NJ - Pennsylvania Woman Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Selling Millions Of Dollars In Fraudulent Telecom Equipment

A Pennsylvania woman was sentenced to 60 months in prison for her role in a long-running, large-scale scheme involving the fraudulent sale of telecommunications equipment belonging to a company she worked for as a consultant.

Following an 11-day trial... More...   $0 (07-15-2016 - NJ)

Natchez, MS - McComb Doctor Pleads Guilty To Federal Indictment

Dr. Lawrence Edsel Stewart, 59, of McComb, Mississippi, pled guilty to distributing and dispensing a schedule IV controlled substance outside the scope of professional practice.

The Defendant faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine when sentenced.

This case was investigat... More...   $0 (07-13-2016 - MS)

Dallas, TX - Dallas Woman Pleads Guilty to Indictment - Admits Making Harassing Phone Calls to University and Municipal Police Departments

A Dallas woman pleaded guilty to a three-count indictment alleging she made harassing telephone calls to university and municipal police departments throughout the U.S. and Canada to falsely report she was a purported victim or purportedly injured.
... More...   $0 (07-10-2016 - TX)

San Francisco, CA - San Mateo Resident Pleads Guilty To Operating A Bay Area Prostitution Racketeering Enterprise

Sex Workers Recruited from Overseas

Allen Fong pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday for his role in an international prostitution racketeering enterprise announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homel... More...   $0 (07-07-2016 - CA)

Des Monies, IA - West Des Moines Man Sentenced to 70 Years in Prison for Retail Theft Scheme, Child Pornography, and Witness Tampering Charges

Bradley J. Prucha, 39, of West Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to a total of 840 months, or 70 years, in federal prison for executing a multistate retail theft scheme, producing and possess... More...   $0 (06-27-2016 - IA)

The defendant, Rory Dimes (“Dimes” or “the defendant”), was charged on
19 November 2012 by bill of information with one count of a felon in possession
of a firearm, one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin, and one count
of possession of oxycodone, to which he entered pleas of not guilty at his
arraignment. On 29 November 2012, he filed a motion to suppress evid... More...   $0 (06-25-2016 - LA)

This matter comes before the Court on the Petitions for Review of Final Agency Action filed separately in each of these consolidated actions, challenging the Bureau of Land Management's issuance of regulations applying to hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands. The Court, having considered the briefs and materials submitted in support of the petitions and the oppositions thereto, includi... More...   $0 (06-23-2016 - WY)

For the third time in seven years, we confront an effort by the Federal Communications Commission to compel internet openness— commonly known as net neutrality—the principle that broadband providers must treat all internet traffic the same
8 regardless of source. In our first decision, Comcast Corp. v. FCC, 600 F.3d 642 (D.C. Cir. 2010), we held that the Commission had failed to cite any s... More...   $0 (06-14-2016 - DC)

Tulsa, OK - Mexican Citizen Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for His Participating in a Drug Conspiracy

Ivan Hondal Chavez, 30, Vera Cruz, Mexico, was sentenced to 132 months in prison for participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy Chief United States District Court Judge Gregory K. Frizzell also sentenced Hondal to three years of supervised release following his prison sentence and o... More...   $0 (06-11-2016 - OK)

Portland, ME - Norway Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing Firearms

Stephen Bean, 55, of Norway, Maine pled guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to possessing firearms after being convicted of a felony offense.

According to court records, on November 21, 2015, Maine Game Wardens encountered Bean hunting with two other men in the Paris, Maine area. The other men were car... More...   $0 (06-09-2016 - ME)

Seattle, WA - Long Time Skagit County Violent Drug Dealer Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison

Guns, Drugs, Cash seized from Defendant with Lengthy Criminal History

A long-time Skagit County, Washington drug dealer and gang member was sentenced to ten years in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. CRIST... More...   $0 (06-02-2016 - WA)

The following facts are taken from the testimony at the
suppression hearing. At about 11:40 p.m. on June 10, 2012,
defendant was driving his Toyota at a high speed on U.S. Routes
1 and 9 in Elizabeth when he rear-ended an SUV, which then
collided with two other vehicles. The Toyota and the SUV spun
around, and defendant's heavily-damaged Toyota ended up facing
traff... More...   $0 (05-24-2016 - NJ)

Miami, FL - Indiantown Resident Guilty of Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

A Fort Pierce jury found an Indiantown resident guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Andrew Cunningham, III, 32, of Indiantown, Florida was convicted at trial, of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g). Cunningham face... More...   $0 (04-12-2016 - FL)

The principal question presented in this appeal is whether Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 mandates suppression of evidence derived from a wiretap where information expressly required by the statute was omitted from the court order authorizing the wiretap. Appellants contend that the district court erred in denying their motions to suppress, relying on our sub... More...   $0 (04-11-2016 - DC)

Phoenix, AZ - Husband and Wife Sentenced to Federal Prison for Selling Methamphetamine on the Ak-Chin Indian Community

Yesterday, Stephanie Amanda Aviles, 31, and Juan Verduzco-Caro, 37, of Maricopa, Ariz., were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to 96 months’ and 72 months’ imprisonment, respectively. Aviles and Verduzco-Caro had previously pleaded guilty to possession wit... More...   $0 (04-05-2016 - AZ)

The solicitation, issued on February 21, 2013, is for a $50 million to $70 million
firm-fixed price contract for the design and construction of multiple facilities—including
a headquarters building, maintenance and supply building, multi-purpose training and
coordination facility, warehouse, host switch and data server facility, remote switch
building, and other ancillary struc... More...   $0 (04-02-2016 - DC)

Missoula, MT - Stevensville Man Convicted of Manufacturing and Dealing Firearms Without a License

Following a three day federal trial, a Montana jury found Kyle Robert Wick, 31, of Stevensville, guilty of manufacturing and dealing in firearms without a license. The charges stemmed from Wick’s advertisement and sale of “Uzi parts kits” on a gun sale website.

Wick was originally... More...   $0 (04-01-2016 - MT)

The current appeal results from a patent infringe- ment suit and countersuit between Apple Inc. (“Apple”) and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung Telecommunications Ameri- ca, LLC (collectively, “Samsung”). Apple alleged in- fringement of five U.S. patents that it owns: U.S. Patent Nos. 5,946,647 (the ’647 patent), 6,847,959 (the ’959
patent)... More...   $0 (02-26-2016 - DC)

On April 23, 2003, Plaintiff, Call Henry, Inc., entered into a contract with Defendant, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”), whereby plaintiff agreed to provide inspection, maintenance, and testing services for the John H. Glenn Research Center in Brook Park, Ohio. This contract has a base period of three years followed by up to seven one-year option periods and is a servic... More...   $0 (02-18-2016 - NY)

At heart, this case is about an agency caught between two congressionally assigned tasks. Congress has prescribed specific time frames for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reach decisions on various stages of administrative appeals of Medicare reimbursement claim denials. But Congress has also directed the Secretary to implement the Medicare Recovery Audit Program to detect waste, fr... More...   $0 (02-09-2016 - DC)

On appeal from a judgment entered in the Eastern District of New York 
(Vitaliano, J.) dismissing plaintiff’s complaint for failure to state a claim under 
the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), plaintiff challenges the district court’s 
olding that the National Security Council is not an “agency” subject to the 
FOIA.  5 U.S.C. §§ 551(1), 552(f)(1). 
AFFIRMED.    Judge WESLE... More...   $0 (01-26-2016 - NY)