Hamilton Allegedly Tased Inmates Without Justification and Wrote False Reports to Cover Up Abuse Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. Dwight Hamilton, 51, of Atlanta, Georgia, a former sergeant with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, was arraigned today on charges of using excessive force against inmates at the DeKalb County Jail and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015.  Two men were sentenced today for their roles in a sophisticated conspiracy to distribute child pornography online, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Joshua J. Minkler of the Southern District of Indiana.  John D. Gries, 48,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015.  Jason Woodring, 38, of Jacksonville, Arkansas, was sentenced to 15 years in prison today on charges related to his attacks on Central Arkansas’ power grid between August and October 2013.  In addition to the term of imprisonment, Woodring will be required to pay $4,792,224 in restitution[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015.  A Georgia man was sentenced today to 262 months in prison for engaging in sexually explicit conduct with minors and producing images and videos of that conduct during trips to Thailand, and transporting the child pornography into the United States. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was charged today with conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015.  The Justice Department announced that Graeme Phillip Harris pleaded guilty today in federal court to threatening African-American students and employees at the University of Mississippi by helping place a rope around the neck of the James Meredith statue on campus. According to documents filed in connection[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015.  On June 18, Covenant Hospice Inc. agreed to pay $10,149,374 to reimburse the government for alleged overbilling of Medicare, Tricare and Medicaid for hospice services, the Department of Justice announced today.  Covenant Hospice Inc. is a non-profit hospice care provider which operates in Southern Alabama and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office announces today the completion of a Montana operation that convicted 20 defendants for methamphetamine, firearm and money laundering charges, resulting in the seizure of more than half a million dollars worth of meth.  Operation Highline Crystal Highway joined more than a dozen[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015.  Today, the Justice Department announced that a grand jury in the Southern District of Florida charged Miami Dade Police Department (MDPD) Detective William Kostopoulos, 47, with using his law enforcement authority to violate motorists’ civil rights. The indictment charges Kostopoulos with making traffic stops of three[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015.  Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today a nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 17 districts, resulting in charges against 243 individuals, including 46 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical[Read More…]