All USAO Press Releases

A federal grand jury has returned indictments during the month of December.

DAVENPORT, Iowa—On December 20, 2018, Eric James Newman, age 42, of Davenport, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 200 months in prison, to be followed by ten years of supervised release, for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.

DAVENPORT, Iowa—On December 26, 2018, Nathaniel Charles Rockwood, age 42, of Davenport, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 210 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for unlawful possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.

DAVENPORT, Iowa –On December 18, 2018, Corey Alan Taylor, age 30, of Davenport, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 210 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for methamphetamine and firearms charges announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.

DAVENPORT, Iowa- On December 20, 2018, Carlos Jermane Walls, age 37, of Burlington, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 240 months in prison for Possession of Methamphetamine with the Intent to Distribute and 120 months in prison for Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.

The Department of Justice announced today that Los Angeles-based Avanti Hospitals LLC and six of its owners will pay the federal government $8.1 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting – or causing Avanti’s subsidiary, Memorial Hospital of Gardena, to submit – false claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs for medical services provided to patients who were referred by a physician who received kickbacks and other improper payments.

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Waylon Lee Williams, age 37, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Drug Conspiracy