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U.S. Attorney Vance Retiring After 25 Years as Federal Prosecutor

US Attorney Joyce White Vance retiring

BIRMINGHAM – U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance announced today that she will retire from the Department of Justice, effective at midnight Jan. 19, after 25 years as a federal prosecutor.

“It has been an honor to serve the Northern District of Alabama as U.S. Attorney for the […]

January 13th, 2017 | Tags: , | Category: Alabama Politics, Shoals Area News | Comments are closed

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Mexican Man for Drug Distribution, Illegal Weapons Possession

BIRMINGHAM – A federal grand jury recently indicted a Mexican man on drug distribution and weapons charges, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Gerido.

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October 2nd, 2016 | Tags: , , , | Category: Crime | Comments are closed

Former Wireless Phone Company Employees Charged with Selling Customer Information

BIRMINGHAM – Federal prosecutors recently charged a Birmingham man with selling private customer information, including customer cell phone records, that he obtained from his work computer at AT&T. Prosecutors last week charged a former Verizon employee in a related case, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. […]

October 1st, 2016 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Shoals Area News | Comments are closed

Doctor charged with illegal prescribing and health care fraud

HUNTSVILLE – Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a former Huntsville physician, who was the nation’s highest Medicare prescriber of opioid painkillers at the height of his practice, with illegally prescribing controlled substances and with a health care fraud involving $9.5 million in unneeded and unused urine tests, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and […]

September 23rd, 2016 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Shoals Area News | Comments are closed