News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Stanley Morrison, age 32, of Eagle Butte, South Dakota, was convicted by a federal jury on July 30, 2013, for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on August 6, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, the following individual was arraigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSEPH BOREA, 56, of New Canaan, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to one count of conspiring to violate the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act stemming from his involvement in organized-crime controlled gambling businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Louisiana. Wednesday, August 7, 2013. ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Roy Elbert Carlton, 41, a Pollock prisoner, was found guilty Tuesday by a federal jury of possessing drugs in a federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-A federal indictment unsealed earlier today charges a 56-year-old Eden Prairie man with embezzling millions of dollars from his long-time employer. The indictment, which was filed on August 5, 2013, charges John Joseph Waters, Jr., with four counts of mail fraud, 16 counts of wire fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: An indictment was filed charging Bryan Lorann, age 29, of Toledo, with receipt and possession of child pornography between May 20, 2011 and Feb. 23, 2012, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH and new bern - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced CHRISTINA MONIQUE CAPERS, 30, of Bellflower, California, to 84 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. Mr. Walker...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Hudson County, N.J., man today admitted his role in bid-rigging in order to fraudulently obtain U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant funds from the City of Bayonne, N.J., U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: PORT ALSWORTH, Alaska - The active 1784-acre Currant Creek Fire has burned for more than a month 15 miles northeast of Port Alsworth in Lake Clark National Park. Through shared wildfire responsibilities, the National Park Service and State of Alaska Division of Forestry fire managers continue to balance...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Patrick Cunningham, 44, of Cranston, RI, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for his participation in an international conspiracy to import and distribute prescription drugs and anabolic steroids, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Mark Dragonetti, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced MITCHELL BYRON HALES, 37, of Apex to 210 months imprisonment, followed by lifetime supervised release. HALES had previously been employed by the Wake County public school system.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on August 7, 2013, before Senior U.S. District Judge Jack D. Shanstrom, DELBERT DEAN SPEAR, a 25-year-old resident of Crow Agency and an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On July 29, 2013, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned three separate indictments against 139 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of controlled substances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Ricky Martinez, 43, of Houston, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Torry Little, of Petersburg, Va., was sentenced today to 132 months in prison for possession with the intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of cocaine hydrochloride.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, the Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), today announced securities and wire fraud charges against STEVEN STALTARE for his alleged involvement...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Allegheny County, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to serve 37 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $601,470.31, on his conviction of mail fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Jeffrey Alan Barnett (46, Orlando) today pleaded guilty to three counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. Barnett faces a mandatory minimum of not less than 5 years...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- United States Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today Paul Hearty, 37, of Rochester, New York, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release by United States District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., after pleading guilty to a one count felony information charging him with knowing possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2013
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, Martin Weisberg, a former corporate partner in the New York office of the international law firm Baker & McKenzie LLP, was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment on his conviction for money laundering and for his conviction on conspiracy to...
