News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that Jeremy Lieberman, 34, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa to theft while working as a Postal Employee. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA - Today, acting Regional Director Laura Joss signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the development of a new hiking trail system at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. This system will provide increased recreational experiences for monument visitors, address resource preservation concerns, and remedy ongoing maintenance needs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Roy Lee Clay, age 47, of Baltimore, today to life in prison, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin. Judge Blake enhanced Clay’s sentence based upon two previous drug trafficking convictions.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: Lead Hill, Ark., Aug. 27, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the completion of the 500th water and wastewater project funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The announcement was made on the Secretary's behalf in Lead Hill, Ark., by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service Administrator John Padalino.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: A 42-year-old Oak Park man was sentenced today to 684 months in federal prison without parole for committing armed robberies, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 45-year-old Kilgore, Texas man has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Tanner D. Jurgens, 34, of Valley was sentenced in the United States District Court in Omaha for receiving and distributing child pornography. The Honorable John M. Gerrard sentenced Jurgens to 87 months of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison Jurgens will begin a ten year term of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement in response to Vice President Joe Biden’s announcement that the Administration will implement a new rule to promote employment for individuals...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: In El Paso, 36-year-old Manuel Gerardo Velasquez (aka “Shorty"), an El Paso cell ringleader for the Vicente Carrillo Fuentes drug trafficking organization, will remain in federal custody pending trial for allegedly operating a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (CCE) responsible for the smuggling and distribution...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - The United States Attorney’s Office in partnership with the Holden Police Department, the New England State Police Information Network® (NESPIN), and Anna Maria College hosted VALOR® Officer Safety and Survival Training for over 200 local and state law enforcement officers. The training is sponsored...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Callaway County, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for facilitating his brother’s drug-trafficking conspiracy. Two other individuals from mid-Missouri have also been sentenced for their roles in the drug-trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Derek Edward Miller, age 31, of Thomasville, Georgia, was sentenced on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013,by the Honorable Hugh Lawson, Senior United States District Judge in Valdosta, Georgia, to serve 262 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA - Today, acting Regional Director Laura Joss signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the development of a new hiking trail system at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. This system will provide increased recreational experiences for monument visitors, address resource preservation concerns, and remedy ongoing maintenance needs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Russell “TJ" Hampton, 23, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted following a jury trial of conspiracy to engage in racketeering activity (RICO), which included narcotics trafficking, murder, attempted murder and weapons possession, was sentenced to 30 years in prison and 10 years supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: STATESBORO, GA - Three federal defendants - PORSCHE S. PINKNEY, TIDAESHA V. TAYLOR, and GREGORY F. SMITH, JR. - pled guilty last week before United States District Court Judge B. Avant Edenfield for their involvement in a stolen identity and tax fraud scheme that was centered in Statesboro, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man is expected to make his initial court appearance today on charges of sexual exploitation of a prepubescent girl after allegedly abusing her repeatedly and filming the abuse, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: ONEONTA, N.Y. - Roy Dejesus Young, Kristen Lynn Rudnitsky, Michel Steven Harabet, and Melissa Dawn Rotolo were presented in Oneonta City Court this morning. All four were charged with felony drug charges for their role in a month long narcotics investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Albany District Office, the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division and the Oneonta City Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Aug. 27, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn S. Ostby, the following individuals were arraigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Mary Ngacha appeared this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Horan and pleaded guilty to one count of filing false claims against an agency of the United States. She faces a maximum statutory penalty of five years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine and restitution. Ngacha will remain...
