News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: In San Antonio, 48-year-old Pierre Koutani of Houston, TX, faces up to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty this afternoon to making a false statement to a financial institution in relation to a $350,000 auto loan scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent In Charge Armando Fernandez, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Emma Mills, 38, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to file false claims with the Internal Revenue Service before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, December 5, 2013. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that STEVEN FINKLER, 49, of Torrington, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: In San Antonio, 45-year-old Johnny Kirk of Oklahoma City, OK, admitted to his role in the March 2010 robbery of the Lee Michaels Jewelry Store announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent In Charge Armando Fernandez, San Antonio Division and San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The failure of a Victor-based optical equipment manufacturer to correct serious safety hazards has resulted in $131,600 in additional fines from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Robert G. Dreher, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice, and Dan Ashe, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announced today that...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A physician practicing gastroenterology and internal medicine in West Orange, N.J., pleaded guilty today to receiving cash kickbacks for diagnostic testing referrals, becoming the 13th health care provider and 14th defendant to be convicted in connection with the government’s investigation of illegal payments made by an Orange, N.J., diagnostic testing facility, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: POCATELLO - James Argyle Merrill, 38, and Dalyn Ray Pfeaster, 46, both of Pocatello, were sentenced today in federal court for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Brian Ted Stewart of the District of Utah sentenced Merrill to 36 months and Pfeaster to four months in prison. Both will serve three years of supervised release following their prison sentence. The defendants pleaded guilty to the charge on Aug. 28, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Liddon Young, 32, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to unlawfully deal firearms without a federal firearms license and unlawfully dealing in firearms without a license, as well as selling firearms to a convicted felon. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a fine of $750,000 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Today, federal and local authorities arrested four gang members in Gonzales, TX, based on grand jury indictments returned on Wednesday alleging federal drug and firearms violations announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, ATF Special Agent in Charge Robert Elder, Houston Division, and Gonzales Police Chief Tim Crow.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming Christopher A. Crofts announced that on December 4, 2013, Robin Neubauer, a 29 year old tribal descendant, was sentenced for negligent homicide by vehicle in connection with an incident on Aug. 10, 2012 in which she struck and killed Rex Coando, a 61 year old...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Two Former New Jersey Residents Sentenced To Federal Prison For Multiple Armed Robberies In Luzerne, Schuylkill And Carbon Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Roger Eichenholtz, 70, of Westchester County, New York, was charged today by Indictment with one count of threats, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. After losing civil litigation over a business, Eichenholtz sent a numbering of harassing emails to his opponents threatening further litigation. On Sept. 24, 2013, Eichenholtz sent another email threatening civil and criminal litigation. He concluded the email with the following.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Ricky Martinez, 44, of Houston, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi, to 87 months in prison and three years of supervised release for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Martinez pleaded guilty August 7, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Those arrested as a result of the discovery of approximately 14,000 marijuana plants from 43 marijuana grow houses in Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery Counties in August 2012 have now been ordered to prison, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Javier Peña, special agent...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Those arrested as a result of the discovery of approximately 14,000 marijuana plants from 43 marijuana grow houses in Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery Counties in August 2012 have now been ordered to prison announced, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña along with United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. With the sentencing of Yen Thi Do, 43, formerly of Boston, Mass., today, all those arrested have now been convicted and ordered to prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD), and Jerry Demings, Sheriff, Orange County Sheriff's (OCSO), announced the results of an eight month long joint investigation involving a heroin trafficking organization in the Orange County area. Yesterday, ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced the 2013 appointments to the Colorado citizen-based Front Range Resource Advisory Council, which advises the Bureau of Land Management on public land issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - The results of the December 2013 Federal Grand Jury were announced today by Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Brian Welsh, 22, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is charged by Indictment, unsealed today, with one count of receipt of child pornography, one count of distribution of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment...
