News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore this week sentenced Vanessa (39, El Cajon, California), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: (DETROIT) - Today, Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs Reps. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) joined Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), CPC member and ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, to urge the president to take swift action on 46 recommendations made by a presidential taskforce to reform the surveillance program at the National Security Agency (NSA) to protect Americans’ civil liberties...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - Colin Boone, previously employed as an officer of the Des Moines, Iowa, Police Department, was indicted on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, on the charge of deprivation of rights under color of law for assaulting a civilian during the course of an arrest on Feb. 19, 2013, announced United...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Huey Joseph Hebert, 35, formerly of Dickinson, has been sentenced to 360 months in federal prison for his role as a leader in a methamphetamine trafficking organization, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Hebert pleaded guilty May 9, 2013.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Dec. 18, 2013, a 300-count criminal complaint was authorized by US Magistrate Judge Bruce McGiverin charging attorney and notary public Antonio Peluzzo-Perotin with 100 violations of Title 18, United States Code, Section 505 (forgery of the signature of a judge, register...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Darrin Scott, 42, of Columbus, Georgia, was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, by the Honorable Clay D. Land, United States District Court Judge in Columbus, Georgia to serve 63 months imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By State Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC. - U.S. Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), joined by 25 U.S. Senators, introduced the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act, bipartisan legislation proposing prospective sanctions on Iran should the regime violate the interim Joint Plan of Action agreed to in Geneva or should Iran fail to reach a final agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Freddy Centeno, 52 of Brownsville, has been ordered to prison for money laundering for a convicted drug trafficker, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Centeno, a licensed real estate agent, pleaded guilty to a one-count criminal information Aug. 30, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - Ernesto Escobar, a/k/a Pink Panther, a/k/a Flaco, Miguel Alvarado-Linares, a/k/a Joker, and Dimas Alfaro-Granados, a/k/a Toro have been sentenced to life in prison for their roles in committing murders and attempted murders in Gwinnett and DeKalb Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - An investigation by the High Desert Gang Impact Team this morning resulted in the arrest of seven defendants who face charges in federal and state court for distributing methamphetamine in the High Desert region.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO -- TRAY FERGUSON of Saint Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment on December 18 by the Honorable Catherine D. Perry. Ferguson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. March, United (US) Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that Michael Clifford (32, Key West, Florida), was sentenced today by US District Judge Robert Hinkle to serve 360 months in prison for drug conspiracy charges. Watson will serve an eight-year term of supervised release after his incarceration.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Elizabeth, N.J., women admitted today to conspiring to commit bank fraud by depositing more than half a million dollars in counterfeit checks into different TD Bank accounts, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a special, ranger-guided tour that will begin at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center on Saturday, January 4, 2014, at 2 p.m. Participants will ultimately caravan to Tour Stop #2, Battleline Road, where they will take part in a half mile walking tour.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment on Dec. 10, 2013 charging a six Bradford County residents and two New York State residents with illegally importing and distributing bath salts in the Bradford County area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: (DETROIT) - Today, President Obama commuted the sentences of eight federal inmates serving lengthy time behind bars for nonviolent offenses related to crack cocaine under an older sentencing regime. This decision follows the implementation in 2011 of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, landmark criminal ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager today announced funding to help reduce energy costs for residents of remote rural areas where the cost of producing electricity is extremely high. The funds are being provided through USDA’s High Energy Cost Grant program.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PETER PINTO, 38, of East Quogue, N.Y., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: Bruce Alan Edward, 49, of Atlanta, Michigan, was convicted Tuesday of criminal copyright infringement and mail fraud, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
