News from November 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Hector Diaz, age 49, of Colombia, was charged Friday in what was a sealed Criminal Complaint with one count of being an alien illegally in possession of a firearm, federal, state and local law enforcement authorities announced. Diaz is scheduled to make his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Denver this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Craig B. Shaffer, where he will be advised of his rights and the charges pending against him.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Darrin L. Mucker, 40, of Norfolk, Nebraska was sentenced in federal court in Omaha for producing child pornography. The Honorable John M. Gerrard sentenced Mucker to 18 years in prison. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison Mucker will begin a 20 year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul announced today that Daryl Vonneida, 63, of Dix, N.Y., who was convicted by a jury of 14 counts related to the sexual exploitation of children, including production of child pornography, transporting minors in interstate commerce for illegal sexual activity and possession of child pornography, was sentenced to life in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, after five days of jury trial, the leader of La ONU, Jean Carlos Ramos-Piñeiro, aka “Jincho", “Janyi," “Casper" was found guilty of drug trafficking and murder charges. Namely, violations to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), Violent Crimes in...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: Gregory P. Boyd faces up to nine years in federal prison after a jury in Austin convicted him last week of filing income tax returns that did not accurately reflect his income, announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent In Charge Steve McCullough.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: EMMETT, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation will lower Black Canyon Reservoir an additional 5 feet at the request of the Emmett Irrigation District (EID) to allow district crews to perform maintenance on intake screens. The dam is located on the Payette River about 5 miles northeast of Emmett, Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A 40-year-old man was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison today for selling heroin to a police informant, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Michael Duane Dixon, of Huntington, previously pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin in August.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: Jarrell Williams Held Accountable for Multiple Shootings and the Murder of Anthony Ford.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: A team of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists has developed a way to boost production of a beneficial plant compound called pterostilbene.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: A program about mysterious legends and stories of the Cumberland Plateau will take place at 10:30am (EST) on Saturday, November 30 at the Interpretation and Education building located beside the Bandy Creek Visitor Center in Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Visitors will learn how stories get started and hear legends that take place on or near the land that became the Big South Fork. Participants will also have the opportunity to tell a favorite story.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: In Midland this morning, 41-year-old Michael Ross Franco of Midland was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for his role in a loan scheme in which a Midland credit union sustained losses in excess of $4 million announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent In Charge Douglas E. Lindquist, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former Monmouth County, N.J., man was arrested today on a charge that he operated an $18 million Ponzi scheme involving victims from New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Simone Nicole Gary, 35, of Houston, has been arrested following the return of a 35-count indictment alleging multiple counts of mail fraud, Social Security fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: (Updated Feb. 11, 2014). “A combination of conditions acted to offset several climate patterns that historically have produced active hurricane seasons," said Gerry Bell, Ph.D., lead seasonal hurricane forecaster at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service. “As...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Kentwan Russell, age 37, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 15 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Judge Blake enhanced Russell’s sentence upon finding that Russell is an armed career criminal based on three previous drug convictions. Russell has been detained since his arrest on federal charges on Sept. 15, 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: COVINGTON, KY - Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky and Perrye Turner, Special Agent in Charge, FBI, jointly announced today that a Covington man will be sentenced in March of next year for defrauding two internet companies out of thousands of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: In Midland this afternoon, 21-year-old Juan Carlos Venegas, a Mexican citizen formerly living in Crane, TX, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison followed by 20 years of supervised release for using a communication device to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent In Charge Dennis Ulrich.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today announced Adam Carasso has joined the Democratic staff of the Senate Finance Committee, where he will serve as a senior tax and economic advisor focusing on tax reform and other fiscal issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Erik Bilal Khan, 33, of Las Cruces, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in Albuquerque federal court to federal child pornography charges, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough, Special Agent in Charge Dennis A. Ulrich, II, of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in El Paso, Texas, and Chief Richard S. Williams of the Las Cruces Police Department.
