News from November 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell today sentenced Matthew Anthony Cosimini (40, De Leon Springs) to six and a half years in federal prison for armed bank robbery. Cosimini pleaded guilty on Aug. 29, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Arthur Darby, Jr., 31 years old, of Montgomery, AL was sentenced last week for entering the Main Post Office in Montgomery with a gun and opening fire, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. At the time of the shooting, Darby was employed with the Post Office. Senior United States District Judge W. Harold Albritton sentenced the former Postal employee to 10 years and one day in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ephonia M. Green, 44, of Upper Marlboro, Md., pled guilty today to federal charges stemming from her embezzlement of more than $5 million from her former employer, the Association of American Medical Colleges, a non-profit corporation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Nov. 25, 2013, Samuel B. Silk Jr., 42, Cannonball, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of domestic assault by a habitual offender. Silk pleaded guilty to the charge on Sept. 11, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RONALD UY pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to assisting Illya Trincher, a leader of an international sportsbook with ties to Russian-American organized crime, with structuring financial transactions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Richard Sedillo, 36, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced earlier today to 51 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his bank robbery conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Assistant United States Attorney Michael P. Iannotti, Civil Division Chief at the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island, has announced his retirement after 31 years of public service with the Department of Justice. Mr. Iannotti, a Rhode Island native and...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Darryl Robinson, age 49, of Baltimore, to 15 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Three individuals have been charged in federal court in Providence and are detained for allegedly conspiring and setting fire to an occupied multi-family dwelling in Providence in an alleged arson-for-profit scheme, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Divisionof the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); and Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven M. Paré.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield is a very popular place located in a growing metropolis. With nearly two million visitors a year, the Civil War battlefield sees a lot of use and that use can definitely have an impact. This month the Battlefield releases to the public its "State of the Park" report, a comprehensive...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Timothy Toohey, 66, of Lewiston, N.Y., who was convicted of receiving money stolen from an Indian Tribal Organization, and filing a false tax return, was sentenced to 33 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. In addition, the defendant was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $540,000 to the Seneca Nation of Indians and $62,821 to the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM-The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama entered its final judgment today in United States v. Alabama, resolving the Justice Department's constitutional challenge to Alabama's immigration law, H.B. 56, U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Assistant Attorney General Stuart Delery of the Department's Civil Division announced.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of nearly $10.5 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grants to help agricultural producers enter into value-added activities designed to give them a competitive business edge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Walt Green and Louisiana State Attorney General James “Buddy" Caldwell announced today that the United States and the State of Louisiana have reached a civil settlement with defendants, SABINE OPTICAL LABORATORIES, INC. d/b/a THE VISION CENTER (“SABINE")...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Sheri L. Becirovic, 47, of Hamburg, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the government, was sentenced to time served by Chief U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant has been in prison for 12 months. Becirovic was also ordered to pay $24,341.00 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: Ann Lory, 60, has been Missing Since Saturday Morning, November 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Ryan D. Freitag, 28, of Ogallala, Nebraska was sentenced in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for possessing child pornography. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Freitag to a 35 month term of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison Freitag will serve a ten year term of supervised release. He will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Eddie Carrasquillo, 29, of Woonsocket, was sentenced on Friday to 121 months in federal prison for trafficking cocaine and maintaining a drug related property, announced John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration'(DEA) New England Field Division, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, and Woonsocket Police Chief Thomas S. Carey.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - On Nov. 25, 2013, Renfo Lee Woody, 30, of Many Farms, Ariz., a member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake to 10 years imprisonment following a guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter. Woody pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter on Aug. 27, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY- The Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, located at 32 Washington Street, will close for the winter season beginning Monday, December 9, 2013. The house was the home of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, one of the organizers of the first Women's Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls in 1848. After...
