News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Bonnie Monique Youn has been arraigned on federal charges that she submitted false documentation to the United States on behalf of a client who was an alien seeking lawful permanent resident status in the United States, inducing the alien to reside unlawfully in the United States, and witness tampering.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Kendall Anderson, 41, of Scott, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik to charges that he failed to report a conspiracy to award Opelousas Housing Authority construction bids to his company.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic City, N.J., man admitted today to engaging in a conspiracy to distribute heroin with the “Dirty Block" criminal street gang that allegedly used threats, intimidation and violence to maintain control of the illegal drug trade in Atlantic City.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: SEATTLE - The leader of a marijuana manufacturing and distribution conspiracy was sentenced today to five years in prison for drug and money laundering charges. Scott Johnson, 48, of Bellingham, Washington also forfeited property in Whatcom County and Priest River Idaho, as well as multiple luxury vehicles, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Travis LeBlanc, Acting Enforcement Bureau Chief of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC"), announced the unsealing of two complaints seeking the forfeiture of radio transmission and production equipment allegedly...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - The former treasurer of the Mayetta Rural Fire District #1 was sentenced Monday to 30 months in federal prison for embezzling from the district, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. The defendant also was ordered to pay more than $427,000 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: National Park Week begins Saturday, April 19, making this a wonderful time for an early season getaway to experience the wonders of Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. Visitors will get free park admission on April 19 and 20, and can participate in special National Junior Ranger Day programs on Saturday, April 26. Join us for fun and free activities for the whole family, starting this weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. Steve Kessedjian, 51, of Los Angeles, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to 21 months in prison for defrauding clients of escrow funds, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FL: Get Outdoors and create a new kind of national park memory by volunteering in your national park, just minutes away from Miami. The National Park Service Volunteers-in-Parks Day is Saturday, April 19, 2014. Everglades National Park will host a volunteer event on April 19 to trim brush...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on April 14, 2014, David Ramiro Cerna Jr., 37, of Moorhead, Minn., was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve 16 years in prison for aiding and abetting the conspiracy to distribute methamphetamines and marijuana. Judge Erickson also ordered that Cerna Jr. pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims Fund as well as 48 months supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Odin Ray Jarshaw, 56, of Salmon, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to one count of possession of an unregistered firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Jarshaw was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pocatello on Oct. 23, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO ― Seven Chicago and suburban residents, among others, are facing federal prosecution for alleged federal income tax crimes in various separate cases filed recently. Two defendants were arrested by IRS agents today after they were indicted in an alleged scheme to use stolen identities to fraudulently claim and obtain tax refunds based on fictitious returns. Other defendants include Dolton and Lockport businessmen and a retired Chicago police officer and his wife.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today commented on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) announcement that ConocoPhillips’ non-Free Trade Agreement (FTA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) export license has been approved.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On March 16th, in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Nevada Department of Wildlife, BIO-WEST, Inc., and the Arizona Game and Fish Department, National Park Service (NPS) biologists successfully released nine adult endangered razorback suckers (Xyrauchen texanus) in the Colorado River downstream of Lava Falls (River Mile 180).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Ernst Harmon, age 37, of Annapolis, Maryland, today to 198 months in prison, and his brother Dontaye Harmon, age 40, of Baltimore, Maryland to 125 months in prison, both followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base. Judge Hollander also ordered Harmon to forfeit a 2004 Land Rover truck, a 1999 Dodge Caravan and $4,050 in cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. A registered sex offender pleaded guilty Monday to sending obscene material to a minor while he was a patient at Larned State Hospital, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Eleven Democratic lawmakers from the Senate and the House of Representatives today released a report that shows a dramatic recent increase in the marketing of electronic cigarettes-or e-cigarettes-with extensive resources being dedicated to social media, sponsorship of youth-oriented...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Mustafah Kalil Muhammad, 27, of Newport News, Va., pleaded guilty today use of a firearm resulting in the death of Lloyd Robinson on January 8, 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Brandon B. Handy, 33, of Opelousas, La., was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to 24 years in prison and five years of supervised release for assaulting and robbing a U.S. Postal Service contract carrier.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Ernst Harmon, age 37, of Annapolis, Maryland, today to 198 months in prison, and his brother Dontaye Harmon, age 40, of Baltimore, Maryland to 125 months in prison, both followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base. Judge Hollander also ordered Harmon to forfeit a 2004 Land Rover truck, a 1999 Dodge Caravan and $4,050 in cash.
