News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a criminal Information was filed today in U.S. District Court in Scranton charging Robert Vargeson, age 46 of Galeton, Pennsylvania with falsification of financial records.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Commends Work and Career of FBI SA Morse.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that defendant Jeffrey Alexander Martin, 27, of Broward County, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum to 99 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Martin was also ordered to pay $197,088 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: FARMINGTON, Pa., The National Park Service has partnered with the Seneca Nation of Indians in New York. This partnership includes a museum exhibit, cultural festival, and cultural training. The Seneca-Iroquois National Museum in New York has developed the exhibit entitled "The Seneca and the French &...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - The office manager of a sober house in Attleboro was charged today with possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Patrick S. O'Mara, 52, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to wire fraud before Chief U.S. District Judge William M Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Three residents of Shiprock, N.M., were sentenced in federal court on Friday, April 11, 2014, for their convictions on child sexual abuse charges. Herbert Ben, Sr., 63, a member of the Navajo Nation, and Bruce Hamilton, 77, a non-Indian, each was sentenced to 48 months in prison, while...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: During this year's National Park Week, April 19-27, Superintendent Barclay Trimble invites the public to experience their national parks across the country, and those here on the Outer Banks-Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial. Special programs will be offered during National Park Week, and Wright Brothers National Memorial will further celebrate with fee-free days April 19 and 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - Two defendants, who were convicted on felony offenses related to their roles in a scheme to use stolen identity information to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars in tax refunds, were sentenced this afternoon in federal court in Dallas.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: In celebration of the opening weekend of National Park Week, Chiricahua National Monument (NM) will waive entrance fees on Saturday, April 19 and Sunday, April 20. The free entry is offered as part of a nationwide initiative to encourage people to visit and experience the many wonders of national park...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill sentenced Saul Antonio Morales, 49, of Alpaugh, today to 17 and a half years in prison for drug offenses relating to his involvement in a large marijuana cultivation operation that he maintained on his property.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service, in partnership with the National Park Foundation, will celebrate National Park Week April 19-27 at the nation’s 401 national parks, including Glacier National Park. There will be free park entrance on Saturday April 19 and Sunday April 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jack Reid, III, 46, of Amherst, N.Y., was convicted following a jury trial before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a fine of $20,000,000.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: Within the next 2 to 3 weeks Congaree National Park plans to complete two controlled burns on approximately 975 acres of park woodlands. The purpose of prescribed fire is to reduce hazardous fuels and the threat of wildfire to park neighbors, enhance habitat for the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Tracy Dunn, Acting Special Agent in Charge, NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement, and Edward Grace, Deputy Assistant Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement, announce that Idaho Aquarium, Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: A man who distributed child pornography pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Robert A. Rizzo, the former top administrator in the City of Bell who has admitted his role in a widespread municipal corruption scandal, was sentenced today to 33 months in federal prison in a tax fraud scheme designed to hide part of the massive income he was bilking from the small Los Angeles County city.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Chase Lindsey, 36, and Brittany Jessie, 25, have been sentenced to federal prison for engaging in a conspiracy to defraud various automobile insurance companies of more than $3 million, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Lindsay and Jessie previously entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to defraud the insurance companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE -Juan Parrilla, 39, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 42 months in prison, for engaging in the distribution of cocaine and possessing crack cocaine with the intention of distributing it, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced a Talladega County man to six years in prison for attempting to hire a member of the Ku Klux Klan to murder an African-American neighbor he suspected of raping his wife, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice Jocelyn Samuels, U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.
