News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: INTRODUCTION. Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department today announced its findings that the Albuquerque Police Department has engaged in a pattern or practice of excessive force, including deadly force. The pattern and practice is the result of serious systemic deficiencies in...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Thomas Sean Tinsley, age 29, of Glen Burnie, Maryland pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking of a minor. Tinsley is a registered sex offender, having previously been convicted of having sex with a minor female.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, in partnership with the Johnson City Public Library, will host and conduct a public forum titled "Created Equal - America's Civil Rights Struggle" at 7:00 pm on Thursday, April 24, 2014 at the Johnson City Public Library, 501 N. Nugent Avenue, Johnson City, Texas. Dr. Gregg Michel, professor and chairman of the history department at the University of Texas at San Antonio, will moderate the forum.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Donald J. Peel, 63, of Las Vegas, Nev., charging him with interstate transportation of a minor for prohibited sexual contact, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: “After due consideration, the Court has accepted the guilty plea and imposed sentence on SAC, including the payment of $1.184 billion in financial penalties. Today marks the day of reckoning for a fund that was riddled with criminal conduct. SAC fostered pervasive insider trading and failed, as a company...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: GREENVILLE - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today, FELIX A. OKAFOR, 53, of Benson, North Carolina, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard to 3,157 months (approximately 263 years) and 6 years of supervised release. OKAFOR was convicted of 25 drug...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: Savannah, GA - To celebrate National Park Week, the National Park Service’s annual celebration, Fort Pulaski National Monument will host a special exhibit by Tybee Island photographer and resident, Shannon Christopher. The exhibit, entitled “The Muse," features photographs taken by Christopher throughout Fort Pulaski and Cockspur Island. The show will present 15 individual mounted and framed pieces along with a 3’ x 5’ composite of 32 images, all taken with an iPhone.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Tony Rodger Foley, 33, of Robertsdale, was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday, April 9, to a seven-year prison term for his involvement in conspiracy to manufacture and attempt to manufacture methamphetamine. Foley pled guilty to the two charges, conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: Saul Castaneda, 51, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on April 9, 2014, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Castaneda was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received 120 months imprisonment...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted 21-12 to adopt a resolution recommending the House find former IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before the Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Fidel Salinas, 27, of Donna, has been charged in a superceding federal indictment with new computer-hacking charges, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: CARTAGENA, Colombia - Special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Drug Enforcement Agency assisted the Colombian National Police (CNP) this week in identifying a container holding seven tons of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. -Clarence Ray Lee, 31, of Irvington, was sentenced today in federal court to 72 months imprisonment. Lee pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and one count of using, carrying, and possessing a firearm in connection with and in furtherance of a drug trafficking...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: Conspiracy Involved the Distribution of At Least 480 Kilograms of Cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Over the objection of the Government, United States Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller today ordered the release of the four men charged in the robbery of Imperial Jewelry Store on St. Thomas, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Miller stayed her order releasing the four men until 9 a.m. Monday to give the Government an opportunity to appeal the order to the district court judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: ***MEDIA ADVISORY***. Second Annual Walk/Run for Justice 5K Set to kick off at Noon. CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia, along with victim advocates, prosecutors, law enforcement and others will host an event at Haddad Riverfront Park in...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that three websites that sold illegal and potentially dangerous controlled substances and analogues were seized by federal law enforcement officers. The United States Attorney’s Office obtained seizure warrants from U.S. Magistrate Judge Hugh B. Scott which were then executed by Special Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (ICE HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: Was a Member of a Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Based out of the Paschall Auto Body Shop;.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Jaime Marie Holland, 26, of Saraland, was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday, April 9, for her participation in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. United States District Court Judge Callie V. S. Granade imposed a sentenced of 37 months imprisonment...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: UPDATED 4-16-14. CALIFORNIA. LA Times - Congress, extend jobless benefits, again : “How's this for irony: Having allowed federal unemployment benefits to run out in December, some lawmakers are balking at a bill to renew them retroactively because it might be hard to figure out who should receive them."...
