News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: Doctor Employed By Online Company Based In Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury in Rochester has returned a three-count indictment charging Brian Leonard, 44, and his wife, Nancy Cedeno, 44, both of Rochester, N.Y., of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. The charges each carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: Weather in the Kenai Fjords area was dominated by sunny skies for most of March, resulting in another month of below normal precipitation. Near mid-month, a week of storms added snow to the snowpack, but not nearly the amount required to bring snow depths up to normal. March was the third month in a...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RICHTER RINVIL, also known as “Ricky, 20, of Stamford, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Otto W. Jean, a 60-year old, Fairview Heights, Illinois, man was sentenced on April 7, 2014, in federal district court in East St. Louis, Illinois, on one count of failure to register...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: WHO: Unemployed Americans. Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer. Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra. Caucus Vice Chair Joe Crowley. Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin. Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Keith Ellison. Other House Democrats. President of AFSCME Lee Saunders. Executive Director of NELP Christine Owens...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: I am very pleased you are at the helm of USAID and appreciate your leadership, as well as the tireless efforts of your colleagues at USAID. The strength of USAID is, and always has been, its dedicated public servants from the top down. As a result of the continued generosity of the American people, USAID remains on the frontlines helping reduce poverty, hunger, and disease while making targeted investments to advance democracy, education, and health.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: ANCHORAGE - The BLM Science Center will host its last fireside chat at 7 p.m. on April 16. “Marine Mammals in a Changing Sea: Sentinels or Sitting Targets?" will be presented by Dr. Jennifer Burns, professor of biology at the University of Alaska Anchorage. The session describes new technologies that...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jose Mario Medrano, 36, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to 21 years and 10 months in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa are seeking details of the federal government’s role in overseeing and offering help to troubled state health care exchanges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today United States District Judge W. Earl Britt sentenced Ernest Joshon Wright, 27, of Greenville, North Carolina, to 78 months of imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release. WRIGHT previously pled guilty to possession of firearm by a felon and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute quantities of cocaine, oxycodone, methadone, and marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Duane James, age 53, of Germantown, Maryland pleaded guilty today to five counts of robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Quinton Justin Davis (27, Sarasota) to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Davis pleaded guilty on Jan. 21, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - Lawrence Hart, 37, appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Renée Harris Toliver and pleaded guilty to a felony and misdemeanor Information charging various offenses stemming from his role as a caseworker for an outreach program that is managed by the City of Dallas’s Housing Department. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce the arrest of Joseph Signore, 49, of Palm Beach Gardens, and Paul Lewis Schumack, II, 56, of Coconut Creek...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: (ST. CROIX -, U.S. Virgin Island) -A federal search warrant authorizing federal agents to search the Golden Grove Adult Correctional and Detention (Golden Grove) in St. Croix for illegal contraband was executed last night, announced Ronald W. Sharpe, United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, California -.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: This National Volunteer Week, April 6-12, the National Park Service commends Volunteer Sherry Atkinson, a caretaker of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Ocracoke ponies. Sherry has been a pony volunteer since 2002, consistently working 6-8 hours per week, feeding twice daily. She also helps in unloading...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.B U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Kristina Thomas, 42, of Columbus, Georgia, formerly of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft following a jury trial, was sentenced to 32 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $6,473.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two residents of Hermitage, Pa., pleaded guilty and were sentenced in federal court on their conviction of conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
