News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Joseph L. James, 30, of Plummer, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 30 months in prison, followed by three years supervised release for assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. James was also ordered to pay $6,577.49 in restitution to the victim. James appeared before U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federal courthouse in Coeur d’Alene.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a Government Accountability Office (G.A.O.) report of the Independent Foreclosure Review (IFR) process...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Oneike Mickhale Barnett, a Jamaican citizen, was sentenced today in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., in connection with his role in a fraudulent lottery scheme based in Jamaica that targeted victims in the United States, the Justice Department announced. Barnett was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William J. Zloch to serve 60 months in prison and five years’ supervised release. Barnett also was ordered to pay $94,456 in restitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Further, two more fish stocks were rebuilt to target levels in 2013, bringing the number of rebuilt U.S. marine fish stocks to 34 since 2000, according to another NOAA Fisheries report also released today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle signed a consent order resolving a civil lawsuit between the United States and Four Oaks Bank and Trust of North Carolina. The civil complaint alleged that the bank facilitated an illegal scheme to take money from consumers’ bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former employee of Cabela’s in Wichita was indicted Tuesday on charges of stealing ammunition and other merchandise from the store, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 29, 2014 - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing on “American Energy Jobs: Opportunities for Skilled Trades Workers." The hearing examined the well-paying jobs opportunities for technical and skilled workers that have been created by the recent American energy boom.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Elizabeth, N.J., women were each sentenced today to prison for conspiring to commit bank fraud by depositing more than half a million dollars in counterfeit checks into different TD Bank accounts, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Investor Funds Diverted To Purchase ‘Panoramic View Resort & Residences’ In Montauk, New York, And Fund Lavish Lifestyle.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON- Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner to share the stories of Americans who have been cut off unemployment benefits because of the program’s Dec. 28 lapse and called on him to bring to the House floor the bipartisan, fully paid for Senate bill. The letter can be read in full below. A PDF copy of the letter is here.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: A 40-year-old Clarkston man pleaded guilty today to income tax evasion in connection with his 2008 federal income tax return, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that Chief U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway sentenced eight individuals in a cocaine...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: A Detroit man was sentenced to prison for wire fraud and identity theft, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Bruce Barlow, 50, former Chief of Police for the Mendenhall Police Department, in Mendenhall, Mississippi, was sentenced to five years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit extortion, bribery and theft during this tenure as Mendenhall...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Daniel L. Jones, 56, of Stafford, pled guilty to two counts of aiding in the preparation of fraudulent tax returns for his clients and one count of making a false statement to the Internal Revenue Service that he was a certified public accountant.
By State Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, have introduced H.R. 4490, the United States International Communications Reform Act. The legislation improves the missions, objectives, and effectiveness of U.S. international broadcasters. The Committee will consider the legislation at a markup tomorrow at 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: ( - HONOLULU) -Ernesto Hernandez, 51, of Kapolei, Hawaii, was sentenced to 180 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and related charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway yesterday sentenced eight individuals in a cocaine trafficking investigation, dubbed Operation Sooner or Later, which has spanned more than three years. In the latest round of prosecutions, Chief Judge Conway sentenced Rodrigo Cantu Morales...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Alexander Joseph Johnson, 25, has been ordered to prison following his three convictions of transportation, transportation of a minor and sex trafficking of a minor, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Johnson was indicted in August 2013 and pleaded guilty Dec. 16, 2013, to all counts as charged without a plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EDWIN CHARON, 30, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing stolen firearms. CHARON also was ordered to pay a $7,500 fine.
