News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that David Johnson, 41, of North Tonawanda, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara, to aggravated identity theft. The charge carries a mandatory minimum of two years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, April 4, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Nathan V. Young, 23, from Venice, Illinois, was sentenced on April 3, 2014, in federal district court, in East St. Louis, Illinois, on one count of cocaine distribution in the form of “crack"...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Martin Lopez-Villela, 51, a legal permanent resident of Dallas, has entered a plea of guilty to conspiracy to defraud, smuggling goods from the United States and making a false statement during the purchase of firearms, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Tyrone Collington, Jr., age 27, of Seat Pleasant, Maryland, today to 15 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after Collington pleaded guilty to carjacking. Judge Motz ordered that the sentence be served concurrent...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Yesterday in federal court, a 24-year-old felon was sentenced for assaulting a White Earth woman as well as possessing a short-barreled shotgun. United States District Judge John R. Tunheim sentenced Michael James Deegan to 92 months and 60 months (concurrent) in federal prison on one count...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSE CRUZ, a/k/a “Chili," a member of the violent Yonkers street gang known as the “Strip Boyz," was sentenced yesterday in Manhattan federal court to 188 months of imprisonment by United States District Judge Edgardo Ramos.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Doris E. Nelson, 55 of Colbert, Washington, entered guilty pleas to the 110 counts contained in a Superseding Indictment handed down in December 2013. The 110 counts related to charges of Wire Fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Besari Torres, 37, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to three years probation including six months home detention by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Anthony Grimes, 29, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison, a fine...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 4, 2014 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) issued the following statement on the announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on its plans to distribute the FY 2013 Secure Rural School (SRS) payments in full.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - Khyber Law pleaded guilty today to conspiring to file false claims, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. -U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley, along with Caddo Parish District Attorney Charles Rex Scott and Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator, are sponsoring a blood drive during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, which starts April 6.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON -Keith Logan, 51, was sentenced today to life in prison with no possibility of release, and Paul Ashby, also 51, was sentenced today to a 90-year prison term on charges stemming from the 2009 killing of a man during a kidnapping and robbery, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Hyde Park man was indicted yesterday, charged with producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska:The National Park Service (NPS) is considering a proposal by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to install a U.S. Climate Reference Network station near the water treatment building west of the Wonder Lake Campground in Denali National Park and Preserve. This project would take place during the summer of 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC --Have you ever held a sea turtle shell?Ever wanted to try on a ranger hat?Here is your chance!Come help Cape Lookout National Seashore celebrate National Junior Ranger Day and National Park Week on Saturday, April 12, 2014, from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.All of the activities will take place at the Harkers Island Visitor Center of Cape Lookout National Seashore.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: Washington - As directed by Congress in the Agricultural Act of 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allowing the research and promotion program for fresh cut Christmas trees to move forward. The Christmas tree marketing program, like other similar agriculture marketing programs (such as...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Go wild for the history, nature, trails, and archeology of Grand Canyon National Park during National Park Week, April 19 through 27, 2014. To get the celebration going, Grand Canyon National Park will waive entrance fees on April 19 and 20.
