News published on Federal Newswire in April 2014

News from April 2014


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that James Eugene Larive, Jr., age 43, of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, was found guilty of Commercial Sex Trafficking as a result of a federal jury trial held in U.S. District Court in Rapid City. Following a two-day trial, the jury returned the guilty verdict on April 4, 2014.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 28-count indictment today against Barbara Antonucci, 49, and Sherry Taggart, 54, both residents of El Dorado Hills, California, charging them with conspiracy to file false claims, filing false claims, and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today welcomed the announcement by the U.S. Forest Service that Alaskan communities will receive more than $14 million to support local schools and roads as part of the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on March 31, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.



Armed Robbery Crew Sentenced To 32 Years Of Imprisonment

News Release: Three Defendants Convicted At Trial Of Stealing Over $250,000 From Queens Check Cashing Stores Using Hollywood-Style Special Effects Masks.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, April 4, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Daron Whitt, 30, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced in federal district court...



Financial Planner Sentenced To Serve 10 Years In Federal Prison On Wire Fraud And Money Laundering Convictions

News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Caleb Deason, 34, of Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to serve a total of 120 months in federal prison, following his conviction at trial in December 2013 on one count each of wire fraud and money laundering. Departing upward from the...


News Release: Kevin S. Kolb, 47, of Fairview, Tenn., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Nashville to five counts of production of child pornography, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Rashad Slye, 23, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 17 years in prison for the 2011 killing of a taxicab driver during a robbery in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, April 4, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced that Damon L. Pruitt was sentenced today in District Court in East St. Louis to 100 months...


Financial Services Firm President Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For $2.9M Fraud Scheme

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 36 months imprisonment followed by 3 years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Maryland Woman Indicted For Treating Patients While Fraudulently Posing As A Physician’s Assistant

News Release: Allegedly Used Stolen Identity to Gain Employment at a Doctor’s Office;.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that Jimmy Murphy Farms, Jennings, Fla., has paid $875 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.


Illinois Man Charged With Criminal Trespass

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Chicago, Illinois, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Criminal Trespass.


Three Men Sentenced To Federal Prison For Credit Card Fraud Conspiracy

News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway yesterday sentenced Nicholas Aaron Brown (19, Queens, NY), Donald Napoleon (21, Winter Haven), and Renington Javier Noa (26, Orlando) for their roles in an access device fraud conspiracy. Brown and Napoleon were both sentenced to 2 years in federal...


Chairman Menendez Praises Senate Passage of Four Treaties to Combat Pirate Fishing

News Release: Washington, DC - Yesterday evening, the Senate passed a resolution of ratification for four treaties that will ensure protection for American fishermen, improve marine conservation, and spur more international coordination and communication between coastal countries in controlling illegal or pirate fishing.


Former Vice President Of Government Contracting Company Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Bribery

News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Adam C. White, 40, a former vice president of a Chesapeake, Va., government contracting company pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to pay bribes to public officials in exchange for favorable treatment in connection with U.S. government contract work.


News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore and the Friends of Portsmouth Island would like to invite the public to the Portsmouth Homecoming on Saturday, April 26, 2014, in historic Portsmouth Village.Held every two years, this year's event honors the 100th anniversary of the Portsmouth Methodist Church.