News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a third woman from Carbon County was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Edwin M. Kosik to serve 21 months in prison on the charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Israel Garza, 40, of Mission, has been ordered to federal prison for 240 months following his conviction for possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Garza pleaded guilty Dec. 10, 2013, admitting he possessed with the intent to distribute 14 kilograms of cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Mr. Chairman, we have a lot of bipartisan agreement here as evidenced by the 8 Democrats and 11 Republicans on this committee that are sponsors of this legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Stephen Ron Martin II, 20, of Virginia Beach, Va., was charged with distribution of heroin resulting in death in a criminal complaint that was filed on April 21, 2014 and unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Earlier today, Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi, a Nigerian citizen, pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide and providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (“AQAP"). Today’s plea took place before United States District Judge John Gleeson. At sentencing, Babafemi faces a maximum of 30 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Marco Antonio Marchan, 45, has been ordered to federal prison for engaging in a conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal jury convicted Marchan Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Five defendants, all former law enforcement officers, have been ordered to federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: An Indiana man was sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison for crimes involving illicit sexual conduct with a minor, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cleveland office.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: To help cut energy waste and improve U.S. energy productivity, the Energy Department announced today the winners of the first Challenge Home Student Design Competition. The winning teams produced market-ready, state of the art design solutions for high-performance homes that are energy efficient, comfortable...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Israel Garza, 40, of Mission, has been ordered to federal prison for 240 months following his conviction for possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Garza pleaded guilty Dec. 10, 2013, admitting he possessed with the intent to distribute 14 kilograms of cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: There are merits to the six tax provisions being considered today. I am among those who have favored extending the Research and Experimentation Tax Credit and I support other provisions before us.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Brad Bennett has been selected as superintendent of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Georgia and Tennessee, effective June 1. Bennett has served as superintendent of Andersonville National Historic Site since July 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that CARLOS URENA and LIMET VASQUEZ were both found guilty after trial of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, and a drug conspiracy involving marijuana, crack cocaine, powder cocaine, and oxycodone. As...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Keith Stroud, 34, of New Castle, Delaware, was charged today by indictment with possession of heroin with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and felon in possession of firearm, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Carlos McClammy, 21, of Virginia Beach, Va., was sentenced today to 432months in prison for his role in the robbery of six financial institutions in Virginia. Previously, McClammy’s co-conspirators, Taleak Harris and Jaquan Douglas, pled guilty to participating in a total of 11 armed...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton Jr. yesterday sentenced Demis Ulises Mokay-(31, Orlando) to 19 and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former owner of a Kansas City, Mo., clinic pleaded guilty in federal court today to a $3 million Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Shantelle P. Kitchen, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), announced today the arrest of SHLOIME TORIM on various fraud charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - BRANDON HARPER, St. Louis, Missouri, pled guilty to one count of credit card fraud in federal court this morning. With his plea, Harper admitted to charging $11,400 to the credit card account of another person without that person’s knowledge or consent. Harper purchased prepaid debit cards for himself at the Maplewood Sam’s Club store on March 4, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A federal grand jury has returned a second superseding indictment against Fidel Salinas, 27, of Donna, adding additional attempted computer-hacking charges and 18 counts of cyberstalking, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
