News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced John George Sessine (59, Lake City) to 6 years and 3 months in federal prison for receiving images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of minor children over the Internet. He was also sentenced to a 10-year term of supervision and ordered to register as a sex offender, following his incarceration. Sessine has been in custody since his arrest in Lake City on June 5, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two St. Robert, Mo., women were indicted by a federal grand jury today for their roles in an international fraud scheme in which victims across the country were tricked into cashing counterfeit money orders.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: COLUMBUS -Andrew Scott Boguslawski, 44, of Moores Hill, Indiana pled guilty in U.S. District Court to illegally possessing 13 unregistered destructive devices when he was stopped by an Ohio State trooper on Jan. 1, 2014 on Interstate 70 in Madison County, Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven yesterday sentenced Demetrius Renaldo Bowers (29, Tampa) to 193 years in federal prison for a string of eight armed robberies that he committed between September and November 2012 throughout the Tampa Bay area.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement after Christopher Lu was approved unanimously by the Senate to serve as the Deputy Secretary of Labor. Lu was approved by the Senate HELP Committee in February 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a former correctional officer at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo., has been sentenced in federal court for hiring someone to kill his wife’s ex-husband.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on April 1, 2014, Darron A. Suggs, 39, of Washington Park, Illinois, was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Oves St. Orbin Wright, 56, of Massapequa, N.Y., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: SAN JOSE, CA - A Cupertino businessman pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday afternoon to 19 counts of Visa Fraud, U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Fanderick Chiquito, 22, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Upper Fruitland, N.M., pleaded guilty today to an indictment charging him with involuntary manslaughter. Chiquito entered his guilty plea without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that OVES ST. ORBIN WRIGHT, 56, of Massapequa, N.Y., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson...
By State Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke on the House floor in support of two pieces of Ukraine-focused legislation, including an international broadcasting provision he originally authored.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Liborio Market Inc., of Los Angeles, Calif., for failure to pay for produce.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced that the person and corporations listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate on the Information filed in U.S. District Court.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement on the news that more than seven million Americans had enrolled in quality, affordable health coverage through the federal and state Marketplaces created under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by yesterday’s deadline. As Chairman of the HELP Committee, Harkin played a pivotal role in the passage of the ACA.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: The Kenai Fjords area saw a return to more typical temperatures in February when the average monthly temperature dropped below freezing, yet remained slightly above the 30-year normal (1981-2010) for the month. Precipitation amounts dried up significantly from the previous month. While January received...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven yesterday sentenced Demetrius Renaldo Bowers (29, Tampa) to 193 years in federal prison for a string of eight armed robberies that he committed between September and November 2012 throughout the Tampa Bay area.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Kevin Zimmerman, 24, of Cheektowaga, N.Y., who was convicted of being an armed career criminal in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to 180 months by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, SARAH ASHLEY ROGERS, 22was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt to 96 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,388,145.29.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: An indictment charging a market manipulation scheme was unsealed today against six defendants in connection with the trading of stock in Super Nova Resources, Inc. (“SNRR"), announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, and securities fraud are: Carl Marciniak...
