News from April 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: The NOAA Office of Coast Survey will manage and conduct surveys that will measure water depths and collect ocean floor data so the agency can update its nautical charts, identify navigational hazards, support wind farm sitings, map ocean habitats, and assist state governments with their ocean projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jason Yazzie, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Fruitland, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to voluntary manslaughter and assault charged. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Yazzie will be sentenced to a federal prison sentence within the range of 20 to 25 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: The Detroit One violence reduction partnership today announced a campaign to raise public awareness about the serious federal penalties for carjacking.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: ABILENE, Texas - Following a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis, in federal court in Abilene, Texas, a jury has convicted Ernest Martenez Melendez, 63, of Sweetwater, Texas, on an indictment charging one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: A Larchwood, Iowa man was sentenced April 22, 2014 to 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Okreek, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault by Strangulation and Suffocation and Child Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan sentenced Daniel Richard Bakaley (23, Middleburg) to 33 months in federal prison for possessing images and videos of child pornography. Bakaley was also sentenced to a 10-year term of supervision and to register as a sex offender, following his incarceration. In addition, he was ordered to forfeit certain computer equipment traceable to the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Two brothers from Bakersfield were sentenced today for methamphetamine trafficking offenses, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Ulisses Lopez, 23, was sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison, and Erik Lopez was sentenced to four years and two months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jacquelyn Witman, 31, formerly of Buffalo, N.Y., now residing in the Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, marijuana, before Chief U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 28, 2014 - The House Committee on Natural Resources’ majority website today was recognized, for a third consecutive Congress, one of the best websites in Congress by the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF). The Committee received a Gold Mouse award, one of only three House Committees to receive this honor for the 113th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: A Richardson, TX, man faces up to life in federal prison after a federal jury in San Antonio convicted him this morning for plotting with his uncle to kill his uncle’s intimate partner announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher H. Combs, San Antonio Division, and United States Marshal Robert Almonte.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced today that Robert Sperrazza, M.D., age 61, currently a resident of Panama City Beach, Florida, and formerly a resident of Lee Co. Georgia, was sentenced by United States District Judge W. Louis Sands to serve 36 months in Federal prison. The Court also ordered Dr. Sperrazza to forfeit $870,238.99 to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Hollidaysburg, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of filing false tax returns, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: Mail Theft Victims Subjected to Identity Theft and Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita restaurant owner and his wife were sentenced Monday for harboring a Chinese girl who worked at their restaurant, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Steven Hamman, 52, of Modesto, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to three years and one month in prison for his involvement in a fraudulent check-cashing scheme, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Loren Stanley Hall, 70, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 70 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release for possession of sexually explicit images of minors, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. United States District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Hall to pay $5,000 in restitution to a victim, and a $100 special assessment fee. Hall pleaded guilty to the charge on Jan. 30, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, Kenyen R. Brown, announces that Natalie McArdle of Foley, Alabama, pleaded guilty today to charges of violating the Lacey Act by transporting and selling Gulf Reef Fish in interstate commerce, knowing that the fish had been landed illegally under Alabama law.
By State Newswire | Apr 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in observance of Yom Hashoah:
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 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 Aggravated Sexual Abuse by Force and Threat.
