News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: DENVER - Stephen Paul Redwood, age 31, of Montezuma County, Colorado, was placed into federal custody based on a grand jury indictment on child pornography and marijuana distribution charges, United States Attorney John Walsh and FBI Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that three south Missouri residents were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. April 17: Live Webinar on Fuel Cells at NASCAR. Webinar Sponsor: EERE’s Fuel Cell Technologies Office. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled “Fuel Cells at NASCAR" on Thursday, April 17, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Presented by NASCAR and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III, announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Juan Miguel Ruiz and Roberto Bisono with conspiracy and theft of government property in connection with the cashing of numerous federal income tax refund checks that were...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. A Jefferson County woman was convicted on April 15, 2014, on methamphetamine related charges following a two day jury trial, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern...

By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: Mamie Eisenhower said she and Ike had lived in 37 different homes during their married life. Learn the story of this general's wife and first lady on May 17 when the National Park Service at Eisenhower National Historic Site features the dramatic program, Mamie Remembers Gettysburg. The site will also host a 1950s Fashion Show, provide a close-up look at the Eisenhowers' cars and host a high tea sponsored by the Gettysburg Foundation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. Office of Public Affairs. Project Safe Neighborhoods sends Convicted Felon to Federal Prison For Possessing a Stolen Firearm. TYLER, Texas - A 29-year-old Dike, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Lawrence F. Brose, 62, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. Judge William M. Skretny, to importation or transportation of obscene matters. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle today publicly released a Non-Prosecution Agreement between the Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and Miron Construction Company, Inc., David G. Voss, Jr., and Dean J. Basten. Voss is half owner of Miron Construction and...

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today released the following statements in response to the release of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) documents showing former IRS official Lois Lerner in contact with the Justice Department about potential prosecution of tax-exempt groups...

By State Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) will lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to Ukraine from Monday, April 21 to Wednesday, April 23. In Kiev, the delegation will meet with U.S. and senior Ukrainian officials to assess the effect of ongoing U.S. efforts to support Ukraine.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: “The following named individuals have been charged with a federal crime or crimes by the return of an indictment by the Grand Jury. A grand jury Indictment does not constitute evidence of guilt. A grand jury Indictment is a method of bringing formal charges against the defendant. A defendant is presumed...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: OXFORD, Miss - Felicia C. Adams, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, Craig Caldwell, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service, and Special Agent in Charge Gabriel L. Grchan, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation announced that.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: Luciano Chavez-Morales convicted of being an illegal alien in possession of firearms and possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: MANHATTAN - James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA); Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton; Nassau County Police Acting Police Commissioner Thomas C. Krumpter; ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal grand jury returned indictments here today against three people who are charged with robbing a bank in Pomona, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that two more defendants were charged with Conspiracy to Kidnap in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1201(c), in connection with the kidnapping of Frank Arthur Janssen of Wake Forest, North Carolina. These two new charges are...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. A former city clerk for the city of Havana, Kan., was sentenced Wednesday to two years supervised release, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. She also was ordered to pay a total of more than $59,000 in restitution to the city of Havana, Cross Point Baptist Church and an insurance company.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Attempted Commercial Sex Trafficking.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2014
News Release: One year ago today, eight members of the U.S. Senate - Senators Schumer, Durbin, McCain, Rubio, Bennet, Menendez, Flake and Graham - introduced S. 744, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act." This comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. immigration system would bring ...