News from August 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Ronald Ray Norman, 32 of Houston, has been found guilty of being a felon in possession a firearm and ammunition, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The federal jury sitting in Houston convicted Norman following a three-day trial and approximately two hours of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Richard Anthony Wilford, age 41, of Baltimore and Elkton, today to 340 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Judge Hollander enhanced Wilford’s sentence upon determining that he is a career offender based on two prior federal drug trafficking convictions.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - America’s elderly could soon see their health care cut by $3,700 per year due to sweeping Medicare cuts included in President Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Webb City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to making false statements to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in a failed attempt to fraudulently receive federal disaster benefits following the tornado that struck the city of Joplin, Mo., on May 22, 2011, killing 158 people and causing more than $2.9 billion in damage.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Ronald Ray Norman, 32 of Houston, has been found guilty of being a felon in possession a firearm and ammunition, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The federal jury sitting in Houston convicted Norman following a three-day trial and approximately two hours of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MARVIN JEMAL, the former Chief Executive Officer of a Manhattan-based company that designed, imported and distributed luggage, business bags, backpacks, and accessories (the “Company"), pled guilty today...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Misprision of a Felony was sentenced on July 28, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Edward Brown, 51, of Rochester, N.Y., was arrested and charged by a criminal complaint with bank robbery. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Jessica Regas has been sentenced for falsifying government grant applications and fraudulently obtaining $600,000 in government anti-drug grant funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA - Rosario Rafael Burboa-Alvarez was indicted by a federal grand jury in Tucson yesterday, becoming the seventh man charged in connection with the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) release of their guidelines for the “phased retirement" program for federal workers...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Brandon Correa, 30, of Rochester, N.Y., was arrested on new charges of making a direct threat to kill the President of the United States, Barack Obama. The defendant is also accused of making new online threats to kill New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy. Each count is punishable by five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that U.S. District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, August 7, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that DANIEL L. MILLS, also known as “Boone," 35, of Hamden, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that prominent wine dealer RUDY KURNIAWAN was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for carrying out an elaborate scheme in which he manufactured and sold counterfeit bottles of purportedly rare and expensive wine...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Donnell Young, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke sentenced Chouman Emily Syrilien, 25, of Lauderdale Lakes, to 34 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the Protecting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2014 (PIMA), a discussion draft aimed at combating fraud, waste and abuse in the Medicare program so that it can better serve Americans.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park will host Daphne Mennell on August 15 at the NPS auditorium, 2nd Avenue at 6:00 pm as part of the Guide Series. Ms. Mennell is one of the Yukon's better-known artists and was chosen to participate in the 2014 Chilkoot Trail Artist in Residency program. She...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Wagner, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on July 28, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Donnell Young, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that U.S. District Judge James I. Cohn sentenced Erica Jacovia Bryant, 33, of Miramar, to 27 months in...
