News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Adrian Briciu, 32, a Romanian national residing in Sun Valley, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to three years of probation and a $1,000 fine for unlawful procurement of United States citizenship, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also entered an order revoking Briciu’s fraudulently obtained naturalization and United States citizenship. Brici pleaded guilty to the charge on Sept. 25, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Human Trafficking Rescue Project. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Rhode Island man pleaded guilty in federal court today to the attempted sex trafficking of a child. Thomas O’Brien, 54, of Rhode Island, pleaded guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, December 5, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that BELLARMIN NAMEGABE, 46, of Shelton, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty yesterday...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - A former futures trader at an unnamed trading firm in Chicago was indicted on federal charges for allegedly stealing trade secrets from the firm, including computer code for electronic trading and strategies and other intellectual property. The defendant, DAVID JACOB NEWMAN, was charged with three counts of theft of trade secrets in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury yesterday and made public today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Northern District of Florida. Friday, December 5, 2014. Follow @NDFLNews. PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Patrick Alfred Anderson, 62, of Laughlin, Nevada, was sentenced yesterday to 24 months in federal prison for income tax fraud. The sentence was announced by Pamela...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON -Join the National Park Service for a book discussion and reading of Pero G. Dagbovie’s, new book, "Carter G. Woodson in Washington, D.C.: The Father of Black History." The event isSaturday, December 13 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.at 1318 Vermont Ave. NW, the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: December 13th Program to Offer Storytelling, Ornament Making and Feasting Upon Apple Stack Cake.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - Former Illinois State Rep. KEITH FARNHAM pleaded guilty today to a federal charge of transporting child pornography via computers in his office and residence in Elgin last year. Farnham resigned his seat in the Illinois General Assembly in March of this year, less than a week after federal agents seized computers from his home and office.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of December 8. As Congress prepares for the New Year, members will look into the fiscal challenges and opportunities for savings within the federal health care budget, discuss genetically modified food ingredients, and examine America’s changing energy market.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Calmen Stewart, Jr., age 23, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, yesterday to a term of imprisonment of time served, approximately 2 months, followed by...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) praised Senate passage of a bipartisan, bicameral bill to terminate Social Security benefits for Nazi persecutors. Hatch introduced the Senate version of the bill, the No Social Security for Nazis Act, in November. The legislation closes a loophole in the current law that allows persecutors to receive benefits. The bill passed the Senate by unanimous consent last night.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - Consuelo “Connie" Puente pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft yesterday, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent in Charge Thomas McMahon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Ramon Anthony Jadra, age 47, of Westminster, Maryland, today to two years in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for tax evasion in connection with a scheme to defraud his family-owned business of more than $900,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Reginald Lynn Gaines (24, Plant City) to 11 years and 9 months in federal prison for robbing a convenience store, and using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during that robbery. The court also ordered Gaines to pay $1,000 in restitution, which was the amount taken during the robbery. Gaines pleaded guilty on Sept. 2, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Follow @NDFLNews. GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Ryan David Burd, 29, has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for inducing and enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity. The sentence, imposed on Dec. 3, 2014, was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Gettysburg National Military Park has experienced a busy year in 2014. For a summary of park events and management decisions about the park, download the current.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - A jury deliberated for less than one hour yesterday before returning guilty verdicts against Joseph Cain Harrison, 37, of Nashville, Tenn., for enticement of a minor and two counts of travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. The jury also found that Harrison was a convicted...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of December 8. As Congress prepares for the New Year, members will look into the fiscal challenges and opportunities for savings within the federal health care budget, discuss genetically modified food ingredients, and examine America’s changing energy market.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - The Department of Justice is investigating multiple complaints regarding the University of New Mexico’s handling of reported sexual assaults and sexual harassment of students at the University. As part of the review, the department will evaluate the University’s policies and practices for...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - - Juan Carlos Renta, 39, of Woonsocket, was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison for being in possession of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Woonsocket Police Chief Thomas S. Carey.
