News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that EVANS LEWIS, age 23, of New Orleans, was sentenced today for his role in the shooting death of a New Orleans man. On Feb. 26, 2014, LEWIS pled guilty to murdering an unarmed New Orleans man, Gregory Keys, and shooting another individual, Kendrick Smothers, during the course of a drug trafficking crime.
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: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Rico J. Vendetti, 44, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) Conspiracy, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Laura A. Miller, former Superintendent of President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site [Hope, AR], has been named Deputy Superintendent of Buffalo National River [Harrison, AR].
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced William Simmons, a/k/a “Big Chew," age 32, of Baltimore, today to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possesses with the intent to distribute heroin and crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Martin Howard Winters (55, Valrico), the leader of the River Otter Preppers organization, to 30 months’ imprisonment for manufacturing and possessing destructive devices. He pleaded guilty on Aug. 28, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two western Pennsylvania men have been sentenced in federal court on their convictions of violating federal drug trafficking laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By EPA 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: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Vincent Clark, also known as “Nu-Nu" and “Duke," 33, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 140 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Yvener Jean-Baptiste Used Individual’s Personal Information And Counterfeit Credit Cards To Purchase More Than $170,000 Worth Of Gift Cards At Rhode Island Retailers.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: BERLIN, MD - Assateague Island National Seashore is asking the public for their opinions regarding a potential increase in entrance, kayak and camping fees in 2015. The National Park Service will provide a 30 day comment period available today through Jan. 12, 2015.
By State Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Donnie Dukes, a former compliance officer for the District of Columbia Public Schools, was sentenced today to a month in jail, to be followed by six months of home confinement, for carrying out a scheme involving more than $460,000 in fraudulent payments to a private transportation company that he owned and controlled.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Jeffrey A. Hinkle, Jr. Will Serve 30 Months In Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - A federal grand jury on St. Thomas has returned a four-count indictment charging Terrance L. Hanley, 44, also known as Robert A. Jenkins, with illegal reentry into the United States, identity theft, making false statements, and making false claims to citizenship, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY -- One hundred years after the Declaration of Sentiments was discussed and ratified at the First Women's Rights Convention, Eleanor Roosevelt and others were adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a charter document for the new United Nations. The global proclamation was...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Carl Paschall, Sr., age 54, of Halethorpe, today to 66 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to commit bank burglary and arson of property used in interstate commerce. Judge Motz also ordered Paschall to forfeit $200,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Rudy Angelo Trujillo, 36, of Stockton, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. today to six years in prison for three counts of aggravated identification theft, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - A former chief of staff for an unnamed Chicago alderman pleaded guilty today to accepting a $7,500 cash bribe in exchange for obtaining the alderman’s letters of support for a license to sell alcohol in the alderman’s ward. The defendant, CURTIS V. THOMPSON, JR., accepted the bribe from an individual who claimed he wanted to open a convenience store but was actually a cooperating witness in an FBI undercover investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Salvatore J. Marcera, Jr., 54, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation. The charge carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both. The defendant will also pay restitution in the amount of $1,965.71 to Excellus BlueCross BlueShield.
