News published on Federal Newswire in December 2014

News from December 2014


Sonoma Man Sentenced To 37 Months In Prison For Wire Fraud

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Michael Thomas Hamilton, a/k/a Thomas Smith, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay $426,911 in restitution for wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a local man was arraigned in federal court in Anchorage on one count of felon in possession of a firearm.


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Sacramento Area Businessman Charged With Evading $5.6M In Customs Duties On Footwear Imported From China

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 27-count indictment today against Thomas Romeo, 51, of Sacramento, charging him with a scheme to defraud the United States by evading customs duties owed by his Citrus Heights import business, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Romeo...


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was arrested at his home today by special agents of the FBI and officers of the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office and West Milford Police Department on a charge that he distributed sexually explicit images of children from his computer, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, December 4, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Kevin L. Brown, 44, of Flora, was indicted on Dec. 2, 2014, on methamphetamine related charges in a one count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois...


Waterbury Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine Stolen From The U.S. Mail

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, December 4, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JUSTIN HOGAN, 34, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree Burns...


Grand Isle Man Pleads Guilty To Mail Fraud In Connection With GCCF Claim

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that RONNIE P. VEDROS, 52, of Grand Isle, pled guilty today to one count of mail fraud.


News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced BRADLEY BOURQUE, age 33, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to a term of imprisonment of 180 months, to be followed by ten years of supervised release. The Court also ordered BOURQUE to pay $1,000 in restitution to one of his victims.


News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Scott Brandon Hutcheson, 37, of Lubbock, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 87 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in August 2014 to one count of transportation of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), Scott Israel, Sheriff, Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO), and Frank Fernandez, Chief, Hollywood Police Department, announce that Shaun Eric McKinley, 35, of Hollywood, Florida, was sentenced to life imprisonment.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) will hold a pen-and-pad briefing for press on Friday, December 5th at 10:00am to discuss the upcoming informal TPP round in Washington, D.C.



News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - CHRISTOPHER HOUSTON HENSLEY, 56, of Yukon, Oklahoma, has been indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with bribing a public official, conspiracy to commit bribery, and making false statements to the federal government, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.


Honduran National Charged with Illegal Reentry into the United States

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that EDUIN ALEXANDER BETANCOURTH-SALGADO, age 26, from Honduras, was charged today in a one-count Indictment with illegal reentry into the United States after having been previously deported.


Milford Man Admits Theft Of $292k In Ssa Benefits Deposited Into Deceased Mother’s Bank Account

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, December 4, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that WILLIAM E. CHASE, 69, of Milford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty yesterday...


Modesto Man Charged With Assaulting Federal Security Guard

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Matthew Faron Blair, 30, of Modesto, charging him with assaulting a security guard assigned to protect a Social Security Administration office in Fresno, Calif., United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that DHS Technologies LLC and its subsidiary, DHS Systems LLC (collectively “DHS"), have agreed to pay $1.9 million, plus interest, to the United States to resolve allegations that DHS violated the False Claims...


Second Defendant Pleads Guilty in Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service (USSS), Miami Field Office, announce that Junior...


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Nine more members of a cocaine, crack and marijuana distribution group have entered guilty pleas to federal conspiracy charges, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.