News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: Lawsuit Seeks $1 Million Penalty And Injunctive Relief.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO: Richard Shockley will be retiring at the end of December after almost nine years working at Ozark National Scenic Riverways as an Engineering Equipment Operator. Richard has worked at the Shawnee Shop maintenance facility and been primarily responsible for maintaining roads and trails...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. announced that MARCIA PETERSON, of Gretna, was sentenced yesterday for defrauding several federal and state agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On Dec. 16, 2014, Keithy D. Carter, a/k/a “Darnell K. Carter," 21, of Tamms, IL, was sentenced for a federal firearm violation, the United States Attorney for the Southern District...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: HONOLULU - After a four-day trial in United States District Court in Honolulu, a federal jury today found James K. Tagupa, 33, of Wailuku,Maui, guilty of conspiring to distribute and possess, with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine in August, 2012 as well as possessing 444 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a three-count indictment on Dec. 16, 2014, against Sarah Parker, 52, of Dandridge, Tenn., for theft of U.S. Government property and money laundering. Parker appeared in court on Dec. 18, 2014, before U.S. Magistrate Judge C. Clifford Shirley, Jr. and pleaded not guilty to the charges in the indictment. She was released pending trial, which has been set for Feb. 17, 2015, in United States District Court, Knoxville.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 47-year-old McKinney, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jonathan M. Hargett, a former civilian employee of the Department of Defense, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison on a charge of health care fraud stemming from a scheme in which he collected over $2.2 million after submitting fraudulent claims for federal health care benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington today sentenced Anthony Lee Erity (33, Kenneth City) to nine years and two months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. A federal jury found him guilty on June 25, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Dec. 18, 2014, Kevin Scott Thibault, 49, of Maryville, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Judge, to serve 60 months in prison for forgery of the signatures of a district court judge and an officer of the U.S. District Court. Additionally, Judge Reeves ordered Thibault to serve 72 months in prison for mail fraud. These sentences will run concurrently.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: MINERAL, CA -Lassen Volcanic National Park Acting Superintendent Steve Gibbons announced that the winning entry for the 2015 Lassen Volcanic annual pass photo contest was submitted by Scott Arnaz of Cottonwood, California. This magnificent photograph entitled, "Arrowleaf and Pilot Pinnacle" showcases Lassen Volcanic National Park's beautiful scenery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Brandon Ferrell, age 23, and Stephanie Amber Smith, age 24, both of Baltimore to 20 years in prison and thirteen years in prison, respectively, each followed by three years of supervised release, for the armed robbery of a convenience...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: Memphis, TN - Gary Robert Davis, 49, of Ft. Myers, Florida, was sentenced to 17 ½ years, or 210 months, in federal prison yesterday following his guilty plea to one count of attempted sexual exploitation of children, announced Edward L. Stanton III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: Bianca Thompson, 42, of Lebanon, Tenn., pleaded guilty last week in United States District Court in Nashville to two counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement to an agent with the U.S. Secret Service, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On Dec. 16, 2014, Johnathan T. Buck, a/k/a “Buffalo," 40, of Carbondale, Illinois, was sentenced on a federal crack cocaine violation, the United States Attorney for the Southern...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: Philip G. Payne, 50, of Ryan, Iowa, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to make and deliver false certificates and writings; one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States; and one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. The charges are contained in an Information filed today in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle, for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Dec. 16, 2014, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Shane M. Sells (age: 38) of New London, Wisconsin, charging him with one count of production of child pornography in violation of 18 United States Code Section 2251 (a) and one count of possession of child pornography in violation of 18 United States Code Section 2252A (a)(5)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: Two Honduran nationals were extradited from Honduras to the United States as a result of their alleged participation in a large-scale drug trafficking organization that operates in the western portion of Honduras. These individuals allegedly knew that the large amounts of cocaine they were trafficking would end up in the United States. They arrived in South Florida this afternoon.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the recommendations produced by an independent review of the U.S. Secret Service...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the guilty plea of ROBERTA BARNES, 57, for using her nonprofit organizations to defraud two Minnesota state agencies, stealing more than $460,000 in state and federal grant funds. The defendant pleaded guilty on Dec. 15, 2014, before Judge John R. Tunheim in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn., to one count of Mail Fraud.
