News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - SAMUEL GONZALES, Poplar, Bluff, MO, was sentenced to 600 months in prison Thursday afternoon by United States District Judge Carol E. Jackson, in St. Louis.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: Lebanon, TN - Richard Parker, age 49, of Lebanon, was arrested and taken into custody today. The intelligence gathered and evidence collected provided enough probable cause to arrest Parker for this double homicide stemming from the explosives incident occurring Monday at a residence. The case was presented ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: Richland, Washington - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Ty Warren Azeltine, 54, a resident of Walla Walla, was sentenced after having previously pleaded guilty in October, 2013 to Failure to Pay a Child Support Obligation, which is a misdemeanor...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Ronald Danny Ditlevson, 33, of Exeter, charging him with distributing oxycodone, also called oxycontin, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: James L. Santelle, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on Feb. 11, 2014, a federal grand jury returned a felony indictment against Todd David Doughty (age: 50), owner of the “Thunderbird Game Farm" in Chilton, Wisconsin, charging him with a single violation...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Marcos Solano-Farias, 32, and Jose Misael Ayala-Talavera, 20, both Mexican nationals, pleaded guilty today to charges of unlawful manufacture with intent to distribute more than 1,000 marijuana plants, illegal possession of a firearm, and damage to government property, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. The men appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald E. Bush at the federal courthouse in Boise.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A chiropractor was arrested today for bribing an IRS auditor.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: IRVINE, Calif. - At an event today in Irvine, Calif., U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman will announce the 20 collegiate teams selected to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 and unveil the competition’s location - the Orange County Great Park. The 20 teams from...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 32-count indictment today against Francisco Felix, 40, of Mountain House; Alejandro Martinez, 25, of Patterson; Miguel Felix, 34, of Ceres; Martin Lopez, 48, of Rosemead; Gerardo Barraza, 19, of Stockton; Rafael Alcauter, 49, of Newman; Ramon Diaz...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: Glen Jean, WV, Feb. 13, 2014- The National Park Service is hosting poet, Norman Jordan who will present his performance,Carter G. Woodson, Father of Black History, at the Canyon Rim Visitor Center located by the New River Gorge Bridge in Lansing. In celebration of Black History Month, the presentation...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A federal grand jury returned a four count indictment late yesterday charging seven defendants for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Elizabeth Reid, a/k/a Elizabeth Rodriguez, a/k/a Elizabeth Ortiz, 31, an alien from Canada, who was convicted of making a false statement, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Mexican nationals Gregorio Rodriguez-Aranda, 25, and Maria Luisa Sanchez-Lopez, 24, have been sentenced following their convictions relating to the exportation of 707 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition and 98 AK47 magazines, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Both pleaded guilty Nov. 25, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) generated over $14 million for leasing rights on parcels offered at the BLM's quarterly federal oil and gas lease auction held Feb. 11, in Cheyenne. Almost half of the bid and rental receipts go to the State of Wyoming.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced that MICHAEL WAYNE DAVIS, JR, age 27, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson to serve 180 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release after imprisonment. The sentence results from DAVIS’S conviction for possession of firearms by a convicted felon, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: Matthew Scott Smith, 36, of Brighton, Colorado, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on Feb. 12, 2014, for false statement on a loan application. Smith appeared pursuant to a summons. He received five years of supervised probation and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment. Restitution will be determined within 30 days. This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today last year’s results in a continuing effort by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to prosecute gun violence in the Fresno area. The federal firearms prosecutions are a product of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Dale Wray Fulford, 77, of Slaton, Texas, has been charged in a federal indictment with one count of production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Lanny C. McCandles has been arrested for failing to pay employment tax and other tax offenses, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: Weather conditions permitting, at 8:00 am on Saturday, February 15 the National Park Service will open the Denali Park Road as far as the Mountain Vista Rest Area (Mile 12) for travel by private vehicles and commercial vehicles with permits. Visitors should expect to encounter snow and ice on shaded sections of the park road.
