News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A former bank financial advisor in Reno who defrauded six persons of over $2 million during 2010 and 2011, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, five years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution to the victims, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: ANCHORAGE -- The Bureau of Land Management announced today that it is seeking public nominations for open positions on its Alaska Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the BLM on public land issues. The BLM will consider nominations for 45 days through March 25, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. B U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Michael A. Taschetta, 55, of Akron, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara, to possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Andreus O’Bryant, 26, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 330 months imprisonment for his organization and leadership in a drug conspiracy that required the murder of Jamie Benson, 28, of Houston, TX, on April 22, 2011. In August 2013, O’Bryant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute over 500 grams of cocaine. O’Bryant was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Audrey G. Fleissig after a two-day sentencing hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: In Brownsville today, former Cameron County District Attorney Armando R. Villalobos was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for his role in a South Texas bribery and extortion scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: ANCHORAGE -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) made an important land transfer to Qanirtuuq, Inc. today. The corporation's land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) is now fulfilled. Qanirtuuq, Inc. was formed under ANCSA to represent the Alaska Native village of Quinahagak.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Javier Orozco, 29, of Anthony, N.M., pleaded guilty this afternoon in Las Cruces federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Douglas man was charged in the U.S. District Court in Worcester today with attempting to entice a 13-year-old girl over the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., returned a verdict earlier today finding Hai Gan guilty on fraud, immigration and witness-tampering charges after a six-day trial. The verdict was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough, Special Agent in Charge Dennis A. Ulrich, II, of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in El Paso, Texas Ulrich, and Chief Patrol Agent Scott A. Luck, El Paso Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that Richard Bailey, 55, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of distributing and receiving child pornography, was sentenced to 96 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - Sentencing has been scheduled for May 16, 2014, for Bourbonnais, Ill., businessman Gregory Yates, 54, and his son, Terrance Yates, 32, who yesterday entered pleas of guilty to defrauding a federal business loan program of $1.7 million. Both appeared yesterday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Sdey Chim, 37, of Modesto, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to structure cash transactions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: (BALTIMORE) - - The 10,000 square-foot Target America: Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause exhibit opened today at the Maryland Science Center and runs through September 1st. The national touring exhibit is an interactive exploration of the effects of drugs on both individuals and society. Visitors...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Cathy Thomas has been arraigned in federal court on charges arising out of a scheme to obtain benefits that should have been used for a disabled, mentally incompetent beneficiary.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Feb. 10, 2014, Harry Lincoln Garrison, III, a 26 year-old resident of Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 132 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today joined U.S. Senators Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) to announce the Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act, legislation to prevent the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: SEATTLE - Mitchell Wright, 33, of Bothell, WA, made his initial appearance today in federal court on an indictment charging him with three counts of drug trafficking. The federal magistrate detained defendant, pending a full detention hearing scheduled on Feb. 20, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. -A Rhode Island state probation officer assigned to the sex offender unit was convicted by a federal court jury in Providence on Monday on charges of receiving and possessing child pornography. Gerald J. Silva, 59, of Coventry, was convicted on six counts of receiving child pornography...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Hatratico Smith, age 48, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 25 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a series of armed commercial robberies committed from January through June, 2012. Smith brandished a gun in all of the robberies and shot a customer during one of the robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that TREVIN MAURICE GIBSON of Greenville, MICHAEL RONDALE GIBSON of Greenville and DESHAUN ENTREA SPRUILL of Robersonville were each sentenced today resulting from their earlier guilty pleas to firearms charges. The charges involved a string ...
