News published on Federal Newswire in February 2014

News from February 2014


News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County man has been sentenced in federal court to 25 months in prison and $1,190,957.86 in restitution on his conviction of false statements and concealing information on pension plan documents, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: BOSTON - A New Hampshire male was sentenced today for being a previously convicted felon in possession of firearms.


Family Members Who Were Convicted In Mail Fraud Conspiracy Involving A Local Travel Agency Are Sentenced

News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas resident and his wife, along with her son, who were arrested by U.S. Postal Inspectors in January 2013 in Amityville, New York, on charges outlined in a federal indictment returned in the Northern District of Texas, have been convicted and sentenced for their respective roles in a mail fraud conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Ryan Fultz, 33, of Newport News, Va., was convicted today by a federal jury of possessing and discharging a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: Departamento de Justicia. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of California. PARA DIVULGACION INMEDIATA. Viernes, 7 de febrero de 2014. FRESNO, Calif. - Los últimos cinco acusados con juicio pendiente en una serie de casos importantísimos dirigidos a la organización Nuestra Familia se declararon culpables...


News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Darlene.


News Release: Vegetation Pile Burns Planned in Arches and Canyonlands National Parks.


Grand Canyon Association receives one million dollars from Arizona Public Service to initiate the Trails Forever endowment at Grand Canyon National Park

News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz: Grand Canyon Association (GCA), the official nonprofit partner of Grand Canyon National Park, today announced a $1 million donation from Arizona Public Service (APS) that will establish the Grand Canyon Trails Forever Endowment to help preserve and protect Grand Canyon's trails. This is one of the most significant private, philanthropic gifts in Grand Canyon's history.


Hartford Woman Sentenced To 20 Months In Prison For Role In Heroin Trafficking Ring

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, February 7, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that NORMA TORRES, 56, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in...


News Release: Botulism, the sometimes deadly illness commonly associated with botched home-canning or other stored-food mishaps, has a new face. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) molecular biologist Robert M. Hnasko, botulism today is both a food safety and a homeland security concern because bioterrorists...


Prince Frederick Physician Admits To Illegal Drug Distribution And Health Care Fraud Scheme

News Release: Prescribed Drugs Without a Medical Exam and Knowing That His Patients Were Selling or Abusing the Drugs; Filed Fraudulent Insurance Claims for Services That Were Not Rendered or Medically Necessary.


News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.


Former Mayor Of Manalapan, N.J., Arrested For Mortgage Fraud, Identity Theft, And Obstruction Of Justice

News Release: Indictment Alleges Former Mayor Defrauded Investment Client of $250,000 and Submitted Falsified Tax Returns in Order to Purchase Farm in Manalapan.


Monroe Woman Convicted of Federal Drug and Firearms Charges

News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Darlene Ford, 58, of Monroe, was found guilty in U.S. District Court yesterday after a 3 day jury trial of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, maintaining a drug involved premises, and aiding and abetting a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Corey Cichy, 23, Chippewa Falls, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 18 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Cichy pleaded guilty to this charge on Dec. 11, 2013.


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - U. S. Attorney Amanda Marshall announced today that Attorney General Eric Holder has decided not to seek the death penalty against defendants David Joseph “Joey" Pedersen or Holly Ann Grigsby for the 2011 murders of David Jones “Red" Pedersen of Everett, Washington, Leslie Mae “Dee Dee" Pedersen of Everett, Washington, Cody Faye Myers of Lafayette, Oregon, and Reginald Alan Clark of Eureka, California.


News Release: Mayor’s Brother Also Convicted in Connection with Extortion Plot.


News Release: In an Order released yesterday, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the federal life sentences for former Gallatin County Sheriff Raymond M. Martin, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced.


News Release: More local results as federal law enforcement cracks down on child exploitation in Indiana.


News Release: President's Day weekend means free entry to Grand Teton National Park. Entrance fees will be waived from Saturday, February 15 through Monday, February 17 at more than 400 units across the National Park System. This will also be a perfect weekend to experience and enjoy the winter wonderland of northwestern...