News published on Federal Newswire in February 2014

News from February 2014


Dunlap Tenants Charged With Drug and Firearm Crimes

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment today against two brothers, Rudy Alberto Gonzalez-Rocha, 28, and Eloy Damian Gonzalez-Rocha, 32, both of Jalisco, Mexico, charging them with three marijuana cultivation crimes, being aliens in possession of firearms, and possessing ...


Pine Ridge Woman Charged With Health Care Fraud

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for False Statements Relating to Health Care Matters and Attempt to Obtain Controlled Substance by Fraud.


U.K. Computer Hacker Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Hacking Into Federal Reserve Computer System

News Release: Defendant Stole Confidential Information Stored On The Federal Reserve’s Computer Servers And Posted The Information To Publicly Accessible Websites.


Wheeling Man Convicted On Drug And Gun Charges

News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.


Bridgeport Man Charged With Illegally Possessing Firearm

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that federal grand jury sitting in Bridgeport has returned an indictment charging GIOVANNI CANDELARIO...


Chairman Menendez Opening Remarks at Hearing on International Parental Child Abduction

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the below statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s hearing on International Parental Child Abduction.


Escrow Company Executive Allegedly Misused Customers’ Funds; Employee Charged Separately With Stealing From Company

News Release: CHICAGO - The co-founder and president of a defunct mortgage escrow company was indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly misappropriating more than $500,000 of customer funds for his own personal use, as well as to pay operating expenses of two other businesses. The defendant, DEREK LURIE, who...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the U. S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed (NPRM) to move hydrocodone combination (HCPs) from Schedule III to Schedule II, as recommended by the Assistant Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human (HHS) and as supported...


Willard Man Indicted for $1.9 Million Conspiracy to Distribute K2 at Bilbo's Earth Store

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Willard, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for his role in a $1.9 million conspiracy to distribute synthetic drugs through his business in Battlefield, Mo.


News Release: Memphis, TN - James Lee Bishop, 47, of Memphis, TN, pleaded guilty today to a one-count criminal information charging him with bank fraud against Community Bank in Jackson, TN, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.


Energy, Illinois, Woman Convicted Of Methamphetamine Offenses

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On Feb. 25, 2014, a jury in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, convicted Dana L. Gulley, 42, of Energy, Illinois, of buying pseudoephedrine for others knowing...


Columbus Man Who Burglarized Hebron Gun Store Sentenced to 151 Months in Prison

News Release: COLUMBUS - Charles H. Morrison III, 26, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 151 months in prison for burglarizing a gun store in Hebron and stealing 18 guns on March 20, 2013.


Wounded Knee Men Charged With Theft Of A Cow And Calf

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that two Wounded Knee, South Dakota, men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Larceny.


News Release: Memphis, TN - James Lee Bishop, 47, of Memphis, TN, pleaded guilty today to a one-count criminal information charging him with bank fraud against Community Bank in Jackson, TN, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.


Financial Assistance for Public Access

News Release: The National Park Service Chesapeake Bay Office is accepting project proposals from Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Trail partners for financial assistance awards. Public water access site development projects that advance the development of designated Gateways water trails, the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, and/or the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail are the funding priority for fiscal year 2014.


News Release: Departamento de Justicia. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of California. PARA DIVULGACION INMEDIATA. Jueves, 27 de febrero de 2014. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Un gran jurado federal acusó hoy a los hermanos Luis Cortez-Garcia, 44, y Emiliano Cortez-Garcia, 37, de Sacramento, de fabricar ilegalmente y...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed H.R. 2548, the Electrify Africa Act, as amended, which will improve access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa, through a comprehensive U.S. government approach to electricity projects in the region, at no cost to the U.S. taxpayer.].


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Blair Thomas, Jr., 29, of East Lansdowne, PA, was charged today, by indictment with the robbery of a bank in Springfield, PA, and the attempted armed robberies of postal employees in Yeadon and in Darby, PA, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Thomas is also charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.


Two Indicted In Two Separate Cases Of Theft Of Mail In Bakersfield

News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Keyvan Asari, 43, charging him with theft of U.S. mail, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


Maryland Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Cocaine-Evidence At Trial Included Nearly 30 Kilograms Of Cocaine, Found In A Storage Locker-

News Release: WASHINGTON - Gezo G. Edwards, 40, formerly of Silver Spring, Md., was sentenced today to life in prison for conspiring to distribute large quantities of cocaine in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).