News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Allen, South Dakota, man convicted of Larceny was sentenced on Jan. 24, 2014, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Mary Nolan, a divorce and family law attorney in San Ramon, Calif., was sentenced to 24 months in prison for unlawful interception of telephone communications and tax evasion, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag, FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted five individuals in a sex trafficking conspiracy. The following defendants are charged in the indictment.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area has started a new volunteer activity called the Trail Keepers program for people who love the park's trails and want to help take care of them. The goal of the program is to provide an extended presence in the backcountry and at the same time provide the Big South Fork's staff with information on trail conditions and issues.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) seeks nominations for the National Mango Board. Applications for six open seats are due May 7, 2014. Selected representatives will serve three-year terms of office. The 18-member board includes eight importers, two domestic producers, seven foreign producers, and one first handler.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A 23-year-old Michigan felon who illegally possessed a firearm was sentenced today to two years and six months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Deandrew Fizer III, of Romulus, Michigan, pleaded guilty in October of 2013 to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Fizer was previously convicted of felonious assault in Wayne County Michigan in June of 2010.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it was reinstating bonuses from last year that it had cancelled...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO -St. Louis, MO - CARLA MATHEWS was sentenced to 10 years in prison involving a conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of two area women by force and intimidation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: Defendant cheated the IRS out of nearly $250,000.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: The joint meeting of the Nevada Bureau of Land Management's three Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) will be broadcast over the web on February 6 and 7 at.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: The Honorable Nick J. Rahall. Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. “Improving the Effectiveness of the Federal. Surface Transportation Safety Grant Programs". Jan. 28, 2013. Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this important hearing. Ensuring the safety of the users of the transportation network...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that John David Przenkop, age 47, of Columbus, Georgia, appeared in federal court on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 and entered a guilty plea to transportation of minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. The guilty plea was entered before the Honorable Clay D. Land, U.S. District Court Judge, in Columbus, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced Feb. 3, 2014, to twelve years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce the sentencing of Timothy B. Josselson, 49, and Kathryn A. Josselson, 42, both from Parma, Ohio, and Robert S. Lananna, 29, of Boynton Beach, Florida, for their participation in a $21 million investment fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington pill dealer was sentenced today to one year and nine months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Eric Lavell Minter, 28, of Huntington, previously pleaded guilty in October of 2013 to possession of oxycodone...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Building on President Obama’s State of the Union address, which called for reducing carbon pollution and helping communities move to greater energy efficiency, the Energy Department today announced new efficiency standards for external power supplies. Over the next 30 years, these standards...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. A Salina man pleaded guilty Monday to a federal firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Jacquis Depree Nelson, 32, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - BRADLEY S. LEADER (43, of Auburn, New York) was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 30, 2014 by United States District Judge David N. Hurd, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Toni M. Weirauch, Special Agent-in-Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Jared Fanning, age 35, of Potomac, Maryland, today to 22 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain mortgages worth approximately $13 million. Judge Messitte also entered an order that Fanning pay restitution and forfeiture of $108,355.21, the amount of loss attributable to him resulting from the scheme.
