News from February 2014
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: Patchogue, New York - Fire Island National Seashore will host its 9th Biennial Science Conference March 28 - 29, 2014 at the Patchogue YMCA. The focus of the two-day event will be recent research and monitoring efforts conducted within the park, including presentations about how the island has changed since Hurricane Sandy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin is bringing together state legislators and medical, treatment, prevention and law enforcement professionals to discuss the influx of heroin into West Virginia, as well as strategies and next steps in turning back the tide of heroin addiction.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced that the defendant, GERALD ESTRADE, 57, of Baton Rouge, LA, was sentenced today by U. S. District Judge James J. Brady to a term of imprisonment of 41 months and a three year term of supervised release following his release from federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz - Park Rangers recently recovered skeletal remains from the Hermit Creek drainage within Grand Canyon National Park. The remains have been confirmed by the Coconino County Medical Examiner as human.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Huang Yue Feng, 33, of Queens, N.Y., and Wang He Bin, 31, of Franklin Square, N.Y., formerly husband and wife, who were convicted of conspiracy to import goods falsely classified, were sentenced to 12 months in jail by U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago woman was sentenced today to more than 13 years in federal prison for swindling at least 1,000 elderly victims of cash and credit cards, causing a loss of at least $800,000, over a period of five years. The defendant, TIFFANY HALL, was the mastermind of a scheme that targeted elderly victims, often widowed and living alone, and bilked some of them of their retirement and life savings.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: Daviess County woman to serve a decade in prison for methamphetamine sales.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that defendant Wendy Sands, 42, of Opa-Locka, was sentenced today to 26 months in prison, to be followed by...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene E. Honeywell today sentenced Robert Magruder, Jr. (55, Winter Park) to 8 years in federal prison for distributing and possessing child pornography. As part of his sentence, Magruder was ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervision, following his release...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Ocean County, N.J., man was sentenced today to 264 months in prison for running a real estate investment fraud scheme that caused $200 million in losses and laundering the proceeds of the scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for First Degree Murder, Kidnapping, Interstate Transportation of a Stolen Motor Vehicle and Larceny.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: HONOLULU - Jacob Drummondo-Farias, age 31, of Waialua, Hawaii, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright to 324 months imprisonment for being a manager and supervisor of a conspiracy to distribute and possess, with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine between 2011 and January, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: Orlando, FL - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton today sentenced Michael Gagliano (50, Sanford) to four years in federal prison for theft of government property, obstruction of a federal audit, and aggravated identity theft. As part of his sentence, the court also ordered restitution and entered a money judgment in the amount of $2,105,761.00, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct. Gagliano pleaded guilty on Aug. 16, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: Come learn about Rocky Mountain National Park's exciting Centennial plans and how you can get involved on Wednesday, March 12, at 6:00 p.m. Anniversary Coordinator Barbara Scott will provide an update at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center in Rocky Mountain National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore has one of the largest concentrations of breeding harbor seals on the mainland in California. Resting and pupping harbor seals come onshore in various parts of the park particularly in Tomales Bay, Tomales Point, Double Point, Drakes Estero, and Bolinas Lagoon. Each year...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Frank Doughty, also known as “Fresh," 42, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 41 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Feb. 21, 2014, Benjaman Shelabarger, a thirty-six-year-old former resident of Dallas Center, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge James E. Gritzner to 210 months in prison on child pornography charges, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Judge Gritzner also ordered Shelabarger to serve five years of supervised release following the period of imprisonment.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE NICK J. RAHALL
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Drew J. Breakspear, Commissioner, Florida Office of Financial Regulation, announce that George Louis Theodule, 52, a former resident...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The owner of a New Jersey-based insurance adjusting company was arrested today for allegedly defrauding the N.J. Turnpike Authority and certain insurance companies of more than $200,000, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
