News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Kevin W. Techau today took the United States Attorney’s oath of office as the newest United States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa. Techau succeeds Stephanie M. Rose as the District’s presidentially appointed United States Attorney and Sean R. Berry as the District’s court appointed United States Attorney. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on November 7, 2013, and was confirmed by the full Senate on Feb. 12, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Alana Liburd, 30, of St. John and Yamini Potter, 31, of St. Thomas were arrested today by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for impersonating FBI employees as part of a scheme to defraud people out of hundreds of dollars, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Both Liburd and Potter appeared today in District Court in St. Thomas before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller, and were released on a $5,000 unsecured bond.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Rickey Lee Campbell, 60, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL LOCATENA was sentenced yesterday before United States District Judge Cathy Seibel in White Plains federal court to 13 years in prison for receiving and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: In El Paso today, FBI agents arrested 28-year-old Don Ray Dorsett for allegedly pointing a laser at an aircraft flying overhead announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: In San Antonio today, United States Chief District Judge Fred Biery handed down prison sentences to three individuals for their roles in what is believed to be the largest real dollar loss fraud and tax related case ever prosecuted in the Western District of Texas announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Acting FBI Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse and IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Steve McCollough.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Anthony R. Bilby, 40, of Leesburg, Va., was sentenced today to 16 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and major government fraud. Bilby also was ordered to forfeit $1,065,103.90, representing his personal proceeds from the conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury in Rochester has returned a one-count indictment charging Christopher Kendrick, 37, of Rochester, N.Y., with possession with intent to distribute of five kilograms or more of cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, a fine of $10,000,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Lee Jay Manning, 28, of Barre, Vermont, was charged in a three-count indictment with robbing a Cumberland Farms convenience store in Barre on Feb. 12, 2014, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951, possessing a firearm in furtherance of that robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), and possessing that firearm as a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: DENVER - Reginald Jerome Wray, age 35, of Denver, was recently sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore to serve 77 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years on supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Luke Franey announced. Wray, who appeared at the sentencing hearing in custody, was remanded at the end of the proceeding.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: The free PDF charts are part of a suite of new and enhanced navigational products designed to make NOAA’s data more accessible to the general public.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Thaddaeus Snow, a/k/a “Storm," 34, of Manassas, Va., and William Sykes, a/k/a “Black," 29, of Bealeton, Va., were convicted today by a federal jury of charges that included conspiracy to commit racketeering, violence in aid of racketeering, robbery, conspiracy to distribute cocaine...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Ira Taylor, age 32, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 195 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition, distribution and possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Climbing routes on cliffs used by nesting Peregrine Falcons in Zion National Park will be temporarily closed beginning March 1, 2014, in order to protect the nesting success of this bird which is in recovery from endangered species status. The closure date is based on analysis of information collected from 2001-2013 regarding the peregrines' arrival time to their nesting cliffs in the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Mark C. Hooten, 44, of Jackson, a local minister and a former subcontractor for DIRECTV, was sentenced on Feb. 20, 2014, to serve a total of 54 months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis. Hooten was also ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Nelson County, Kentucky, felon pleaded guilty in United States District Court today to a single count indictment charging him with possession and intent to distribute marijuana announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man has been sentenced to federal prison on a firearm charge, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of a criminal Complaint charging FRANK PERKINS HIXON, JR., a former...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the claims deadline for petitions for remission of forfeiture to the Madoff Victim Fund (the “MVF") will be extended to April 30, 2014. This extension was recommended by Special Master Richard C. Breeden, who is administering the MVF on behalf of the Department of Justice.
