News from February 2014
By DOT News Wire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: December 2013 Passenger Airline Employment Up 0.3 Percent from December 2012
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Ramsey Z. Fakhouri, 22, and Alexander P. Gerth, 18, both of Troy, Michigan, were indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 20, 2014, with bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - Two Florida men were sentenced today to serve 84 months in prison for defrauding thousands of homeowners in a $4 million nationwide home loan modification scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: Defendants Obtained Meth from Supply Sources in the DFW Metroplex.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A suburban Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Federal Employees’ Compensation Fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - A convicted felon from Wichita Falls, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor on firearm and drug convictions, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is pleased to announce that the Bandy Creek pool will be open this summer. The pool will be open to the public from noon to 6:00 p.m. ET on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day. Daily use fees are free for 5 years old and under, $2.00 for 6 to 12 years old, and $3.00 for 13 and older.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Micah Sean Ramirez, a resident of Anchorage, has been sentenced in federal court in Anchorage to 138 months in prison for his convictions of the crimes of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, and felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: The former director of the Cleveland and Dayton VA Medical Center pleaded guilty today to a scheme to enrich himself by working as a consultant for, and taking money and other things of value from a design firm bidding on VA jobs and sharing confidential information about construction projects while still employed by the VA, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Mary Lois Young, her husband, Christian Malone Young, and her son, Octavious Reeves, all from Wetumpka, Ala., were sentenced in federal court for their involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - An Ottawa, Ill., man was sentenced yesterday to 7½ years in federal prison for amassing a large collection of child pornography over more than four years. The defendant, JAY ARTHUR WIDEMANN, 57, of Ottawa, pleaded guilty last October to receiving child pornography, admitting that he had collected more than 10,500 illicit images and videos.
By State Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: Washington D.C. - Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, published the following op-ed in today’s CQ Roll Call urging continued U.S. engagement in Kosovo.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: Homestead, Florida: Everglades National Park invites the public to participate in a Public Information Meeting on the Federal Highway Administration Adoption of the National Park Service's Tamiami Trail Modifications: Next Steps Final Environmental Impact Statement will be held Thursday, Feb. 27...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced today that Medicine Bow resident Robert James Truby has been convicted in federal court. Truby was charged in a two count indictment with violations of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), felon in possession of a firearm, and 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d), possession of an unregistered...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Thomas Cramer, 41, of Brighton, N.Y., who was convicted of sex trafficking of minors, was sentenced to 30 years in prison by U.S. District Court Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Diane Caldwell Larry has been charged in a 21-count indictment alleging 19 counts of preparing false client tax returns and two counts of interfering with the enforcement of tax laws, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Lucy Cruz, special agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: St. Thomas, VI - White House Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske has awarded the St. Thomas Major Organization Investigations unit of the Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program (HIDTA) the 2013 national award for Outstanding Task Force Effort, announced United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on Feb. 20, 2014, Dana L. Causey, 24, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, pled guilty to possession of counterfeit United States Currency with intent to defraud as alleged in an indictment returned by a Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Steven Jay Perrino, 58, of Hampton, Va., was sentenced today to 61 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for theft of government money and aggravated identity theft. He was ordered to pay $122,134.45 in restitution to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
