News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 52-year-old Farmersville, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - Former Cook County Commissioner JOSEPH MARIO MORENO was sentenced today to 11 years in federal prison for engaging in a series of public and personal corruption schemes over a span of three years. Moreno pleaded guilty on July 1, 2013, to conspiracy to commit extortion after he was initially charged in late June 2012, about 18 months after he left public office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: BISMARCK- U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs have concluded the investigation into the shooting death of Joel Sherman in Belcourt, N.D., on Nov. 27, 2013. The investigation determined that homicide charges are not appropriate in this matter because the individual who shot Mr. Sherman acted in self-defense.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 52-year-old Farmersville, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement regarding news that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) pulled its solicitation for a National License Plate Recognition Database using license plate reader technology...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: As part of a review of its cryptographic standards development process, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting public comment on a new draft document that describes how the agency develops those standards. NIST Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines Development Process (NIST IR 7977) outlines the principles, processes and procedures of NIST's cryptographic standards efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - A Porter man was sentenced for marijuana conspiracy on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in U.S. District Court, announced U.S. Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On Feb.18, 2014, Michael Walli, Megan Rice, and Greg Boertje-Obed, were sentenced in U.S. District Court by the Honorable Thapar, U.S. District Judge. Sister Megan Rice was sentenced to serve 35 months in prison. Walli and Boertje-Obed were each sentenced to serve 62 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: Hammond, Indiana- The United States Attorney’s Office announced that the following Indictments were returned on Feb. 19, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted four defendants today on charges arising from the armed robbery of employees who were transporting money in an armored truck.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: DENVER - Stanley W. Anderson, age 69, of Arvada, Colorado pled guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello late last week to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering, federal law enforcement announced. Anderson, who is free on bond, is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Jasmine L. Thomas, age 26, of Baltimore, and Kiara A. Skipwith, age 24, of Parkville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a conspiracy to defraud the government arising from the filing of fraudulent tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney, William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Edmund J. Renaud, 71, of Olean, N.Y., who was convicted of evading the payment of taxes involving his moving companies, was sentenced to 15 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced on Feb. 18, 2014, in a court proceeding in United States District Court in Billings, Judge Donald W. Molloy sentenced Samuel Davis Everson III, 47, of Fairview, North Dakota to 168 months imprisonment and five years supervised release for the offense...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Calvin C. Braun, a local Houston attorney who handles bankruptcy cases, has been arrested on charges of bankruptcy fraud and filing false declarations in bankruptcy court, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: Are you ready for spring? Why not join the Backyard Rangers at the Willett Center on Saturday, March 15, from 10 to 11:30 am and from 1:30 to 3 pm and find out? Throughout the program, you will have the chance to learn about what foods the soldiers ate, start your own “fort" garden to grow at home, play some old-fashioned games, and have fun outside as winter melts into spring. Come spring into the season with the Backyard Rangers!.
By State Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: Bogota, Colombia - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding the deteriorating situation in Venezuela:
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: Operation Dark Night, the Largest Sex-Trafficking Organization Ever Prosecuted in the.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2014
News Release: Defendant Gets Ten Year Sentence For Armed Robbery; Separate Defendant Convicted At Trial Of Illegal Firearm Possession By A Felon.
