News published on Federal Newswire in February 2014

News from February 2014


News Release: Haven’t had the chance to visit Fort Stanwix National Monument? Why not have the fort visit you instead? Fort Stanwix NM offers a variety of off-site programs for students, scouts, libraries, history clubs, and other community organizations. The best part is they are all free of charge! These programs...


News Release: As part of their commemoration of Black History Month, the staff of the United States Attorney’s offices in Macon, Albany and Columbus enjoyed a presentation by Georgia Court of Appeals Chief Judge Herbert Phipps.


Illegal Alien Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Violations In Harrison County

News Release: MARSHALL, Texas - A 42-year-old Mexican national illegally residing in Marshall, Texas, was sentenced to over 18 years in federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Utah. Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. More Than 16 Pounds Of Meth, 2.42 Pounds Of Heroin Found In Car. SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday afternoon charging two individuals from the Los Angeles area with possession...


Former Shelby County Residents Guilty In Health Care Fraud Scheme

News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Center, Texas couple now living in Elgin, Texas, has pleaded guilty to federal violations in a health care fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


Louisville, Kentucky, Man Sentenced To 22 ½ Years For Producing Child Pornography

News Release: - Sentencing resolved separate pending state court child sexual abuse case.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, N.J., man today admitted distributing images of child sexual abuse over the Internet, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Registered Sex Offender Sentenced To Over 37 Years On Child Exploitation Charges

News Release: A registered sex offender who attempted to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity was sentenced today to more than 37 years in federal prison.


Mexican National Sentenced For Trafficking Methamphetamine In East Texas

News Release: MARSHALL, Texas - A 45-year-old Mexican national illegally residing in Marshall, Texas, was sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


Yosemite National Park to Award Short Films Celebrating Nature and Connection to Yosemite

News Release: Winning Films from the Youth in Yosemite Film Contest to be Shown in Yosemite Valley.


News Release: According to court records, Roy was a pharmacy technician at Northern Maine Medical.


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Christopher Marion, 26, of Woonsocket, R.I., was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography.


Hudson County, N.J., Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Coercing A Minor To Engage In Sexual Activity

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, N.J. man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for using video chat programs to persuade a minor girl to engage in sexual conduct, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released the following statement on Janice Mays, Ways and Means Committee Chief Counsel, receiving the Tax Council Policy Institute’s 2014 Pillar of Excellence award. The 2014 award is given based on Janice’s “extraordinary dedication and contribution to the field of tax law and policy." Janice has served on the Ways and Means Committee staff since 1975 - under five different Democratic chairmen.


Treasury Designates Columbian Narcotics Trafficker

News Release: WASHINGTON - Five men have been sentenced to federal prison this week for prescription drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today


Overland Park Man Sentenced To 11 Years  For $5 Million Fraud Scheme

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. An Overland Park man was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in federal prison for swindling banks and investors out of more than $5 million, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. In addition, he was ordered to pay more than $5.7 million in restitution.


Former Marlborough Resident Pleads Guilty To Robbing Five Connecticut Pharmacies

News Release: BRIDGEPORT, 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 David Haney, 52, of Marlborough, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to robbing five Connecticut pharmacies last year.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Raul Ortega, 21, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to federal carjacking and firearms charges, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough, Special Agent Carol K.O. Lee of the Albuquerque Division of the FBI and Chief Allen Banks of the Albuquerque Police Department.


St. Thomas Man Arrested And Charged For Failing To Register As Sex Offender

News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Jevon O. Stridiron, 25, of St. Thomas was arrested yesterday by the United States Marshals Service after being indicted by a federal grand jury for failing to register as a sex offender announced United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe. Stridiron appeared in District Court in St. Thomas...


News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Honeywell yesterday sentenced Walter Brown (42, Kissimmee) to 2 years and 1 day in prison and 25 hours of community service for aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to produce fraudulently-obtained driver licenses. Brown pleaded guilty on Dec. 13, 2013.