News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Skinner “Skip" Anderson, II, 57, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today for misprision of a felony, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Anderson appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Boise. Judge Winmill sentenced Anderson to a one year term of probation, fined him $2500, and ordered him to complete 120 hours of community service.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: Registration is now open for two-week field research course.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Manuel Garcia-Figueroa, a resident of Playa Añasco, Puerto Rico, was sentenced to 15 days in jail, 150 hours of community service, and three years of supervised release for the illegal sale of sea turtle meat in violation of the Lacey Act, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - JENNIFER WALTER was indicted on multiple tax fraud charges including filing false tax returns, creating false W2 forms and the use of stolen personal information to file for a tax refund.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: The official Boquillas Port of Entry crossing, providing access to Boquillas, Coahuila, Mexico, as well as the protected areas of Maderas del Carmen, Ocampo, and Cañon de Santa Elena, will start summer hours of operation beginning February 26. 2014. The change in hours is to accommodate the later sunset times occurring this time of year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FRANKIE RIVERA, 32, of New London, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Michael Paul Boyter, 51, and Anthony Reuben Riley, 49, both of Shreveport, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote, on charges arising out of a money laundering conspiracy operated from their businesses: Mike’s Auto Sales and A-1 Auto Finance Company.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: A Youngtown man was indicted on charges related to operating a crack house and having a firearm and silencer despite previously being convicted of a felony, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: Sandy Springs, GA: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CRNRA) is one of five national parks across the country selected to participate in the 2014 Transportation Scholars program of the National Park Foundation (NPF), the official charity of America’s national parks.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA -- Southeast Regional Director Stan Austin has announced that Sula Jacobs has been selected as the next superintendent of Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.Jacobs has been serving as Deputy Superintendent of Biscayne National Park since February 2011.She will assume her new duties at the end of February.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Harley Michael Peterson, 23, has been ordered to prison for using a telephone and a computer connected to the Internet to coerce and entice a minor to engage in sexual activity, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Brian M. Moskowitz, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Peterson pleaded guilty to online solicitation Monday, Sept. 16, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Feb. 18, 2014, Ramiro Martinez Tristan, 39 and a resident of Ontario, Oregon, pled guilty today in federal court in Eugene to a single count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition. Law enforcement caught Tristan with a loaded.40 caliber handgun on Sept. 10, 2013...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A man from Crawford County, Kan., was arrested Tuesday on federal firearm charges, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United (U.S.) Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Christopher B. Dennis, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector (HHS-OIG), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - Kyle Edward Moore, Cortio Detrice Wade, and Marcel Devon Bridges pleaded guilty on Feb. 14, 2014, in federal court in Oakland to conspiracy to commit financial aid fraud and wire fraud, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By State Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: In Keynote Address Titled “Beyond Free Trade: Spurring Growth in the Western Hemisphere," Menendez Calls for Increased Economic Engagement in Region
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: On Feb. 14, 2014, Michael Burns, 45, of Carbondale, Illinois, pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to distribute heroin, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - A federal judge has sentenced Bernando O. Davis to 21 years and seven months in prison for using stolen identities to file false federal income tax returns that claimed millions of dollars in bogus refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On Feb. 14, 2014, Azucena Carmen Cordero, a 35 year-old resident of Atlantic, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 60 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from July of 2012 until Jan. 21, 2013, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Albert Hood, 49, of Fresno, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to eight years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
