News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ercell D. Overton, 32, of Washington, D.C., has pled guilty to second-degree murder while armed and other charges in the fatal shooting last June of taxicab driver Solomon J. Okoroh and a subsequent shoot-out with police, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 39-year-old McKinney, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal violations stemming from her employment as a translator embedded with several U.S. military units in Afghanistan, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales of the Eastern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Jeremy Daniel Labrec, 23, formerly of Lubbock, Texas, was charged in a federal indictment, returned late yesterday by a grand jury in Lubbock, Texas, with one count each of production and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Provided Fabricated Bank Account Statements And Phony Emails, And Repeatedly Impersonated His Father, A Board Member Of Several Public Companies, In Emails And Phone Calls.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - The Humane Society of the United States will present five of its 2013 Humane Law Enforcement Awards to several Alabama officials for their participation in the second largest dog fighting case in history.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that Defendant PATRICK JUDE BRENNAN, JR., age 48, was sentenced by Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood, in the District Court of Guam, to eight months home confinement for the offense...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: RENATA R. FOREMAN, age 34, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Susie Morgan, to 33 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release and a $300 special assessment, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. FOREMAN pleaded guilty in October...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. CINCINNATI -Dimitar Angelov, 29, and Dimitar Kolev, 26, both of Chicago, each pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to placing a device known as a “skimmer" and a hidden camera on an ATM at a Springdale bank in an effort to steal account information of customers...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: A federal grand jury indictment unsealed this morning in San Antonio charges Hector Javier Villarreal Hernandez, the former Secretary of Finance for the Mexican State of Coahuila, Mexico, for his alleged role in a money laundering conspiracy announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman; Drug Enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Curtis Drakes, aged 33, of Mitchell County, Georgia, entered a plea of guilty on Feb. 11, 2014, to conspiracy to provide contraband in prison before the Honorable W. Louis Sands, U.S. District Court Judge, in Albany, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Mohammad Qadi, 35, of Greece, N.Y., who was convicted of unlawful use and acquisition of food stamp benefits and mail fraud, was sentenced to three years supervised release and ordered to pay restitution of $75,744 by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Jose A. Santiago, 36, of Springfield, Mass., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Providence, R.I., to serve 40 years in prison for his role in the September 2010 armed robbery and murder of Woonsocket gas station manager David D. Main.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and Historic Rugby are co-sponsoring a clean-up day to focus on the old Brewster Bridge area on Saturday, March 22, 2014. Start the day at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) by meeting at the picnic area parking lot near the old Brewster Bridge below the new...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - Sherry L Hender made her initial appearance today in federal court on charges of theft of government property and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: Nicholas B. Bowers, 30, of Akron, was charged with receiving, distributing and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, transferring obscene material to a juvenile and enticement, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: Three Day Enforcement Operation Concludes with Training for Police, Tribal, and School Staff on Child Safety Information.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 43-year-old Henderson, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: Largest Reported Seizure in Oregon History.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas- A federal grand jury returned a four count indictment late yesterday charging seven defendants for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2014
News Release: DAVID LEE KILLEN, age 42, a resident of Covington, Louisiana, was charged today in a thirty-count health care fraud and four-count aggravated identity theft indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for his submission of fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr.
