News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging James E. Wilson, age 42, of Rochester, Michigan, with possession with the intent to distribute approximately 900 pills of Oxycodone, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Droshawn E. Griggs, 28, Toulon K. Mattox, 34, and Chase R. Mitchell, 24, all of Pocatello, Idaho, were sentenced today in federal court for trafficking methamphetamine and oxycodone in and around southern Idaho, announced U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson. The defendants appeared today before Judge N. Randy Smith of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting by designation as a district court judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was charged in federal court today with drug trafficking and firearms violations, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Gary Wallace Hoffman, 50, of Rigby, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Hoffman was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pocatello on May 29, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that Doctor Robert L. Ignasiak, Jr. (58, Freeport), was sentenced to 30 years in prison yesterday for health care fraud, illegally distributing controlled substances, and failing to appear for trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: A man who started a fire while trying to manufacture methamphetamine was sentenced on Jan. 13, 2014 to 19 ½ years in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: MANILA, Philippines - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents in Manila assisted the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the non-governmental organization International Justice Mission (IJM) in the Jan. 14 rescue of 21 female sex workers and the arrest of two Filipino nationals for violations of Philippian law. Eleven of the victims rescued were minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Malden man was charged today with a number of tax crimes stemming from him filing tax returns in the name of a dead relative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Cape Girardeau, MO - The United States Attorney's Office announced today that a Knox County, Missouri, man was sentenced to federal prison for three charges involving transporting stolen goods.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Last weekend's storms brought the snow depth at Paradise to 112", providing enough snow to open the snow play runs beginning Saturday, January 18. This weekend the runs will be open through the three-day holiday weekend, as will the Jackson Visitor Center at Paradise.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is planning improvements to several sections of road in Mojave National Preserve.The purpose of the proposed project is to enhance public safety, reduce vehicular accidents, and improve the visitor experience by correcting existing road design deficiencies and conditions that endanger motorists in the Preserve.Numerous serious accidents occur every year on Preserve roads, often involving vehicle rollovers, injuries and fatalities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: JAN 15 - ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Antonio Fleming, a/k/a, "Wookie," age 35, from Anchorage, Alaska was sentenced on Jan. 14, 2014, by United States District Court Chief Judge Ralph R. Beistline. Fleming received a sentence of 52 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release on charges related to a...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Liborio Markets #9 Inc. and Liborio Markets #10 Inc. for failure to pay for produce.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: 2013 enacted level: $50.1 billion. 2014 Committee mark: $47.4 billion. 2014 Omnibus: $51.6 billion. · $5.3 billion for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which is $320.4 more than the 2013 enacted level. · $953.6 million for National Weather Service operations, which is $46.7...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell today sentenced Daniel Heffield (30, Orlando, Florida) to 25 years in federal prison for producing and possessing child pornography. The Court also ordered Heffield to serve a life term of supervised release, following his incarceration, and to register as a sex offender. As part of the sentence, Heffield was also ordered to forfeit his interest in the computers and camera that he used to commit the offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted in federal court today of multiple counts related to possessing PCP with the intent to distribute and to illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Emilio Raymond Martinez, 31, of Rigby, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 80 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. He appeared today before Judge N. Randy Smith of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting by designation as a district court judge. Martinez pleaded guilty to the charge on Oct. 16, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a federal grand jury in Scranton returned an Indictment yesterday against Kalvin Rasheem Lopez, 34, Rockaway Park, New York, and Chaka Burgess-Frazier, 36, Tannersville, Pennsylvania, charging both men with conspiracy and access device fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the Cleveland Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announce the federal arrest of Robert W. Thomas, age 36 of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today spoke on the Senate floor about the economic and geopolitical opportunities that increased energy exports present for the United States.
