News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SCOTT LAMBERT, also known as “Mike," 33, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former city clerk for the city of Havana, Kan., was charged Monday with embezzling funds from the city and her church, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Saul Arellano-Alvarado, 41, and Jaime Meza-Gonzalez, 47, both of Idaho Falls, were sentenced today in United States District Court in Pocatello on charges related to methamphetamine trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson. Arellano-Alvarado was sentenced to 70 months in prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, man convicted of Passing Counterfeit Securities was sentenced on January 9, 2014, by the Honorable Karen E. Schreier, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: LEXINGTON, KY - A Nicholasville woman was arraigned in federal court on Monday, for allegations that she defrauded the Social Security Administration (SSA) for approximately a decade.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: After a successful pilot project held in five states, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has launched a new supply chain optimization program to help U.S. manufacturers become more competitive.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: A former Lorain County corrections officer was sentenced today to serve 18 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release after previously pleading guilty to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels for the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach for the Northern District of Ohio and Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Ideal, South Dakota, man convicted of one count of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender and one count of False Statement was sentenced on Jan. 13, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: FRANKFORT, KY - Former Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Richard Dwight Farmer, Jr., was sentenced today to 27 months in federal prison and one year supervised release for misappropriating public resources during his tenure in office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - H. TY WARNER, the creator of Beanie Babies and other plush animal toys was sentenced today to two years’ probation for failing to report more than $24.4 million in income, and evading nearly $5.6 million in federal taxes, from millions of dollars he hid for more than a decade in secret foreign financial accounts at two banks based in Switzerland.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have announced the appointment of 33 individuals to a newly created National Commission on Forensic Science.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Jan. 17, 2014 - Gerald Edwin Farmer, aka HK, 24, of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced today to 210 months (17 ½ years) in prison, announced David Rivera, U. S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Today, all of the Democratic women on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee - including Representatives Judy Chu (D-Calif.), Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) and Karen Bass (D-Calif.) - sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) urging him to shift his focus ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Joshua Hadler and colleagues in PML's Quantum Electronics and Photonics Division have devised a simple, accurate measurement system that can help law enforcement and the judicial system in prosecutions involving a growing threat to aviation: laser attacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Defendant Admitted To Participating In Armed Robberies, One Of Which Resulted In The Murder Of A Store Employee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Anthony Cerame, 64, of Fairport, N.Y., pleaded guilty to obstructing the administration of the tax laws, before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. The charge carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Al Harrison Company Distributors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: NEW HAVEN, 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, today announced that a federal jury in Hartford has found Michael Smith -, also known as “Smitty" and “Fingers," ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two Joplin, Mo., men have been sentenced in federal court, in separate and unrelated cases, for fraudulently receiving federal disaster benefits following the May 22, 2011 tornado.
