News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Domestic Violence Offender in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition was sentenced on Jan. 2, 2014, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Jan. 7, 2014, Orlen Francis Smith, Jr., 26, of Bismarck, N.D., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to charges of voluntary manslaughter, assault resulting in serious bodily injury and assault with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Kevin Robert Chastain, age 34, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced on January 7, 2014 after having previously pleaded guilty in September, 2013 to the charge of being a Previously Convicted Felon...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Oscar Nava-Valencia, 42, of Guadalajara, Mexico, has received a 25-year sentence for his role in the smuggling of a 3,100 kilogram load of cocaine from Panama, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: On January 8, 2014, Davaughn Richard Lavell Perkins, age 24 of Omaha, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base, also known as crack cocaine. Following the prison sentence, Perkins will serve five years on supervised release. He was also ordered to forfeit $472 in cash to the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., January 8, 2014 - During the 113th Congress, House Republicans have remained focused on creating new American jobs and growing the economy. Unfortunately, there are dozens of House-passed jobs bills, including several from the Natural Resources Committee, that remain stuck in the Democrat-controlled...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - The Director of Finance and Comptroller of the Beaumont Independent School District (BISD) have been indicted on federal charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: "True and effective reform of the Seattle Police Department will require steady work and strong leadership. Today Mayor Murray provided that leadership and charted a clear course for moving forward. I look forward to working with him and interim Chief Harry Bailey, and welcome their strong commitment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: Volunteer State Bank Employee Admits Taking Over $264,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: This afternoon, former El Paso political consultant Antonio Dill was sentenced to ten months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release for his role in a “pay-to-play" scheme uncovered during the ongoing public corruption investigation in El Paso announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Hugo Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Office, announce that Jermaine Lamar Roberts, 34, Amdado Cardenas, 47, and William Jon Ray, 45, all of Key...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that United States District Court Judge Fred Van Sickle upheld the Forest Service's decision to proceed with a 3,900-acre ecosystem restoration project on the Umatilla National Forest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday afternoon charging two Utah residents with conspiring to unlawfully import a rare white leucistic boa constrictor from Brazil into the United States for the purpose of breeding it with other boa constrictors and selling its offspring for a profit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Former Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Jerome Oberlton has pleaded guilty to conspiring to receive kickbacks in exchange for using his influence at APS to award a $780,000 project to a computer vendor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: HONOLULU - Jennifer McTigue, age 46, and Sakara Blackwell, a/k/a: Dawn Sakaguchi, age 38, both of Honolulu, were arraigned today in United States District Court after a federal grand jury returned a forty-five (45) count indictment against them and Marc Melton, age 43, for fraud, money laundering and...
By State Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that on Wednesday, Jan. 15, he will convene a hearing to examine the current turmoil in South Sudan. The hearing, entitled “South Sudan’s Broken Promise? " will begin at 10:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Bruce Barlow, 50, former Chief of Police for the Mendenhall Police Department, in Mendenhall, Mississippi, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to commit extortion, bribery and theft during this tenure as Mendenhall police chief, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) -Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ranking Member Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) ), along with the committee’s former Chairman and Ranking Member, Senator Susan Collins, highlighted a new report from the Government Accountability Office...
