News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for False Statements Relating to Health Care Matters and Attempt to Obtain Controlled Substance by Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - A cooperative investigation by federal, state and local law enforcement in Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio has led to the indictment of five people...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment today against Nicholas J. Capos Jr., 63, of Granite Bay, charging him with one count of conspiracy to distribute, dispense, and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, and five counts of illegal distribution and dispensation of oxycodone, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: NORTH 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 James Louis Costanzo -, 35, of Ansonia, and Brian Earl -, 39, of North Haven, were arrested last week on federal charges related to the illegal distribution of prescription narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury yesterday found Lucien Frank Sobolewski (44, Eustis) guilty of possession of a firearm and ammunition by an unlawful user of a controlled substance (marijuana). Sobolewski faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled. Sobolewski was indicted on March 20, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced that MAREK LESZCZYNSKI, a former sales broker, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 18 months in prison on charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud. LESZCZYNSKI - along with...
By State Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding the democratic transition in Tunisia:
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has reached a settlement with LogistiCare Solutions and Michigan Green Cabs to resolve allegations that they violated the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") by denying rides to passengers with service animals, U.S. Attorney Barbara...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Claimed To Be Physically Disabled While Working At Coffee Shop And Aquarium And Playing Basketball.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARK MISSINO, also known as “Mark Houston" and “Mark Serano," 46, formerly of Waterford, pleaded guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Manuel Orosa, Chief, City of Miami Police Department, announce that Vital Frederick, 27, a former City of Miami Police Officer, was sentenced to 81 months in prison, three years of supervised release, fined $16,806.33 and ordered to pay forfeiture in the amount of $1,200.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following remarks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing considering the nominations of Karen Dynan to serve as Secretary for Economic Policy at the Department of Treasury and Richard G. Frank to be Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Services...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Jan. 30, 2014, David Ramiro Cerna, Jr., 37, of Moorhead Minn., pleaded guilty during the third day of trial to aiding and abetting the conspiracy to distribute methamphetamines and marijuana. U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson is presiding over the case.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., released the following statement on the retirement from Congress of former Oversight Committee Chairman and California colleague Henry Waxman...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Joint investigation leads to early-morning arrests across city and the filing of federal charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore yesterday sentenced Ricky Muoio (45) to 20 years in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Muoio was found guilty by a jury on November 6, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Park rangers rescued a lone hiker Thursday morning who was stranded on Mauna Loa after a winter snowstorm pummeled the summit and lower elevations with heavy snow and high winds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: EVANSVILLE - United States Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett, joined by Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Nicholas Hermann, Sheriff Eric Williams, and Evansville Police Chief Billy Bolin, announced this afternoon the early-morning arrest of 22 Evansville-area residents in a city-wide crackdown on drug trafficking and other gang-related activities. This joint federal-local investigation is part of the U.S. Attorney’s ongoing Violent Crime Initiative.
