News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: Alicia A.G. Limtiaco, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, along with Sarah Thomas-Nededog, Vice-President, West Care Pacific Islands; Dr. Julie Ulloa-Heath, President, Micronesian Youth Services Network; and Carol Hinkle-Sanchez, Assistant Attorney General, Guam...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: Nebraska - U.S. Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced today that the District of Nebraska collected $4,588,507.19 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2013. Of this amount, $2,356,773.53 was collected in criminal actions and $2,231,733.66 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, was the guest speaker on Oct. 12, 2013 at the Inauguration and Swearing-in Ceremony of the “We Are You" (WAY) Officers of John F. Kennedy High School.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), was the guest speaker at the 2013 Micronesian Youth Services Network (MYSN) Conference held on April 17-19, 2013, at the Fiesta Resort in Saipan. This year’s theme was entitled, “Pursue, Cultivate, and Sustain a Balance.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Dave Aronberg, State Attorney, Office of the State Attorney for Palm Beach County, Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, (ICE-HSI), and Jeffrey...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Stoyno Filtshev, Plamen Atanasov, Nedyalko Palazov, and WB Wohrman have pleaded guilty in a case involving a scheme to steal the bank debit card numbers and passwords of over 4,700 individuals through the use of a skimming device the defendants connected to ATMs in the metro Atlanta area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: Defendant Antonio Wade set fire to apartment stairway; the residence was occupied by his acquaintance and a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas-Jose Francisco Madrigal, Jr., 43, of Plainview, Texas, was sentenced last Friday, by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, to 210 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in August 2013 to one count of production of child pornography. Judge Cummings remanded Madrigal, who had been on bond, into custody. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, Jan. 2, 2014-Has nature ever inspired you to do something creative? Local students can celebrate their creativity through theYouth Arts in the Parksprogram. This youth art contest and April art exhibition at Tamarack, allows students to serve as community leaders and raise...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact and Attempted Aggravated Sexual Abuse was sentenced on Dec. 30, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. B A man who was arrested on a bus has been charged with robbing a bank in Kansas City, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: Kennya Pimentel, a 20-year-old resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, fell Wednesday, Jan. 1, while climbing Hemmingway Buttress in Joshua Tree National Park. Ms Pimentel fell about six feet and became wedged in a crevice approximately 100 feet above the ground. She was not wearing a safety helmet and initially complained of both head and hip injuries.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today announced Lindsey Held has joined the Senate Finance Committee as Senior Advisor for Communications. Held joins the Committee from the business software company SAP where she most recently served as Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: As deputy under secretary, Devany is NOAA’s chief operating officer, responsible for the day-to-day management of NOAA’s national and international operations for oceanic and atmospheric services, research and coastal and marine stewardship.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. sentenced Shaun Orlando Grier, age 46, of Clinton, Maryland, today to 350 months in prison followed by eight years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute phencyclidine, commonly referred to as PCP; possession with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced today that a grand jury sitting in White Plains has returned a two-count Indictment charging GREGG PIERLEONI with mail fraud and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Daniel Burton, a/k/a Snoop, age 30, of Capitol Heights, Maryland today to 262 months in prison followed by lifetime supervised release. Judge Chasanow ordered that upon his release from prison, Burton must register as a sex offender in the place where he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that, on Jan. 2, 2014, Justin Bosley, 27, of Shelburne, Vermont was sentenced to 26 months in federal prison after his guilty plea to charges that he possessed firearms while being a heroin user. Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss, sitting in Rutland, also ordered that Bosley serve two years of supervised release following his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES/MONROE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that the Western District of Louisiana, through its Law Enforcement Coordinator Mike Campbell, had an outstanding year in providing training courses to local law enforcement agencies in 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., man has been charged in federal court with robbing Bank Midwest.
