News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Jonathan Tanguay, 42, of Bartlett, New Hampshire, was sentenced in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 84 months in prison, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, 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, announced that Sean Thompson, 36, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Stefan R. Underhill...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-TN) issued the following joint statement after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on federal student loan interest rates...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Defendant bribed DMV employee to process applications for over 100 illegal aliens.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del) released the following statement regarding the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) guidance on virtual currencies...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: David Michael Thompson, a 27-year old resident of Temecula, California, was sentenced today in United States District Court for transporting child pornography and for traveling in interstate commerce to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor child. Thompson was sentenced to a total of 210 months in federal prison (sentences of 210 and 180 months ordered to run concurrently) announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Ulicssye Towns, aka Voomp, 35, of Providence, was sentenced in U.S. District Court on Thursday to 60 months in federal prison for trafficking crack cocaine, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, J Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Providence Police Chief Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Top officers and a salesman for an investment company based in Nashville, Tenn., have pleaded guilty for their roles in an $18 million Ponzi scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Memphis, TN - Bryan Gardner, 31, of Cordova, TN, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge S. Thomas Anderson to 78 months in federal prison for stealing government funds through the filing of false income tax returns and identity theft, announced United States Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Long -Time Drug Trafficker Carefully Aimed And Executed Intruders.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Valley Forge, PA - For George Washington's 46th birthday, Martha surprised him with a public celebration at his headquarters in Valley Forge, bringing some mid-winter excitement (and cake) to the General and his troops. Following in her footsteps, Valley Forge National Historical Park has planned a weekend of programs and activities to celebrate Washington's 282nd birthday this year.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the filing of a criminal complaint charging Kevin Charles Kaszynski (48, Fort Myers) with possession of child pornography. If convicted, Kaszynski faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: 600 MORE SOLAR PANELS INSTALLED AT LAKE MEAD NRA.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced Jan. 22, 2014, to more than 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that North Fort Myers residents Alan Robert Johnson (35) and Jennifer A. Sparks (39) pleaded guilty earlier this week to production of child pornography. Johnson faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 25 years, up to a maximum penalty...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, and Impeding a Federal Officer.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY- In celebration of African American History Month, Women's Rights National Historical Park invites the public to hear professor Leigh Fought, Ph. D. of Le Moyne College speak on Saturday, February 15th at 1:00 pm in the park Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jacob Rivera, a/k/a “JJ," 20, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 280 grams of crack cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking activities Before U.S. District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Former Agriprocessors’, Inc., manager Hosam Amara was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison. Amara, age 49, received the prison term after an Aug. 30, 2013, guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to harbor undocumented aliens for profit.