News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: DENVER - Scott T. Black, age 39, of Firestone, Colorado, and Oscar S. Garcia, age 35, of Aurora, Colorado, were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to drug trafficking, making false statements, and unauthorized access of law enforcement databases, U.S. Attorney John Walsh, FBI Denver...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Rodolfo Naranjo, age 53, a former resident alien from Mexico who resided Wenatchee, Washington, was sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and Failure to Appear in a case that reaches back...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: South Bend, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Co-Chairpersons Announced. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Michigan is pleased to announce its partnership with ALPACT established in 2013 in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The purpose of ALPACT is to examine issues affecting police and community relations and ensure...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Robertito Fontan, 42, a former narcotics officer with the Philadelphia Police Department, was found guilty today of two counts of making false statements to federal investigators concerning his romantic relationship with one of the police department’s confidential informants.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Robert Stevenson, 59, of Rochester, N.Y., who pleaded guilty to bank robbery before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that an Eldon, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a large-scale conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Cole and Callaway County area, as well as his attempted jail escape.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: JAN 24 (LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Thirty-nine individuals residing in Eddy, Chaves and Lincoln Counties, N.M., and one from west Texas are facing drug trafficking and firearms charges as the result of a multi-agency investigation targeting drug traffickers in southeastern New Mexico. The investigation culminated...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former pharmacist-in-charge of West Orange Pharmacy today admitted to illegally distributing hundreds of tablets of oxycontin in exchange for thousands of dollars in cash, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston pill dealer who illegally purchased powerful prescription painkillers in April 2012 was sentenced yesterday to six months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. William Lewis Thornhill, II, 31, previously pleaded guilty in October to possession with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: NASSAU, BAHAMAS - On January 16th, Operation Bahamas Turks and (OPBAT) assets were deployed after a Customs and Border (CBP) Office of Air and (OAM) aircraft detected a go-fast vessel eighty nautical miles south of the Grand Bahama Island. The 45 foot vessel was travelling at high speed with no lights, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Carmen Geter, 41, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine or both.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) is soliciting public comment for the Superintendent's Compendium. The compendium is a summary of park-specific rules that is reviewed annually and updated as necessary.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Jan. 24, 2014,Waylon S. Hicks, 22, Schurz, Nev., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland after having been convicted of a charge of voluntary manslaughter by a federal jury on Sept. 20, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Batesland, South Dakota, man convicted of two charges of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on Jan. 23, 2014, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: A Euclid woman was sentenced to 19 months in prison and ordered to pay $74,904 in restitution for her role in a scheme to file false and inflated income tax returns, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Erica Porter and Obadiah Herring, both of Jackson, were sentenced on Jan. 23, 2014 by U.S. District Judge Dan Jordan in connection with a tax refund identity theft conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Gabriel Grchan, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenus Service Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Daniel Greenberg, the president and owner of Classic Closeouts, LLC, a now-defunct Internet seller of discounted clothing and personal items, was convicted today by a federal jury in Central Islip on all thirteen counts for defrauding thousands of customers through unauthorized use of the credit and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Troy Antley Arrested By Providence Police After State Police Colonel.
