News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that two Philadelphia residents and a state prison inmate were indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday for participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed heroin during November 2013 to the present.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that William Joseph Folse, Jr., 51, of Scott, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge C. Michael Hill, to making false statements to the Social Security Administration (SSA) concerning his disability status in order to receive nearly $200,000 in fraudulent benefits.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today the filing of criminal informations yesterday charging three men from Luzerne County separately with drug trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Antwane Pierre Burrise, 33, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of firearms, possessing unauthorized access devices, possessing identifications of others, possessing stolen U.S. mail, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: (DETROIT) - On this date 41 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade, affirming the constitutional right of women to make their own health care choices. In marking this historic anniversary, U.S. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Robin Cash, 56, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning to 24 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for her conviction on embezzlement and tax charges. Cash also was ordered to pay $202,775 in restitution to the victim of her criminal conduct and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - An automobile service station owner, who conspired with a Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicle (RMV) project manager to extort other service station owners who wanted to obtain a license to conduct vehicle safety inspections, was sentenced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Michael Mercadel, 21, of Pittsford, N.Y., who was convicted of possessing child pornography, was sentenced to 10 years supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge David G. Larimer. The defendant had been subject to a recommended sentencing guideline range of 97 to 120 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that today in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg, a criminal information has been filed against Shelly Ann Kocher, 42, Lehighton, Pennsylvania, for embezzling approximately $316,324 from customer accounts while she worked as...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Pamela C. Marsh announced that Daniel Freiwald, 29, was sentenced today by the Honorable Judge Smoak to 97 months in prison for 3 counts of child exploitation offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas attorney pleaded guilty today to assisting a client launder approximately $2.25 million that had been obtained fraudulently in an online investment scheme, in which over 1,400 persons lost $16 million, announced the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - CRAIG MOLITOR was sentenced to 84 months in prison on January 22 for distributing multi-ounce quantities of methamphetamine in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Justin J. McPherson, 28, of Wellsville, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute and distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to time served (24 months) in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia collected $501,452,563 in criminal and civil penalties in fiscal year 2013. Additionally, the Western District of Virginia worked with other U.S. Attorney’s Offices and components of the Department of Justice to collect an additional $1,155,045,898 in civil cases pursued jointly with these offices.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Dwayne Penn, formerly a police officer with the Clayton County Police Department assigned to the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Antoin Lamont Garrison, age 46, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 20 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for illegal possession of guns and ammunition by a convicted felon, possession of cocaine with intent...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), today led a group of House and Senate Republican lawmakers in sending a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg expressing concerns about the FDA’s proposed regulation to allow generic...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: Attempted to Arrange a Sexual Encounter with a Twelve-Year-Old-Girl.
