News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Defendant sold pills primarily to high school students and recent graduates.
By State Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a statement following the release of the State Department environmental impact study for the Keystone XL pipeline...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today praised an effort from President Barack Obama to partner with private companies to develop the best practices for hiring and recruiting the long-term unemployed. According to the White House, more than 300 companies-including Des Moines-based Principal...
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 Divisionof 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: Ryan Joseph Hribick, 32, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, was charged yesterday by indictment with one count of possession of unregistered firearms, one count of manufacturing and dealing explosive materials, one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, and one count of witness tampering, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Vernon Matthews, 42, of Chesterfield, Virginia, was sentenced to 48 months’ in prison today for his role in defrauding military personnel and their dependents and stealing more than $200,000 through an investment fraud scheme. Matthews previously pleaded guilty to Mail Fraud on Sept. 3, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 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, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Patrick Ryan Hudson, 23, of Chesapeake, Va., was sentenced today to 97 months in prison, followed by 180 months of supervised release for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Following Arrest, Defendant Asked Girlfriend To Hide Gun From Law Enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD); Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida; and Scott Israel, Sheriff, Broward County Sheriff’s (BSO) announced yesterday that Doctor Thomas (54, Ft. Lauderdale) was found guilty on all 14 charges including: Racketeering, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Scott Zalewski, age 31, of Federalsburg, Maryland, today to 40 years in prison followed by lifetime supervised release for two counts of producing child pornography. Judge Motz ordered that upon his release from prison, Zalewski 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 31, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Jamal Bannister, 20, of Pawtucket, R.I., and Dorchester, Mass., was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Pawtucket Police Chief Paul King.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 31, 2014 - During Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Obama once again talked about the need to create American jobs. However, we’ve heard that before. Despite the repeated promises, the most recent jobs report painted a much more realistic picture of the President’s efforts. The economy added only 74,000 jobs, far less than the expected 193,000, and saw over 300,000 Americans leave the work force all together.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that it has charged a 26-year-old New Jersey resident who worked at a GM Foodmart store in Kingston, Pennsylvania, with conspiracy to distribute synthetic marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Dipvak Vora, 70, of Baton Rouge, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote, to a one count bill of information on a charge of engaging in interstate travel in aid of racketeering by receiving illegal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of New York. Friday, Jan. 31, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - Nine Brockton men have been charged with federal and state narcotics and firearms charges.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Bob Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Abuse.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of Feb. 3, 2014. Members will continue their review of the Toxic Substances Control Act, look into consumer protections in light of recent data breaches, and examine the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act.
