News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: Defendants Owned/Operated a Medical Supply Business and Lab in Arlington.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that a major methamphetamine organization has been dismantled. On Jan. 16, 2014, Shawn Foster Phillips, age 35, of Bibb County, Marty Bass, age 51, of Bibb County, and Jonathan McBride, age 39, of Houston County...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of California. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. FRESNO, Calif. - Monica Nanette Hernandez, 41, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to one count of filing false income tax returns, one count of wire fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft, United...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Roberta Hannon, 46, of the Town of Niagara, who was convicted of conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Earl Rojelio Blanchett, Jr. (37, Tampa) to 10 years and 4 months in federal prison for tax fraud charges, including charges of aggravated identity theft. As part of his sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $22,500.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for using two minors to produce child pornography. Ronald Mazza, 33, of Springfield, was charged...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Donovan Eric Williams, 24, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Whippoorwill, Ariz., was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for assaulting a federal officer, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough and Director John Billison of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that after a fairness hearing on Jan. 13, 2014, United States District Judge Richard J. Sullivan has approved the proposed Settlement Agreement entered into between the United States Attorney’s Office and the City...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: TAMPA, FL - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. today sentenced Beverly McFadden (23, Tampa) to six years and nine months in federal prison for her role in a stolen identity income tax refund scheme. As part of the sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $351,431.44.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Kendrick Deswhan Castille, 20, has been ordered to prison for his involvement in the November 2012 robbery of Amegy Bank in Houston, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Castille pleaded guilty as did co-defendants Terrance Trent Batiste, 21, and Joshua Demond Clay, 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - Valerio V. Alexander, 45, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to one count of sex trafficking involving a juvenile. Carter M.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Jan. 16, 2014, DeMarko Onslow Williams, age 25, of Rock Island, Illinois, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James E. Gritzner to 100 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Williams was also ordered to serve two years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: A gray wolf was shot and killed at a private inholding within Grand Teton National Park on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. The person who fired the lethal shot notified Wyoming Game and Fish Department wardens and they reported the situation to park rangers at approximately 10:30 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: Kenyen R. Brown, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama announced that John David Smith, 55, of Robertsdale, Alabama, was sentenced today by Chief Judge William H. Steele to 30-months imprisonment, followed by a supervised release term of life, for failing to comply with the Sex...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: Highway crews busily spraying a green coating on newly graded slopes may be working with a hydraulically applied mulch, or hydromulch. This temporary, porous layer can help protect newly sown seeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Margo Marvette Stafford, Richard Clayton and Mark Jerome Jackson have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to use stolen identities to file fraudulent income tax returns, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. All previously entered guilty pleas in relation to the case.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold public meetings for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Wyoming Sage-Grouse Resource Management Plan/Land Use Plan Amendments in February.In December 2013, BLM issued the DEIS for the Wyoming Sage-Grouse RMP/LUP Amendments for the Rawlins...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the arrest and charging of David Harris Dunaway (58, Hawthorne) for being an individual adjudicated as mentally defective and having been committed to a mental institution, in possession of a firearm and ammunition. If convicted, Dunaway faces a maximum penalty of ten years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Sasha Webb and Charlie Jackson have each been indicted for stolen identity refund fraud crimes, announced George L. Beck Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Webb was arrested on Dec. 20, 2013, and Jackson’s arrest took place on Jan. 15, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2014
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors in February. All programs are free, but park entrance fees apply. Programs are co-sponsored by the Hawai'i Pacific Parks Association, and your $2 donation helps support park programs. Mark the calendar for these upcoming events.
