News published on Federal Newswire in January 2014

News from January 2014


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of Virginia. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. RICHMOND, Va. - Brady Nurse, 38, of Bothell, Washington, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release for his role in connection with the fraudulent reimbursement...


Mortgage Broker Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Commit Mortgage Fraud

News Release: TAMPA, FL - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Michelle Carducci (37, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution and making false statements to a federal agency. She faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of California. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. FRESNO, Calif. - Two defendants were sentenced today for child pornography offenses, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. “Every time a sexually explicit image of a minor is produced...


Lecture Series Week 3

News Release: -January 21th, 2014. Karl Cordova, Superintendent (520) 723-3172. Casa Grande Ruins Lecture Series held Weekly at Monument. COOLIDGE, AZ- On Wednesday Jan 29th, at noon, Dr. Todd Bostwick, will present Native American Salt Procurement, Use, and Rituals in the American Southwest. Dr. Bostwick, who has...


KC Woman Sentenced to 30 Years for Large-scale Cocaine Conspiracy

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a conspiracy that was responsible for distributing hundreds of kilograms of cocaine in Jackson County, Mo.


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.


Five North Side Residents Sentenced On Drug And Firearm Related Charges

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of Virginia. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. RICHMOND, Va. - Christopher Canty, 33, of Richmond, Virginia was sentenced today to 27 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release for distribution of heroin from his family home on Montrose...


News Release: Duo conspired to distribute over 17,000 oxycodone pills.


Oahu Man Sentence To Six Years In Prison For Drug Offense, Identity Theft, And Naval Exchange Theft

News Release: HONOLULU - Chief U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway sentenced defendant Ashon L. Fain-Farias, age 25, on Jan. 13, 2014, to an imprisonment term of six years following a plea to (i) one count of possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine; (ii) one count of conspiring...


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.


Former Philadelphia Resident Sentenced For Assaulting A Deputy US Marshal

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to 27 months in jail on his conviction of assaulting a federal officer, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Former Operator Of Rehabilitation Therapy Clinic Pleads Guilty For Role In Medicare Fraud Scheme

News Release: WASHINGTON - A south Florida woman who had been the president of CORF National Development Inc. has pleaded guilty for her involvement in a Medicare fraud scheme involving physical and occupational therapy services.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of California. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. FRESNO, Calif. - Senior United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced Phillip Jacob Shinen, 33, formerly of Madera, today to 27 months in prison for wire fraud relating to the fraudulent sale...


News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Members of a ring of methamphetamine manufacturers were sentenced in federal court on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. The group, most of whom are from the Mt. Vernon area, was engaged in activity characterized as “pill shopping," that is, the practice of buying pseudoephedrine pills for use...


Former Virginia Governor And Former First Lady Indicted On Public Corruption And Related Charges

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal grand today returned a 14-count indictment against former Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell and former First Lady Maureen G. McDonnell for allegedly participating in a scheme to violate federal public corruption laws.


News Release: AGOURA HILLS, Calif. - The National Park Service invites the public to attend the Winter Sky Star Party at Paramount Ranch on Saturday, February 8 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The free event will feature star-gazing, constellation tours and children's activities.


Davenport Man Sentenced To 12 Months And One Day In Prison For Wire Fraud And Money Laundering

News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Jan. 17, 2014, Charles Arthur Ruhl, Jr., age 59, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced to twelve months and one day of imprisonment for wire fraud and money laundering, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. United States District Judge Stephanie M. Rose also imposed a $144,000 fine and a two-year term of supervised release.


News Release: HOUSTON - Joseph S. Antonucci, 41, of Houston, has been charged with defrauding his former employer, Patriot Managed Health Care Systems Inc., and causing a loss of more than $2.9 million, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that John Quinn, 55, of Rutland, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to a charge of mail fraud. U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III released Quinn on conditions pending his sentencing, which has been set for April 21.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge James Shroba and United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, Tammy Dickinson, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a conspiracy that was responsible for distributing hundreds of kilograms of cocaine in Jackson County, Mo.