News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Beckley-area man pled guilty to a drug charge in federal court in Beckley. Tyrone Amar, age 37, of Crab Orchard, pled guilty to distribution of oxycodone. Amar admitted that in October of 2013, he distributed a quantity of oxycodone...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: Search operations for the overdue day hiker, Edwin Birch of Tacoma, WA, continues today with ground crews searching the Frying Pan Creek Drainage Basin, headwaters of the Ohanapacosh River and Indian Bar areas of the Wonderland Trail.Air operations will be searching the Panhandle Gap and Summer Land areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Dedham man was indicted today for robbing three Boston area banks.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: DAG Cole: We are looking into Koskinen’s delay in reporting the revelation that key witness’s evidence was lost
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Michele Sergeant, 31, of Queens, N.Y., pleaded guilty to possession of counterfeit bank notes before U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Tom Coburn, M.D., Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, sent a bipartisan letter to the Department of Homeland Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Samantha Deal, 29, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., pleaded guilty today to an indictment charging her with involuntary manslaughter and assault charges. Deal entered her guilty plea without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: Thomas Earl Faulls To Serve 295 Months In Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. A woman who worked at the Grossman Center in Leavenworth has been sentenced to two years on federal probation for failing to report that she knew it when an inmate left the facility to avoid a drug test, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Petar Petrov, 42, a citizen of Bulgaria who resides Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio, to conspiracy to possess and use counterfeit access devices with intent to defraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael J. Satz, Broward State Attorney, Hugo J. Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives (ATF), Amos Rojas, Jr., U.S. Marshal, U.S. Marshal’s Service (USMS), and Scott Israel, Sheriff...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Victor Anguiera, 31, of Celeron, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin and possession of a firearm in relation to drug trafficking activities, was sentenced to 180 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to forfeit $100,000 in proceeds from drug trafficking activities.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: As summer winds down please join us for a Ranger guided walk or special presentations and events.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and Rep. Rob Woodall (R-Ga.) late yesterday requested that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provide information...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Michael Smith, also known as “Smitty" and “Fingers," 44, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, July 17, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL SMITH, also known as “Smitty" and “Fingers," 44, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: SITKA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK - On Wednesday, July 23rd at 7:00 p.m. Sitka National Historical Park will be hosting a free evening program titled "Defending the Homeland" at the park’s visitor center. This hour-long program will focus both on the Battle of 1804 and the buildup of America's Pacific defense system in Sitka during World War II.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Renee Gregg (35, Bradenton) with production and transportation of child pornography. If convicted, Gregg faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, up to 30 years in federal prison for the production charge. For the transportation charge, she faces a mandatory minimum of 5 years, up to 20 years’ imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Derrick Yancey, 27, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Conspiracy (RICO Conspiracy). The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Guadalupe Trevino, aka Lupe Trevino, has been sentenced to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Trevino, 64, of McAllen, was the former sheriff of Hidalgo County and pleaded guilty April 14, 2014.
