News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: ROCKFORD - Thirteen Rockford area residents are facing federal gun and/or narcotics charges, federal and local law enforcement officials announced today. The indictments stem from a year-long investigation into firearms and cocaine trafficking in the Rockford area led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Rockford Police Department. ATF agents, together with local police and other authorities, began executing arrest warrants this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special agents of the FBI arrested a Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, man this morning on charges that he distributed sexually explicit images of children from his home computer, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Francisco Calderon, 27, and Jorge Alejandro Galvan-Ibarra, 30, have entered a guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Calderon entered his plea just a short time ago, while Galvan-Ibarra pleaded yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today a Nixa, Mo., man has pleaded guilty in federal court to producing child pornography. Michael John Kinney, 40, of Nixa, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an Indictment charging Igor Kasap, 34, and Arkadiy Kasap, 29, both of Rochester, N.Y., with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. The charges carry and maximum penalty of 20 years in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in New Haven has returned an indictment charging JOSEPH T. MORRIS...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Daniel Brautlacht, 20, of Cheektowaga, N.Y., who was convicted of delay or destruction of mail, was sentenced to time served by Chief U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Two years after a landmark investigation into the for-profit college industry revealed a host of serious problems, including poor student outcomes and high debt burdens, a new report by the majority staff of Chairman Tom Harkin’s (D-IA) Senate HELP Committee shows that for-profit colleges...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Sandra Jalowiec, age 43, Avoca, Pennsylvania was charged with health care fraud in a criminal information filed in U.S. District Court in Scranton yesterday.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: Superintendent Ed W. Clark, Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site, is heading to a four month detail at the National Park Foundation as part of his Department of Interior Senior Executive Service development program. As a candidate for the Senior Executive Service, Clark...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan yesterday sentenced Franklin Stuart King (40, Interlachen) to 7 years and 6 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography over the Internet. He was also ordered to serve a life term of supervision and register as a sex offender upon his release from prison. King has been in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since his arrest on Oct. 10, 2013.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: The Energy Department announced today up to $11.3 million for two projects that aim to advance the production of cost-competitive, high-performance carbon fiber material from renewable, non-food-based feedstocks, such as agricultural residues and woody biomass. Carbon fiber - a strong, lightweight material...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man was charged today with mail fraud for fraudulently accepting over $46,000 in unemployment insurance benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced today that Joshua Mueller, age 23, was sentenced on July 30, 2014, to 186 months (15 ½ years) of imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release for his involvement in the Jan. 28, 2014 armed robbery of Mother’s Foods (formerly Magic Foods)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced attorney Kiran Dewan, age 60, of Woodbine, Maryland today to two years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for bribing a public official. Judge Quarles also ordered Dewan to forfeit $50,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: Christopher Haack Is The Last Of Seven Defendants Convicted To Be Sentenced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. July 30, 2014 14-052. Al Nash. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Illegal Trail Removal Continues In Yellowstone. A portion...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - More than 400 law enforcement officers this morning conducted an operation that led to the arrest of 17 members and associates of the El Monte Flores gang, an organization that takes direction from the Mexican Mafia prison gang and controls criminal activity in the cities of El Monte and South El Monte.
By State Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded House passage of H.Con.Res. 107. The legislation denounces the use of civilians as human shields by Hamas and other terrorist organizations.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2014
News Release: How many employees experienced a computer/data problem?.
