News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: The Detroit One collaboration of local, state and federal law enforcement has led to the arrests and indictments of 33 defendants in southwest Detroit, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron yesterday sentenced Richard Anthony Davis (43, Jamaica) to three years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to obtain fraudulent Florida driver licenses, false claim to U.S. citizenship, and aggravated identity theft. The Court also ordered Davis to forfeit $2,926 in cash, which is traceable to proceeds of the offenses. Davis pleaded guilty to these offenses on April 30, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LEONIDES SIERRA, a/k/a “Junito" - the former national leader of the “Trinitarios," a violent street and prison gang comprising primarily individuals of Dominican descent - was sentenced yesterday in Manhattan ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that NIKEA PAUL LEE, age 38, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Donnell Young, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Report shows visitor spending supports 186 jobs in local economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - Two men and a woman, arrested this morning, have been charged by criminal complaint with concealing material fact related to an alleged kidnapping hoax last month, as announced by Jim Lewis, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois. Monica Adriana Zacatlan Ramirez, 19, of the...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Dinosaur, CO and Jensen, UT- Fire crews at Dinosaur National Monument are now conducting suppression actions on several fires within or near the monument.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced that Peter D. Kirschner, 49, of Delray Beach, Stuart R. Rubens, 61, of North Miami, Dean R. Baker, 34, of Coral...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury has returned a 13-count indictment charging a long-time Dallas County elected official and three of his associates with various alleged felony offenses stemming from their involvement in conspiracies involving bribes, announced Sarah R. Saldaña, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas; Diego Rodriguez, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Dallas; and Kelly Carpenter, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Dallas IRS Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Serafina Madrid, 35, of Las Vegas, Nev., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Albuquerque to three years of probation for transporting an illegal alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that ALBERT PRESTON ALEXANDER, a/k/a Alexander Preston, a/k/a Albert Shadon, a/k/a Preston Alexander, a/k/a Albert Reton Alexander, a/k/a Albert Preton Alexander, age 42, of Haskell, Oklahoma...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO B Joseph Raymond Haycock, 59, formerly of Salmon, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 40 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Haycock to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term. Haycock pleaded guilty to the charge in April 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of New Kensington, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 97 months incarceration and 10 years supervised release on his conviction of violating child exploitation laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - St. Charles County attorney JEFFREY WITT pled guilty to three (3) federal felony charges: falsifying documents to obtain a bank loan secured by a St. Louis County home, which did not actually belong to him; using an associate to impersonate the true home owner at the bank loan closing; and cashing legal client settlement checks without their knowledge.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - The St. Mary Visitor Center on the east side of Glacier National Park has reopened. The visitor center was temporarily closed since yesterday, July 24, due to a furnace malfunction and water sprinkler system activation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington yesterday sentenced Cassandra Hamilton (55, Tampa) to 15 months in federal prison for engaging in a conspiracy to commit marriage fraud. Hamilton pleaded guilty on April 15, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Glynell Cook Anderson, 61, of Wiggins, was sentenced to two years on probation with six months of electronic monitoring for theft of government funds, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today. She was also ordered to pay restitution to the Social Security Administration in the amount of $36,831.
