News from July 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Memphis, TN - Jessica Nicole Pinkerton, age 33, of Humboldt, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today to a criminal information charging her with one count of wire fraud and one count of tax fraud, announced Edward L. Stanton III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee; A. Todd McCall, Special...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. -- James Finley Holt, 59, of Cosby, Tenn., a detective captain with the Newport Police Department, was arrested on July 23, 2014, in Newport by agents of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) and FBI. Holt is charged with illegal distribution of drugs and the possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan is expected to outline his proposals on poverty on Thursday morning at the American Enterprise Institute. Below are a few questions worth considering when evaluating his recommendations on this important topic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Wednesday, July 23, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. CINCINNATI - Heriberto Albarran Caro, aka “Colorin", 36, born in Chihuahua, Mexico, but residing illegally in Texas and Colorado, was sentenced in U.S. District...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) delivered the following statement for the full Committee hearing on The Rising Terrorist Threat and the Unfulfilled 9/11 Recommendation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal jury convicted 22-year-old Malcolm Deandre Copeland for his role in prostituting two minor females last year announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the FBI’s San Antonio Division and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. announced today that TRINA MARIE BOURG, age 45, of Houma, Louisiana, was arrested yesterday on a federal complaint for crimes involving the solicitation of illegal bribes from immigrants and their family members.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New York (“NYPD"), James J. Hunt, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Ronald Deandrea Solomon (29) guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, up to life in federal prison. Solomon was indicted on April 17, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 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, announce the sentencing of William Garcia, 39, of Miami, a former Sweetwater Police Department detective, for his role in a credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller sentenced Otto Godinez-Sales, 22, of San Jose, today to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: LAKE MEAD NRA VISITORS SPENT $260 MILLION IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The body of a 30-year-old Las Vegas man who went missing July 22 was recovered from Lake Mead around 8 p.m. July 23.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Massachusetts. Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Telexfree Founders Indicted on Charges of Running a Massive Pyramid Scheme. Boston - James M. Merrill and Carlos N. Wanzeler, principals of TelexFree, Incorporated, and related entities, were indicted today...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Report Shows Visitor Spending Supports639Jobs in Local Economy.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Adrian Baldwin, age 28, of Washington, DC, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit an armed commercial robbery in connection with the robbery of an armored truck.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Butler county couple was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of stealing more than $1.5 million from Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America, a Wichita-based company that owns assisted living centers in Kansas and Missouri, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), and JOSEPH QUITANO, National Security Specialist for the U.S. Attorney's Office (USAO), were invited to speak at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) Marianas TECH NET...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine today found that the number of uninsured adults ages 18 to 64 dropped by more than 10 million, or 5.2%. The drop was significant across all demographic groups. This is just the latest in a string of studies demonstrating the success of the Affordable Care Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Christy Romero, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), and Patricia M. Ferrick...