News from June 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Jason Elledge, who schemed to obtain controlled substances from local pharmacies, has pleaded guilty to impersonating a federal officer, making false statements to law enforcement, and attempting to obtain fraudulent prescriptions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SATNARINE SEEBACHAN, formerly a program director at Bronx Shepherds Restoration Corporation (“Bronx Shepherds"), a not-for-profit corporation in the Bronx, New York, was sentenced to six months of weekend...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Martin Adam Hernandez, 23, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, June 27, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CHARLES PRINCIPATO, 52, of Rye, N.Y., pleaded guilty on Monday in New Haven federal court to engaging...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A South Carolina man was arrested today and charged with tampering with witnesses in a federal criminal trial that concluded last September, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Ronald J. Verrochio, Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), announce that Crystal Booker, 31...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) revealed that the Committee’s early work into “lost" IRS emails show the problem is much bigger than the IRS initially admitted to.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: Avi Klein, Alicia Dietrich, Charles Menten And Vickie Cox All Face Federal Racketeering Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, June 26, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYLON VAUGHN, also known as “Bucky B," 36, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Assault Against a Law Enforcement Officer, and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the arrest of Richard Donald Ragsdale (56, Tampa) on a federal complaint charging him with transportation, receipt, and possession of child pornography. Ragsdale made his initial appearance on June 24, 2014, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas B. McCoun, III.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Mikhail Vasserman, 51, of Philadelphia, PA., was sentenced today to five years in prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme involving Penn Choice Ambulance Inc., operating from Huntingdon Valley, PA and Camp Hill, PA. Vasserman pleaded guilty on Oct. 21, 2013 to conspiracy to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Dawn Nguyen, 25, of Greece, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge David G. Larimer, to knowingly making a false statement in connection with the purchase of firearms; selling and disposing of firearms to William Spengler, a known felon; and possession of firearms while being an unlawful user of marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, June 26, 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 SALIH KAYA, 53, of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III, announces that William Paez Rubiano (40, Colombia) pleaded guilty to an Indictment charging him with importing heroin into the United States from Colombia. He also pleaded guilty to possession of heroin with intent to distribute in the United...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 BARCELONA, Spain— Today, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas was in Barcelona, Spain to participate in the European Union (EU) Group of 6 + 1 Interior Ministers’ Meeting where he met with his international counterparts ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 26, 2014 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman today announced the appointment of 19 additional members to six agricultural trade advisory committees.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 26, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the 2014 USDA Forest Service's National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge grant recipients. The grants provide funding that will help enhance urban forest stewardship, support new employment opportunities, and help build ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it will require Martin Marietta Materials Inc. to divest one Oklahoma quarry and two Texas rail yards in order to proceed with its proposed $2.7 billion acquisition of Texas Industries Inc. The department said that, without the divestiture, the proposed acquisition likely would result in higher prices for purchasers of aggregate – crushed stone produced at quarries or mines – in parts of the Dallas metropolitan area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: Paul D. Stockler pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court in Anchorage, Alaska, to three counts of willful failure to file income tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.
