News from June 2014
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: The Coastal Cleanup Corporation, a nonprofit organization which addresses the issue of marine debris and its impacts on wildlife (particularly sea turtles), is the winner of the George and Helen Hartzog Award for Group Volunteer Service. Founded by George and Suzy Pappas, Coastal Cleanup Corporation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jesus Coronado, 33, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced in Las Cruces federal court this afternoon to 63 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Coronado will be on supervised release for three years after he completes his prison sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today signed a policy memorandum that directs superintendents nationwide to prohibit launching, landing, or operating unmanned aircraft on lands and waters administered by the National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Vincent Magoosh, 23, a member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., was sentenced this afternoon to eight months of incarceration for his assault conviction. Magoosh then will be on supervised release for two years, six months of which will be served at a half-way house.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: Ronald Dwaine Carnes, age 69, from Waterloo, Iowa, has been charged with misuse of Social Security numbers, aggravated identity theft and possession of a firearm by a felon and fugitive from justice. The charges are contained in a Complaint filed on June 23, 2014, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Wilkes-Barre man was sentenced yesterday, in federal court in Scranton, by United States District Judge Malachy Mannion, to serve 151 months in prison on a charge of conspiracy to distribute heroin. -
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Cristian Alexander Zamora, 22, and Ricardo Leonel Campos-Lara, 19, have been indicted on charges of committing murder in the Sam Houston National Forest, a designated federal land, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI -United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe stated that Marcel Henderson, 25, of St. Thomas was sentenced today in United States District Court to 71 months in prison for the illegal possession of firearms. Henderson, who is a convicted felon, is prohibited under federal law from possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Jose Fabien Felix-Burgos, 41, of Rupert, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A registered sex offender who was formerly employed at a law office in Paterson, N.J., was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for distributing images of child sexual abuse over the Internet, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: As part of its efforts to improve the scientific basis of forensic evidence used in courts of law, the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have made the first appointments to a new organization dedicated to identifying and fostering development and adoption of standards and guidelines for the nation's forensic science community.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: Rock Island, Ill. - A Moline, Ill., man, Daniel C. McLeod, 26, was sentenced yesterday for the unlawful transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, as announced by Central District of Illinois U.S. Attorney Jim Lewis. U.S. District Judge Sara Darrow ordered McLeod to serve 200 months (16 years, 8 months) in federal prison followed by 10 years of supervised release following his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Four people residing in Houston have been ordered to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic dozens of AK-47 variant rifles from the Houston area to Mexico, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Robert Elder, special agent in charge of the Bureau...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jose Alberto Hernandez, 28, of El Paso, TX, was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 46 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that three men from McLaughlin, South Dakota, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for First Degree Burglary, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Third Degree Burglary.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and William H. Calvert, Law Enforcement Officer, United States Fish & Wildlife Service, West Palm Beach, announce that Kenneth Cornelius Coleman, 52, of Riviera Beach, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison by U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Rickey McDuffey, of Jackson, was sentenced in federal court today to fifty-six months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit stolen identity refund fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Acting Special Agent in Charge Jerome R. McDuffie with IRS - Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, N.J., doctor who allegedly wrote illegal prescriptions for oxycodone was indicted on charges that he participated in a conspiracy to illegally distribute the medication, laundered money and failed to pay taxes, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Thomas W. Dickson has been sentenced for stealing over $300,000 from his law firm’s clients.
