News from June 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: Remarks as prepared by U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach to the Akron Roundtable about our community's response to Ohio's heroin and opioid epidemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, June 19, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut hosted its annual United States Attorney’s Office Law Enforcement Awards Ceremony this afternoon in New Haven. The ceremony...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: “The following named individuals have been charged with a federal crime or crimes by the return of an indictment by the Grand Jury. A grand jury Indictment does not constitute evidence of guilt. A grand jury Indictment is a method of bringing formal charges against the defendant. A defendant is presumed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: Susanne Helbig Charged In 15-Count Federal Indictment.
By State Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement calling for the immediate and safe return of three kidnapped Israeli teenagers:
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: A Highland Heights man was indicted after sending a letter containing white powder to the Internal Revenue Service, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: Dear Commissioner Koskinen: . On Monday, June 16, 2014, Senator Wyden and I met with you to discuss the Senate Finance Committee’s continuing investigation of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) handling of certain applications for tax-exempt status. Our discussion focused on records pertaining to Lois...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, following a two-week trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, returned a guilty verdict against former New York City Police Officer Jose Tejada on charges of armed robbery conspiracy and narcotics distribution conspiracy. Tejada was a 17-year veteran of the New York...
By State Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement in response to President Obama’s White House announcement regarding his plans to respond to the terrorist expansion in Iraq...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jennifer Dowling, 33, of Pittston, Maine, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 31 months in prison and three years of supervised release for distribution of oxycodone. Dowling pleaded guilty to the offense on Jan. 27, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Ivan Dixey, Jr., 43, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Edward J. Lodge to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gilbert Yazzie, 45, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a felony information charging him with aggravated sexual abuse of a child. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Yazzie will be sentenced to eight years in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court. Yazzie also will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Paul F. Kaufman, 55, of Stafford, Va., was sentenced today to two years in prison for embezzling more than $150,000 from his former employer, a non-profit based in Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - On June 18, 2014, the final defendant was sentenced in connection with Operation Clean Green - a multi-year investigation conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Internal Revenue Service. Hector Raul Ortiz-Tarazon, Sr. and his son, Hector Francisco Ortiz, Jr. ran a drug trafficking...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: The recent rain and snow has impacted some park operations at Glacier National Park. Safety of park personnel and park visitors is priority.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - A multi-count federal indictment has been unsealed following the arrest of 11 individuals throughout south Texas and the Houston areas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Brian M. Moskowitz, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Bullhead, South Dakota, man convicted of two counts of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on June 16, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Thursday, June 19, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. CINCINNATI, OHIO - Peggy Dossman, 42, of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, pleaded guilty to one count of willfully failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Jose Gonzalo-Paulette and Guillermo Riol, both of Miami, Florida, have been charged for their alleged involvement in a scheme to steal over $330,000 worth of meat products from meat processing facilities in Omaha, Nebraska. Gonzalo-Paulette, age 25...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - On June 18, 2014, the final defendant was sentenced in connection with Operation Clean Green - a multi-year investigation conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Internal Revenue Service. Hector Raul Ortiz-Tarazon, Sr. and his son, Hector Francisco Ortiz, Jr. ran a drug trafficking...
