News from June 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a five-count indictment charging Charles Darwin Fitzgerald, 39, and Amber Lynn Snover, 23, both of Rochester, N.Y., with conspiracy to distribute and distribution of Schedule I Controlled Substance Analogues and maintaining a drug related premises. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000 or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 19, 2014 - Today, the House Natural Resources Committee passed H.R. 4873, the Cabin Fee Act of 2014, by unanimous consent. This bill, sponsored by Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04), modifies the current cabin fee formula to make it more predictable and fair for families who own cabins in our National Forests.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By State Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This morning, the House Foreign Affairs Middle East and North Africa subcommittee and the Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations subcommittee convened a hearing entitled, “One Year Under Rouhani: Iran’s Abysmal Human Rights Record." Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following opening statement. Below is the text of the opening statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: Richard B. Elbert, 50, of Canton, Ohio, was charged with receiving, distributing and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man who sold an undercover buyer a pound of methamphetamine for $20,000 was sentenced Thursday to 121 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska- A Juneau man was indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage for embezzlement of labor union assets.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, June 19, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on June 18, 2014, Irma Jones, 67, of Centreville, Illinois, after a three day...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) outlined his communications with the IRS and raised questions regarding lost emails of key IRS employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: Herman Mokuau, 68, of Bridgeton, New Jersey was charged today by Information with one count of theft of Government funds, and one count of false statement or fraud to obtain federal employees’ compensation, announced United States Attorney Zane D. Memeger. The information alleges that between 2004 and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: Florence, South Carolina ----- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Webster Douglas Williams, III, age 55, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Florence, to producing child pornography, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) and (e). Additionally...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gabriel Armas, 30, was sentenced today to five years of probation for his misdemeanor assault conviction.
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: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Bernice Robinson, 79, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of theft of public money, was sentenced to three years supervised release, by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $101,150.95.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: Stephen Engelhart, 26, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on June 18, 2014, for receipt of obscene material. Engelhart was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received 60 months of supervised probation and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment and restitution in the amount of $3,000.00. This case was investigated by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Former Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued a joint minority report today entitled, Red Flags: How Politics...
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 the following statement after a meeting with Mohammed Jaham Al Kuwari, Ambassador of Qatar to the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: An Indictment Is A Formal Accusation Of Criminal Conduct, Not Evidence.
