News from June 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Sewickley resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of health care fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a federal grand jury today returned an indictment charging an illegal alien from Mexico with unlawful re-entry into the United States.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Sheila L. Cassata, 48, of Amherst N.Y., pleaded guilty before District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara to bank robbery. The charge carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years, a $250,000 fine, or both.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On June 18, 2014, Dean Allen Fleury, 52, of Eugene, Oregon, was sentenced by U.S. District Chief Judge Ann Aiken to 15 years in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm. Upon his release from prison, Fleury will be on supervised release for five years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging an illegal alien from Italy with unlawful re-entry into the United States.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA - Lionel Portillo-Meza, who is charged with the first degree murder of United States Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, was extradited to the United States from Mexico on June 17, 2014, announced Attorney General Eric Holder and U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy of the Southern District of California.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
Release: It seemed as though the entire world was in Shanghai in mid-May, celebrating World Trade Week at SIAL China, Asia’s largest food and beverage trade show. The booming, bustling city was the perfect place for a show of its magnitude, where 99 U.S. companies and organizations showcased their products to the main players from China’s food and hospitality sectors.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Joseph C. M. Krist, 43, of San Antonio, has been ordered to prison for 30 years for bank robbery and using a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Krist was convicted by a Corpus Christi federal jury Dec. 12, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a criminal information has been filed in U.S. District Court in Scranton against Jeffrey Townsley, age 42, of Luzerne County, charging him with two counts of bank robbery and seven counts of robbery of businesses engaged in interstate commerce (Hobbs Act robbery).

By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: The Schwabacher Landing Road and parking area will open to public access on Thursday, June 19. A paving project on the upper portion of Schwabacher Road just west of Highway 26/89/191 (Hwy 89) has been completed, allowing for this popular park location to open for the summer season.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Women’s Law Center today released a report highlighting long-term unemployment’s harmful impact on women and children in the United States. The report shows women’s average length of unemployment by age and notes that more than half of unemployed women over the age of 55 have...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating various federal laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: Authorities with the Central Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested two Austin area residents for alleged offenses involving providing material support to terrorists announced Robert Pitman, United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Christopher Combs, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge of the San Antonio Division, and John Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on June 16, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 42-year-old Clarks Summit man was sentenced today to serve 12 months’ in prison by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to posting a threat to kill the President of the United States on the White House website.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: Four massage parlors were raided yesterday as part of an ongoing investigation.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Victor Marshall, 36, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 130 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar has ordered M&T Bank to forfeit $560,000 in drug proceeds laundered through the bank on which the bank failed to file currency transaction reports.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: SALEM, Ore. - Crater Lake National Park Superintendent Craig Ackerman announced today that sections of the park will be open for non-motorized traffic only June 21-22. For those who need a bit more time to plan, he also announced the Second Annual Vehicle-Free days at Crater Lake will be held on Saturday...