News from June 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Mexican nationals were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in conspiracies to distribute large amounts of cocaine and methamphetamine in Cole and Moniteau Counties, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Scott Vincente Hernandez, 42, of Oakland, California, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to assaulting an Ada County Sheriff’s Deputy, announced U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Ashley Strum-Smith, age 29, of Gloucester, Va., pleaded guilty yesterday to Making a False Distress Call.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Washington -Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the United States and Hong Kong have agreed on new terms and conditions that pave the way for expanded exports of U.S. beef and beef products to Hong Kong.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 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 Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del) announced an open call for nominations for the 2014 Rick Rescorla National Award for Resilience, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: And Distribution Of Methamphetamine In New Hampshire.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO ― A suburban Chicago woman was sentenced to six years in federal prison for operating a federal income tax fraud scheme as well as one of the largest fictitious employer unemployment fraud schemes ever prosecuted nationwide. The defendant, JACQUELINE KENNEDY, who owned a south side tax preparation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Agrees To Pay More Than $1 Million To Ten Families Who Fell Victim To The Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LOUIS VUCCI, JR., 45, of Ridgefield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Danny Cantu, 24,has been sentenced to 72 months for his role in purchasing firearms by making false statements, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Robert Elder, special agent in charge of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Cantu pleaded guilty in July 2013.
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -The National Park Service (NPS) today announced plans to dedicate one of the nation’s newest National Historic Landmarks, the 1956 Grand Canyon TWA-United Airlines Aviation Accident Site in Grand Canyon National Park. This site commemorates a horrific airline collision over the Grand Canyon in 1956.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Damian Ramos Ramirez (59, Lakeland), today pleaded guilty to the charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Ramos Ramirez faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jennifer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ----- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated that Steven Leonard Smart, age 32, of Cayce, Joshua Kendrell Smart, age 25, of Fairfax, and Frederick Shante Redfearn, 25, of Columbia, were sentenced today in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for participating in a Conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that, on June 16, 2014, Akeem Bethea-Harris, 26, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to five years in federal prison after his guilty plea to a charge that he possessed crack cocaine with intent to distribute it. Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss, sitting in Rutland, also ordered that Bethea-Harris serve four years of supervised release following his prison term.
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. President: Iran’s nuclear program poses a grave threat to the national security of the United States and our allies. As the July 20th deadline for a “comprehensive solution" to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon approaches, we urge greater consultation with Congress on a potential...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARC CANNON, 40, of Bridgeport, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before Chief U.S.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding the capture of Ahmed Abu Khattala, who is suspected of being involved in the 2012 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi...
