News published on Federal Newswire in March 2014

News from March 2014


News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.


News Release: Company smuggled and sold over $12 million in non-FDA-approved chemotherapy drugs and injectable cosmetic drugs and devices.


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce the filing...



Hanover Township Man Sentenced For Distribution Of Crack Cocaine

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that Anthony Moore, age 31, of Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani today in Scranton to 130 months’ incarceration to be followed by a four-year term of supervised release, for distribution of crack cocaine.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Georgia Vegetable Co. Inc. satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).


Former Highland Park Police OfficerSentenced To Prison For Taking A $10,000 Bribe

News Release: A former Highland Park police officer was sentenced to prison today for taking a $10,000 bribe and for conspiring with three other police officers to protect shipments of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.


Lakeland Man Convicted of Charges Related to Armed Robbery

News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Kristian Keron Green (23, Lakeland) guilty of conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery, interference with interstate commerce by robbery, and using and carrying a firearm during and in ...


Jackson Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Civil Rights Charge Of Desecrating Religious Paraphernalia

News Release: Jackson, TN - Justin Shawn Baker, 25, of Jackson, TN, was sentenced to 12 months in prison following his guilty plea of violating the civil rights of students and faculty of the Margolin Hebrew Academy by defacing a Torah and religious prayer books, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.


Lubbock Man Sentenced To 210 Months In Federal Prison For Producing Child Pornography

News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Nicholas Lee Blair, 31, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 210 months in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release, following his guilty plea in November 2013 to an indictment charging one count of production of child pornography. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.


Ramsey Man Sentenced On Health Care Fraud Charge

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, March 7, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on March 7, 2014, William Dale Sidener, 31, of Ramsey, Illinois, was sentenced on...


Couple Sentenced In U.S. District Court

News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that Defendant John A. Cruz, age 47, and Defendant Mae Tedtaotao Cruz, age 45, husband and wife, and residents of Yona, were sentenced on March 6, 2014, by Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Eric Bernard Harris, 46, of St. Albans, N.Y., pleaded guilty this afternoon to a conspiracy to distribute marijuana charge. The plea was entered without the benefit of a plea agreement. Eric Harris’s co-defendant, Gary Anthony Harris, 50, of Carle Place, N.Y., entered a guilty plea to a marijuana trafficking charge earlier this week.


News Release: The National Park Service is holding public hearings in March on temporary restrictions for certain sport.


Local Man Sentenced Involving Wire Fraud Scheme

News Release: St. Louis, MO - SEAN HOLLAND was sentenced to 14 months in prison involving a wire fraud scheme whereby he embezzled money from a condominium association for which he served as bookkeeper.


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News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KRISTIN DAVIS, a former candidate for New York City Comptroller, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to illegally distributing prescription pills. DAVIS, who was arrested in August 2013, entered her plea today before U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos.


Committee to Hold Field Hearing on Immediate and  Long-Term Relief for Drought-Impacted San Joaquin Valley

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 7, 2014 - The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a field hearing in Fresno, California on Wednesday, March 19th entitled “California Water Crisis and Its Impacts: The Need for Immediate and Long-Term Solutions.".


News Release: Upcoming Webinars. March 11: Live Webinar on the National Fuel Cell Technology Evaluation Center. Webinar Sponsor: Fuel Cell Technologies Office. The Energy Department will present a live webinar on the National Fuel Cell Technology Evaluation Center (NFCTEC) on Tuesday, March 11, from 12:00 p.m. to...


Brookings Man Sentenced In Firearm Case

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Brookings, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon was sentenced on March 6, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.