News published on Federal Newswire in March 2014

News from March 2014



News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Enrique Omar Hinton, a.k.a. “Rico," 26, of Newport News, pleaded guilty today to racketeering conspiracy, as well as possessing and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.


News Release: A Lakewood man who worked at a tax-preparation business was charged with conspiring to file false income tax returns, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Kathy Enstrom, Special Agent in Charge of the Cincinnati Field Office of Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigations.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County man was sentenced today in federal court to three days imprisonment, five years supervised release with six months home detention, and restitution of $226,846 on his convictions of bank fraud and tax evasion, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Sen. Murkowski Criticizes USFWS Decision to List Wolf as Endangered

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today criticized the decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to move closer to listing the Alexander Archipelago wolf as a threatened species and designate critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act.


NIST Issues Final Joplin Tornado Report, Begins Effort to Improve Standards and Codes

News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the final report on its technical investigation into the impacts of the May 22, 2011, tornado that struck Joplin, Mo. The final report is strengthened by clarifications and supplemental text suggested by organizations and individuals from across the nation in response to the request for comments on the draft Joplin report, released Nov. 21, 2013.


Edgewater, Maryland Man Pleads Guilty To Defrauding SBA Disadvantaged Small Business Program And IRS

News Release: Fraudulently Obtained Over $52 Million in Government Contracts, Concealed Income by Transferring Millions from Corporate Accounts to Casinos and to Pay Other Personal Expenses,.


Marietta Industrial Enterprises, Inc. Ordered To Pay $55,000 For Violating Clean Air Act

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Friday, March 28, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS, OHIO -- Marietta Industrial Enterprises, Inc. (MIE) has been ordered to pay a $37,500 fine and make a $12,500 community service payment to the Warren...


LAKE MOHAVE MARINA CONTRACT OPEN FOR BID

News Release: LAKE MOHAVE MARINA CONTRACT OPEN FOR BID.


Jose Alvarado, Aka Chewee, Sentenced In Federal Court To 20 Years In Federal Prison For Engaging In A Drug Trafficking Conspiracy In Binghamton, New York

News Release: The Plea And Sentencing Of Jose Alvarado Resulted From An Investigation Into Drug Trafficking Activities of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN) Gang Members And Their Associates in the Binghamton, New York area.


United States Attorney Announces “Working Hard, Making A Difference” Award Winner

News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Montana Michael W. Cotter announced today that Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Victim Specialist Wendy Bremner, of Browning Montana, is the District of Montana's "Working Hard, Making A Difference" award winner. The award was created to recognize individuals in Indian Country who have made significant contributions to public safety.


News Release: Counselor had illegal arsenal of four dozen guns, more than ten thousand rounds of ammunition.


Hillsdale Police Lieutenant & Officer Indicted On Federal Drug Charges

News Release: St. Louis, MO - LIEUTENANT PARRISH SWANSON and OFFICER RAYMOND STEPHENS are charged with conspiracy to distribute and attempted distribution of heroin.


Husband And Wife Arrested For Operating Clinic To Defraud Medicare

News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Miami residents Gladys Fuertes (40) and her husband Mario Fuertes (38) with conspiracy, healthcare fraud, aggravated identity theft, and obstructing a healthcare investigation. The Fuerteses were...


*CORRECTION* Massachusetts Fugitive Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearms and Identity Theft Charges

News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Gary Irving, a/k/a “Gregory Irving" and “Gregg Irving," 53, of Gorham, Maine, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to being a fugitive in possession of firearms and aggravated identity theft.


Indictment Charges Two Men With The Arson Death Of Branford Woman In 2006

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, March 28, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Chief State’s Attorney Kevin T. Kane, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal...


Undercover Operation Reveals Inmates Plan To Commit Murder

News Release: OTSEGO, N.Y. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration James J. Hunt and Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr. announced an Oneonta man was arrested for agreeing to pay an undercover DEA agent to murder another person and requesting that undercover...


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, March 28, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CARLOS MATEO, 45, of Bridgeport, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty yesterday before...


News Release: Court records reveal that Irving was arrested on March 27, 2013 on an outstanding.


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that George Brown, 50, of Hollywood, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, one year of supervised release, and...