News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two of the stars of the Bravo TV television show “The Real Housewives of New Jersey" today admitted committing a string of crimes as part of a long-running financial fraud conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former Wichita area physician was sentenced Monday to a total of 75 months in prison on federal firearm and drug charges and a violation of federal supervised release, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: WICHITA FALLS, Texas - A Wichita Falls, Texas, man, David Calandreli, 27, who pleaded guilty in November 2013 to one count of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 300 months (25 years) in federal prison. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., announced today that Carlos White, 38, Jesica Leonard, 25, and Steve Fulcott, aka Tommy G, 21, all of Rochester, N.Y., and Andre McFarlane, 34, and Marlando Allen, 34, of Jamaica, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: Defendant also Possessed 2,000 Rounds of Ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: Assistant United States Attorney Winfield Ong honored for public corruption trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -John Hagener, 77, of Granite Bay, and Dawn C. Powers, 43, of Lincoln, separately pleaded guilty today to conspiracy charges, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement on President Obama’s FY 2015 budget request.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced Melvin Hubert Holmes (52, Clay County) yesterday to 15 years in federal prison for producing and possessing videos and images depicting child pornography. He was also ordered to serve a 5-year term of supervision, following his incarceration, and to register as a sex offender. A federal jury found Holmes guilty on Sept. 16, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- There are four National Parks within Northeast Florida. A recent National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 2,630,000 people visited these sites during 2012. National Park Service reports that these visitors spent $120 million in the communities near the parks and that spending...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Mautaveus T. Ayers, 18, of Cahokia, Illinois, was sentenced in federal district court in East St. Louis, Illinois, on Feb. 27, 2014, to 34 months in prison, to be followed by three...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA. Springfield Armory National Historic Site is pleased to welcome the public to experience the story of the powerful Civil War soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment. Rescheduled for Sunday, March 16, 2014, this special program will begin at 11:30 am in the museum theater and continue...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that Randi Seferos, 25, of Boise, and Doreen Obrien, 44, of Caldwell, Idaho, were sentenced today to serve federal prison sentences for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced Seferos to 110 months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release; Obrien was sentenced to 63 months in prison and five years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking good homes for wild horses and burros during its upcoming adoption to be held March 14-15, 2014, in Florence, Arizona. An opportunity to see and adopt these animals will take place at the Florence Wild Horse and Burro Holding and Training Facility.The BLM...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Steven K. Zinnel, 50, of Gold River, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 17 years and eight months in prison and a $500,000 fine, for 15 counts of bankruptcy fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Judge Nunley also ordered Zinnel to forfeit to the United States real estate and corporate interests worth over $2.8 million.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: Report Shows Visitor Spending Supports 702 Jobs in Local Economy.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: Shanksville, PA - A new National Park Service(NPS) report shows that 802,503 visitors to the five Parks in Western Pennsylvania in 2012 spent over $44 million in communities near the parks. That spending supported 677 jobs in the region. The five parks include: Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS, Flight 93 National Memorial, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Friendship Hill NHS, and Johnstown Flood National Memorial.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Gerald Dwayne Welch (35, St. Petersburg) to 14 years in federal prison for distribution of crack cocaine. Welch pleaded guilty on Dec. 17, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) issued the following statement in response to additional indictments in the Social Security Disability Insurance fraud in New York City.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge John E. Steele today sentenced Patrick Robinson to 2 years in federal prison for possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices, and a consecutive 2 years for aggravated identity theft. Robinson pleaded guilty on Sept. 25, 2013.
