News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: A three-count indictment was filed charging a Youngstown woman with setting fire to a rental property in order to collect insurance money, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Albert L. Sturgis, 51, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, 50 grams or more of cocaine base, and one kilogram or more of heroin and money laundering, was sentenced to 130 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, March 27, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the ATF Boston Field Division, announced that DAVID LAGUERCIA, 57, of...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Rance Hunter, 29, of Atlanta, has been convicted in a scheme in which fraudulent tax returns were filed using identification information that was stolen and used without lawful authority, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: DALLAS, Texas - A federal grand jury in Dallas returned an indictment late yesterday charging a man and his sister, who did business as a search engine optimization company, with felony offenses stemming from their attempts to extort money from a business in Dallas, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT/MONROE/ALEXANRIA/LAFAYETTE/LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Stephanie A. Finley, and the Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force announced today that the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for funding of grants under the Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program, also known as Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Cristina Lara, 43, has been charged with threatening to blow up the building that houses the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Laredo, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent In Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: Donte Camp, 41, of Philadelphia, and Calvin Maurice Clark, 43, of Bensalem were charged today by indictment with robbing the Center City Soft Pretzel Company, in Philadelphia, on Oct. 29, 2013, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment charges each defendant with one count...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement on the news that more than six million Americans have enrolled in quality, affordable health coverage through the federal and state Marketplaces created under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As Chairman of the HELP Committee, Harkin played a pivotal role in the passage of the ACA.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - LaTonya Evans has been indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy and armed robbery charges for her role in planning a postal robbery in Conley, Ga., on Dec. 20, 2013-a robbery that resulted in the near-fatal shooting of a postal truck driver by two other defendants charged with Evans in the same indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland, Ohio, returned a one-count indictment charging Roland Fink, age 40, of Youngstown, Ohio, with failure to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A New Hampshire man was charged today with attempting to coerce a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: DENVER - Michael B. Gale, age 66, of Littleton, Colorado, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to serve 24 months in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS CI) and the Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula on March 27, 2014, JORDAN LINN GRAHAM, 22, of Kalispell, was sentenced to 360 months in prison, followed by 5 years supervised release by Senior U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy. The sentence follows Graham's mid-trial guilty plea to second degree murder. Jordan Linn Graham filed a motion to withdraw her guilty plea on March 26, 2014. The motion was denied today by the trial judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), announced that charges were brought against the following by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg yesterday.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: A Journey through the Idaho Wilderness.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - JONATHAN COWDEN was sentenced today to fifteen months of imprisonment resulting from his conviction for hacking a website associated with an Israeli-based business. Cowden was also ordered to pay restitution to the victims of his hacking crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - On Friday, April 4, 2014, Joshua Marano, a registered professional archaeologist at Biscayne National Park, will speak about current archaeological investigations in the park. The luncheon and presentation take place at the Coral Reef Yacht Club in Coconut Grove, 2484 South Bayshore Drive. Seating is limited. A reception at 11:30 AM precedes the 12 PM luncheon.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
Release: Chicago, IL, March 27, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited a Chicago school today to encourage more Chicago-area schools and community-based organizations to participate in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) summer meal programs to help ensure no child goes hungry during the summer...
