News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced Monday to 84 months in federal prison in connection with an armed robbery in Lawrence, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: Springdale, Utah- On Sunday, March 23, 2014, Zion National Park was alerted to an overdue BASE jumper in the vicinity of the West Temple at 6:42 am. The Grand Canyon National Park helicopter crew was called in to assist with the search. They located a body, believed to be the missing BASE jumper, just before 3:00 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The publicly traded Stryker Corporation and the privately held Alliant Enterprises have paid the United States a total of $1.05 million to resolve a “whistleblower" lawsuit that alleged a failure to disclose complete information about projected government sales, allowing them to avoid heightened scrutiny of a government contract.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of two separate incidents of assault was sentenced on March 14, 2014, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a Manhattan jury today found DANIEL BONVENTRE, ANNETTE BONGIORNO, JOANN CRUPI, a/k/a “Jodi," JEROME O’HARA, and GEORGE PEREZ guilty of all 31 counts in connection with their long-time employment at Bernard...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Dave Brister, 57, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty today to all counts stemming from a counterfeit check scheme that victimized dozens of people across the United States through a series of Internet-based sales scams. Brister pleaded guilty to 24 counts including conspiracy, five counts...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Anthony Michael Payment, 21, of Caldwell, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Boise to unlawfully possessing a sawed-off shotgun, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today welcomed the Department of Energy (DOE) approval of a conditional license for Jordan Cove Energy Project to export liquefied natural gas from Oregon, but cautioned against any delays to the review of other projects in the queue.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Brian Dyea, 28, pleaded guilty this morning to an indictment charging him with assaulting an intimate partner by strangulation. The guilty plea was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough, DuWayne W. Honahni, Sr., Special Agent in Charge of District IV of BIA’s Office of Justice Services, and Acting Chief Brian Carr of the Pueblo of Laguna Tribal Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Russellville, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing methamphetamine and firearms.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: National parks and trails have played a vital role in my life since childhood and I wouldn't be who I am today without my experiences of these amazing resources. I hope that through my work with the New England Scenic Trail I'll be able to get more young people outside and enjoying the fresh air!.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Quincy Ray Johnson, 34, of Huntington, West Virginia was sentenced today by Chief Judge Robert C. Chambers to six years and six months imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute oxycodone, a dangerous and addictive pain...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Dupree, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge John E. Steele today sentenced Fred Kevin Johnson to 10 months in federal prison for possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices. In addition, he was sentenced to a consecutive term of 24 months’ imprisonment for aggravated identity theft. Johnson pleaded guilty on January 7, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the arrest of TERRENCE PENDERGRASS, a correction officer and former captain...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CARLOS JOSE LUIS (“JOSE LUIS"), also known as Jose Quilestorres, was sentenced on Friday, March 24, 2014, in Manhattan federal court to nine years in prison for his role as the leader of a scheme to fraudulently...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Two members of a Dodge City street gang were sentenced Monday in a federal racketeering case, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, March 26th, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., will convene a hearing on the IRS targeting scandal entitled, “Examining the IRS Response to the Targeting Scandal. "
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - U.S. Attorney Pamela C. Marsh announced the sentencing today of Jason Andrew Vitulano, 38, of West Palm Beach, Florida, and Marc A. Gross, 54, of Boca Raton, Florida, by U.S. District Court Chief Judge M. Casey Rodgers following acceptance of their guilty pleas in August of last...
