News from March 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - Angel Medina, Jr., aka “June Bug," of Dallas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 120 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in October 2013 to one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Medina, 27, has been in custody since his arrest in May 2013. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Angelica Campos, 27, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced today to 121 months in prison and fined $500 for conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Brian Ted Stewart of the District of Utah...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Colorado will offer 23 parcels totaling 18,836 acres during the quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for 9 a.m., June 12, 2014, at the Colorado State Office in Lakewood.Two of the parcels are located in the Kremmling Field Office; the rest are within the...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - The former owner of a Port Arthur, Texas business has pleaded guilty to disaster loan fraud in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Temecula college student who hacked into as many as 150 online accounts to extort young females into sending him nude photos and video - or submitting to Skype sessions in which he convinced two teens to undress - was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison, concluding the latest in a series of federal “sextortion" cases in Southern California.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, March 25, 2014, to review H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, March 25, 2014, to review H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Doris Hayes, 37, of Houston, has been ordered to prison for using her brother’s Social Security number to open a bank account to cash a deceased woman’s benefit checks, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Hayes pleaded guilty to two counts of making false statements involving a Social Security number on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: Medicines had been donated to be used for indigent patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: Memphis, TN - Ronnie Jackson, Jr., 29, of Memphis, TN, faces up to life in prison following his conviction on March 13, 2014, by a federal jury on 12 counts related to a series of robberies in and around Shelby County, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: Organization Allegedly Capitalized on Information Hacked.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ. - On Saturday, March 22, 2014, Grand Canyon National Park will host its seventh annual Archaeology Day celebration, commemorating Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month. Special programs, activities and demonstrations will be held at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center throughout...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: DALLAS, Texas - Phillip Monroe Ballard, 72, of Fort Worth, has been ordered to federal prison for 20 years following his conviction in the attempted murder for hire of a federal judge in Texas, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas. Ballard was convicted by a federal jury Dec. 11, 2013, after approximately two days of trial and less than an hour of deliberation.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: A 22-year old Dearborn, Michigan resident was charged today in a criminal complaint with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, specifically Hizballah, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.

By State Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding yesterday’s illegal referendum in Ukraine’s Crimea region and the President’s decision today to impose additional sanctions on Russia.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: Man was Fugitive for Ten Years.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, March 17, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTINA TARTAGLIO, 34, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Galena, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling more than $300,000 from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jose L.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2014
News Release: GUNNISON, Colo. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement increased the reward from $2,000 to $3,000 for information leading to the person or persons responsible for the break in and arson at the Gunnison Field Office on Nov. 30, 2013.