News published on Federal Newswire in May 2014

News from May 2014


Defendant Michael San Nicolas Santos Sentenced Today For Making Bomb Threats

News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that MICHAEL SAN NICOLAS SANTOS, aged 54, was sentenced today in the District Court of Guam, to serve 18 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for transmitting bomb threats...


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Biniam.


News Release: BOSTON - A Greek man was convicted in U.S. District Court in Boston yesterday for his role in perpetrating a multi-million scheme which defrauded developers of $7.9 million.


Glen Burnie Man Pleads Guilty To Illegal Possession Of Guns And Improvised Explosive Devices

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Todd Wheeler, age 28, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to being a prohibited person, specifically an unlawful user and a person addicted to drugs, in possession of firearms, including improvised explosive devices.


Chairman Menendez’s Opening Remarks at Sub-Committee Hearing on Abduction of Nigerian Girls

News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the below statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s sub-committee hearing addressing the threat of Boko Haram and examining the kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls.


Jury Convicts British National In $14 Million Computer Equipment Scheme

News Release: HOUSTON - Mark Allan James, 47, a citizen of the United Kingdom (UK), has been convicted for conspiring with a number of other individuals to defraud Hewlett-Packard (HP) of millions of dollars, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. James utilized straw buyers to make false representations...


Fifteen Individuals Sentenced For Federal Supervised Release Violations

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Philadelphia Man Charged With Attempting To Disable Mass Transit

News Release: Nicolas Colon, 23, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged today by indictment with one count of disabling and attempting to disable a mass transportation vehicle and one count of conveying false information concerning an attempt to disable a mass transportation vehicle, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.


Former Tulsa Businessman Sentenced For $2.7 Million Fraud

News Release: TULSA, Okla. - A former Tulsa businessman was sentenced today in Federal court to 27 months in prison for having defrauded ONB Bank out of more than $200,000, announced Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.


South Holland Man Sentenced To Nearly 17 Years In Prison For Illegally Trafficking Hundreds Of Guns From Indiana To Chicago

News Release: CHICAGO ― A south suburban man was sentenced to nearly 17 years in federal prison for buying hundreds of high-powered firearms at guns shows in Indiana and illegally transporting them to Chicago where he sold them without a federal firearms dealer license. The defendant, DAVID LEWISBEY, was sentenced late yesterday in U.S. District Court.


Richmond Man Sentenced for Theft of Copper from VA

News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Derek.


Committee Releases Water Resources Reform and Development Act Conference Report

News Release: Washington, DC - The Conference Report to H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), was filed in the House of Representatives today. WRRDA was introduced in the House by Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA), Committee Ranking Member Nick J. Rahall, II (D-WV), Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Bob Gibbs (R-OH), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Tim Bishop (D-NY).


Energy Department Announces National Champions of Student Energy Conservation Competition

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) today announced the national champions of the America’s Home Energy Education Challenge (AHEEC), a student competition created to help families save money by saving energy. The sixth grade class from South Ripley Elementary...


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Todd Wheeler, age 28, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to being a prohibited person, specifically an unlawful user and a person addicted to drugs, in possession of firearms, including improvised explosive devices.


Central Texas Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: In Waco, 61-year-old Gary Joe Smith of Morgan, TX, was sentenced to six years in federal prison for possession of child pornography announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Janice Ayala.


Williamson's Former Mayor Pleads Guilty To Lying To Federal Investigators

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Darrin McCormick, 50, of Williamson, West Virginia, pled guilty to lying to federal agents from the FBI and IRS. McCormick, the former Williamson branch manager of the Bank of Mingo, admitted that he lied during an interview...


Kannapolis Couple Sentenced On Child Pornography Charges

News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. -A Kannapolis, North Carolina, couple have been sentenced for their involvement with child pornography, announced United States Attorney Ripley Rand.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, May 15, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MIGUEL TORRES, 44, of Waterbury, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with enticing...


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Michael Paul Torres, 34, has been ordered to prison following his conviction of sexual exploitation of a child, more commonly referred to as production of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Torres, of Corpus Christi, pleaded guilty Feb. 28, 2014.


Chairman Menendez Statement after Meeting Ioannis Kasoulides, Foreign Affairs Minister for the Republic of Cyprus

News Release: Washington, DC -U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after meeting His Excellency Ioannis Kasoulides, Foreign Affairs Minister for the Republic of Cyprus.