News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Christopher Saridakis, 45, of Wilmington DE, pleaded guilty today to securities fraud for giving another person confidential information about a company’s stock. Saridakis was a senior executive at GSI Commerce, Inc. (“GSIC"), when he provided material, non-public information regarding eBay’s pending acquisition of GSIC. U.S. District Court Judge Stewart Dalzell scheduled a sentencing hearing for Sept. 19, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA- Late Wednesday night, a federal jury returned verdicts finding Donald Terry Dubose, a/k/a “Terry Dubose," 66, of Panama City Beach, Florida, Elwood Ladon West, a/k/a “Woody West," 40, of Monroeville, Alabama, and Frank Alfred Baker, 62, of Marianna, Florida, guilty of certain charges...
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Summer 2014 Youth Conservation Corps Jobs Available at Oregon Caves National Monument.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), Miami Field Office, and Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: A convicted drug felon who was found in possession of a stolen firearm was sentenced today to ten years in federal prison. Joseph Griffin-Cooke, age29, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a February 6, 2014, guilty plea to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Trafficked Over 80 Kilograms Of Cocaine And Laundered Millions Of Dollars In Narcotics Proceeds.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Baxter's Pinnacle and its southwest descent gully are currently closed to public entry due to an active peregrine falcon nest. A pair of falcons first established a new nest near Baxter's Pinnacle in 2011, making this the fourth year that a temporary closure has been levied to protect both climbers and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Kenyatta Hubbard, 33, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. The charge carries a maximum sentence 10 years in prison, a fine of $853,766, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Hugo Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Manuel Orosa, Chief, City of Miami Police Department, announce that Lionell Sanders, 19, of Miami, was sentenced by U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - James M. Merrill and Carlos N. Wanzeler, principals of TelexFree, Incorporated and related entities, were charged today in a federal criminal complaint, charging them with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Gallant Pharma International Inc. (Gallant Pharma), an unlicensed wholesale drug distributor headquartered in Arlington, Va., that distributed more than 17,000 units of non-FDA-approved cancer and cosmetic drugs to doctors across the United States, was sentenced today to pay $3.4 million...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Zewditu Wondemu, 62, who owned Zed’s Restaurant, a business in the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to a federal tax charge for under-reporting gross receipts and income and overstating expenses on tax returns.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: TALKEETNA, AK: One member of a two-person climbing team perished in an early season climbing fall on Mt. McKinley in recent days.The fatal fall likely occurred on May 5, after the climbing parties became separated during a descent from Denali Pass in stormy weather.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service and Buffalo National River is pleased to announce that the historic Boxley Grist Mill will be open Saturday, May 24th from 9 am until 2pm during this Memorial weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Thanks to the efforts of federal and local law enforcement working together, over the course of the past week three federal indictments have been brought against Sacramento defendants Jose Manuel Hernandez, Michael Rojas Jr., and Gabriel Reyes Hernandez, charging each of them with ...
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: The public is invited to a special ceremony dedicating the Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness on Friday, May 30, 2014 at 12:00 p.m. at the #3 Dune Overlook on the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive. This newest of the nation’s Wilderness areas was the accomplishment of many individuals and organizations working...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, at the United States Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, Alessandro Taloni, an alleged associate of the Montreal-based Rizzuto organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. In May 2013, Taloni...
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today welcomed the National Park Service’s decision to develop regulations recognizing the rights of subsistence users to collect wild berries, birch bark, seaweed, beach grass, and other renewable traditional foods and handcraft material in Alaska’s national parks.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, May 9, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PRICILLA BRITO, 38, of New York, N.Y., and YOWANDY DeLEON, 38, of the Bronx, N.Y., pleaded guilty today before...
By State Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), the leading Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Representative Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, today introduced legislation aimed at reducing drug trafficking in the Western...
