News from May 2014
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Today, Bureau of Land Management Utah State Director Juan Palma issued the following statement regarding the illegal ride planned through Recapture Canyon near Monticello, Utah on Saturday, May 10:“We regret that the illegal ATV ride planned for tomorrow appears to be going forward. Recapture Canyon...
By Homeland Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, Senator Tom Carper, Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, commented on the 6-0 vote by the Federal Election Commission that will allow bitcoin donations to political committees. The decision comes six months after the Commission began discussing how virtual currencies could be adopted in the campaign process.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Catherine C. Blake sentenced Trevor Cox, age 21, of Baltimore, today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Russell Eugene Heath, 45, of Lubbock, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to serve a total of 295 months in federal prison, consecutive to his 24-month supervised release revocation, for his role in the takeover style robberies of two banks in May 2013. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Patrick Miles announced today that David W. McQueen, age 43, of Byron Center, Michigan, was convicted of six counts of mail fraud, six counts of money laundering and three tax counts stemming from a $46,000,000 Ponzi scheme that...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Javaris Bloodser, age 33, of Forsyth, Georgia, was sentenced on May 8, 2014, to 13 years in federal prison. Mr. Bloodser had previously entered a guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Bruce Foucart, Special Agent-in-Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (“ICE") Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI") Boston Office, announced today that a painting by Serge Poliakoff called “Composition...
By USDA Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Fulton, Ky., has paid $1,575 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.
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 DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Danny C. Williams Sr., announced today that a former Boy Scouts of America Lodge Chief and Scout leader was sentenced in Federal court for receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Stole Checks And Grocery Gift Cards Intended For Needy Families.
By State Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued this statement regarding the murder of Mr. Rashid Rehman, a leading Pakistani human rights activist:
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that April Patterson, of Wellsville, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute and distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay $3,143 in restitution to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Carmelo Gimeli, 67, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of trafficking in counterfeit goods, was sentenced to 24 months supervised release to include four months of electronic monitoring, by Chief U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny.
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, today announced that DANIELLE FAUX, 46, of Weston, has been charged in a 54-count superseding indictment with federal health...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: The Swisspartners Group Is Paying $4.4 Million In Forfeiture And Restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy announced today that Phillip Reece, 47, of Dryden, Va., was sentenced to six months imprisonment in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon. Phillip Reece previously pled guilty to one count of converting the social security benefits payments of another to his own use.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Florida woman and a man who previously resided in Beverly were charged in an indictment unsealed today in connection with an advance fee scheme involving approximately 100 victims throughout the United States, including many in Massachusetts.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Valley Forge, PA -Valley Forge National Historical Park and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University are partnering in the Summer of Bugs, a summer-long inventory of the park's terrestrial invertebrates, better known as land bugs. Together, the park and the academy invite those interested...
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced that one year into the investigation of the IRS targeting and abusing conservative groups, the agency has agreed to turn over all Lois Lerner emails to the Committee. Lerner is a central figure in the investigation and served as Director of Exempt Organizations at the IRS.
