News published on Federal Newswire in May 2014

News from May 2014


Nampa Man Admits Unlawfully Possessing A Firearm

News Release: BOISE - Juan Jose Sanchez, 23, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to one count of unlawfully possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.


KC Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Illegal Firearm

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.


Bakersfield Man Pleads Guilty In Bakersfield To Memphis Marijuana Trafficking Scheme

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Leopoldo “Polo" Rodriguez, 42, resident of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute, marijuana.


Partner In Liquor Store Businesses Sentenced To 21 Months In Prison For Embezzling More Than $300,000

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, May 5, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PETER TURNER, 58, of Burlington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to...


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Linda Rakonczay, 58, of Middleport, N.Y., who was convicted of wire fraud and filing false tax returns, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to pay $93,999 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service and $499,563 in restitution to Orleans Community Health.


KC Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Illegal Firearm

News Release: Project Ceasefire. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm. Reginald Cole, 26, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge...


District Man Sentenced To 28-Month Prison Term For Sexually Assaulting Teenage Relative-Defendant Snuck Into Child’s Bedroom As She Slept Next To Her Sister-

News Release: WASHINGTON - A Washington, D.C. man, was sentenced today to a 28-month prison term for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old relative last year at the child’s home in Southeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.


Arvin Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute 17 Pounds Of Methamphetamine

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jorge Guevera, 35, of Arvin, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


News Release: Case Resolves Twenty-one ATM Thefts in Six Western States.


ENGEL STATEMENT ON THE ABDUCTION OF NIGERIAN GIRLS

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today made the following statement regarding the abduction of hundreds of Nigerian girls by Boko Haram, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization...


News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge John E. Steele today sentenced Alan Robert Johnson (35) to 50 years in federal prison and Jennifer A. Sparks (39) to 30 years in federal prison for production of child pornography. They were both ordered to serve a lifetime of supervision, after their release...


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A second superseding indictment was unsealed today adding 19 counts including racketeering conspiracy and attempted murder against three defendants for their alleged participation in the violent Nuestra Familia gang, Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


Gulfport Man Pleads Guilty To Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Richard Terrell Jasper, 39, of Gulfport, Mississippi, pled guilty in U.S. District Court today to aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Special Agent in Charge Gabriel L. Grchan of IRS Criminal Investigation.


News Release: Dr. Eric Jacobson Illegally Distributed Oxycodone To Patients After Surrendering His DEA License.


News Release: The House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a markup this week to consider H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act, H.R. 4342, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act, and legislation to reauthorize the Satellite Television Extension and Localism...


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Arizona Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet in Phoenix on May 7-8, 2014. Established in 1995, the statewide citizen-based council provides advice to the BLM on land management programs and issues affecting public lands in Arizona. In addition, the RAC has been...


Homeless Man Sentenced For Failure To Register As A Sex Offender

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Monday, May 5, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Mark R. Kelley, a 51-year old, homeless man was sentenced on May 2, 2014, in federal district court in East St. Louis, Illinois, on one count of failure to register as a sex offender, the...


News Release: The House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a markup this week to consider H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act, H.R. 4342, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act, and legislation to reauthorize the Satellite Television Extension and Localism...


Former City Clerk Pleads Guilty To Defrauding The City Of Masonville

News Release: A woman, formerly the city clerk for Masonville, Iowa, who defrauded the city of more than $30,000, pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that John Quinn, 55, of Rutland, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington to five months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge of mail fraud. U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions...