News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: A man who sexually exploited two children was sentenced May 27, 2014, to 40 years in federal prison.
By State Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded House passage of the H.R. 4587, introduced by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), which imposes targeted sanctions on individuals responsible for carrying out or ordering human rights abuses against Venezuela. The Committee unanimously passed the legislation earlier this month.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Eric Esposito, 43, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for conducting an illegal gambling business on behalf of the Philadelphia La Cosa Nostra Family. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno ordered three years of supervised release and a fine of $4,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - An Urbana, Ill., man, Willie B. Franklin, Jr., 38, has been ordered to serve.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Two men were sentenced Tuesdayfor robberies at Topeka businesses, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Ricky Johnson, 53, of Chataignier, La., was sentenced on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik, to 135 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for possession of child pornography. He was also ordered to forfeit the devices used in the crime.
By Homeland Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: Mr. Chairman, I want to begin by commending you for leading another open, collaborative, and bipartisan process in constructing the appropriations bill the subcommittee is considering today. We will never agree on every issue or funding level, but you and your staff have consistently worked with our...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: Waterline Renovation Project Led to $3,980,000 Cleanup.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: Kormahyah Karmue And Three Others Previously Charged Allegedly Conspired.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: Adult peregrine falcons were recently observed defending Jordan Cliffs and are thought to be using the cliffs as their nesting territory. Their aggressive behavior toward visitors and staff on the trail or on the cliffs was justification for Acadia National Park Superintendent Sheridan Steele to announce the closing of the cliffs and trail on Sunday, May 25. The Jordan Cliffs have not been used by a nesting pair of falcons since 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the conviction of KHALIF PHILLIPS, a former New York City Correction Officer, in connection with his smuggling of marijuana into Riker’s Island for inmates to redistribute. Following a one-week trial, the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Herman Curtis Malone, 45, of Upper Marlboro, Md., was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for his role in a network that distributed substantial quantities of cocaine and heroin in the Washington, D.C. area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and United States Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York today announced that 21 citizens of the Dominican Republic have been charged with conspiring to impersonate United States law enforcement officers, extortion, and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jason Gentzke, 25, of Tonawanda, N.Y., was charged by criminal complaint with intentionally conveying false information indicating that the Armed Forces Recruiting Center on Sheridan Drive in Tonawanda would be damaged by an explosive device. The charge carries a maximum possible sentence of five years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Veronica Bullard has been sentenced to three years and nine months in federal prison for her role in the commission of a series of armored truck robberies in the Atlanta area between October 2010 and March 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Leo M. Williams, 65, the owner of Lycoming Construction Services, LLC, a Pennsylvania company located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Chief William M. Skretny, to violating the Clean Water Act. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison, a fine of $25,000 per day of violation, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: A man who concealed assets from his creditors and the United States Bankruptcy Court pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: Colliersville Contractor Accepts Responsibility for Submission of False Certification to EPA in Connection With Construction of a Water Pump Station in the Village of Briarcliff Manor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today a conviction in the ongoing federal and state investigation into corruption at the Bureau of Auditing and Compliance Services for the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Medtronic Inc. of Fridley, Minn., has agreed to pay the United States $9.9 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that the company used various types of payments to induce physicians to implant pacemakers and defibrillators manufactured and sold by Medtronic, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today.
