News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - The United States Attorney’s Office and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (CI) Unit will hold a press conference to announce indictments and arrests connected with what could potentially be the largest tax fraud/identity theft case in the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Ravinder Arora, 33, a resident of Canada, who was convicted of conspiracy to export five kilograms or more of cocaine from the United States into Canada, was sentenced to 84 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The case involved the seizure of 100 kilograms of cocaine - believed to be the largest narcotics seizure in the history of the Western District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway today sentenced Michael J. Garland (42, Lecanto) to two years in federal prison for bribery of a public official. The court also ordered Garland to forfeit $4,200, which are traceable proceeds of the offense. Garland pleaded guilty to the offense on Feb. 28, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a special 45-minute presentation at John Ingraham's gravesite on Friday, May 30, 2014, at 5:30 pm. Visitors should meet at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center (3370 LaFayette Road) and follow the park ranger to the program location. Program participants are encouraged to bring water and a folding chair or blanket.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Steven Vondell Williams, age 47, of Washington, D.C., today on conspiracy, robbery and gun charges related to the robbery of an armored car employee.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today led the committee to approve three nominees to fill key positions in the administration.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: ROCKFORD - ANTHONY F. D’AGOSTINO, 79, the former owner, CEO and President of Commercial Mortgage and Finance Co., in Rockford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for seventeen counts of mail fraud, one count of wire fraud, and one count of securities fraud. Judge Kapala sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO ― Today is important to me. I am honored to be here, and I am going to take this opportunity to talk candidly with you about a topic that is deeply important to me.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, John A. Bolduc, Chief, Port St. Lucie Police Department, Ken J. Mascara, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, Sean Baldwin...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Lee’s Summit, Mo., youth soccer coach was indicted by a federal grand jury today on eight additional charges related to producing child pornography by secretly videotaping...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Sadith Chavez-Perez, 23, of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty on March 20, 2014, in United States District Court to distribution of methamphetamine. Chavez-Perez was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise, Idaho, on Feb. 11, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez today sentenced Hector Alcenio, 43, to 30 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that RALPH EUGENE JOHNSON, age 57, of Bunch, OK was sentenced to 151 months imprisonment and received a money judgment against in him in excess of $395,000.00, for Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) and 841 (b)(1)(D).
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Antelope Valley man pleaded guilty this morning to a federal charge of producing child pornography, admitted that he used his camera phone to make videos while he molested a 3-month-old relative.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today before Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, MARK HENRY TKAC, 49, of Raleigh, was sentenced to a 42 month term of imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release, on a charge of Conspiracy to Commit Mail, Wire, and Bank Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349. TKAC was also ordered to pay $1,612,612.94 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three former longshoremen admitted today that they conspired to extort others in Local 1235 of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) for Christmastime tribute payments, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: Family Medicine Practitioner Wrote Hundreds Of Prescriptions For Thousands Of Opioid Pain Pills Without Legitimate Medical Need.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following statement at the Committee’s hearing on Boko Haram...
By DOE Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), held a hearing today to review draft text of the Promoting New Manufacturing Act. This legislation is a key component of the committee’s effort to build the Architecture of Abundance, by facilitating construction...
By US DOT Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: Senator Boxer's Statement for Signing Ceremony for the Los Angeles Metro Purple Line Extension Project
