News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: A man serving out the last few months of a sentence on federal drug charges was sent back to prison for twenty-one months when he walked away from the Gerald R. Hinzman re-entry center after testing positive for alcohol.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 38-year-old Mountaintop resident, who was indicted in January 2014 by a federal grand jury in Scranton for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, was arrested yesterday by federal agents.
By State Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and an active member of the India Caucus, issued the following statement on India’s election results...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Omar Hance, age 33, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to a series of commercial robberies. Darrell Blackwell, age 27, of Columbia, Maryland pleaded guilty on May 1, 2014, to being the get-away driver in two of the robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. announced that on May 13, 2014, the United States Attorney’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the New Orleans Police Department held a joint seminar on the subject of “Investigating and Prosecuting Police Misconduct and Corruption." The event, held...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: Repeatedly Smuggled Thousands Of Oxycodone Pills Hidden In Stereo Speakers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Ludlow man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Springfield today to child exploitation charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A doctor practicing internal medicine in Orange, N.J., was sentenced today to five months in prison and five months of home confinement for taking cash kickbacks for making referrals to a diagnostic testing lab in Orange, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - Rigoberto Ruiz-Alatorre, 32, a Mexican citizen living in Denver, CO, faces a maximum of 28 years in federal prison after pleading guilty this afternoon to murdering a member of his drug trafficking organization announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey T. Scott, El Paso Division, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin, Greenbrier County Sheriff Jan Cahill, and members of the West Virginia State Police will announce recent federal indictments and the subsequent arrests of four Greenbrier County residents in connection with heroin trafficking on Monday, May 19, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Greenbrier County Courthouse located at 200 North Court Street in Lewisburg, West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - Willie L. Loveless was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn to one year and one day in federal prison and ordered to pay $25,826 in restitution, following his guilty plea last year to felony offenses stemming from his operation as a “ten-percenter" at the Lone Star Park...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in Hartford has found JOSE ROQUE, 47, of Bridgeport, guilty of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. The jury returned the verdict this morning after a two-day trial before U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: Tumacácori National Historical Park and the Consulate General of Mexico invite all visitors to a free concert at 1:30 p.m. on May 24th, 2014 held within the historic adobe walls of Mission San José de Tumacácori. "We're delighted to host this talented musician and celebrate our shared heritage with Mexico,"...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - A Newark man pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was sentenced yesterday to 92 months in prison, announced San Francisco Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Clark Settles and United States Attorney Melinda Haag.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Merle Watson, Jr., 57, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a 73-year prison term on charges stemming from the 2009 killing of a man during a kidnapping and robbery, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Myron Johnson, 39, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to 51 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By State Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Representative Eliot L. Engel released the following statement congratulating the Bharatiya Janata Party on its victory in India’s parliamentary elections.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jay Patrick Mount, 36, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today to ten years in federal prison for his bank robbery conviction. Mount will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is advising the public to be prepared for high water closures in parks throughout the Washington, D.C., area. National Weather Service (NWS) models are predicting water levels to rise and peak late Saturday or early Sunday. Road, facility and trail closures should be expected throughout the weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington yesterday sentenced Anthony R. Reeves to seven years and three months in federal prison for multiple counts of wire fraud, theft of government property, and aggravated identity theft. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $69,585.59, a portion of the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct.
