News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that GIE PRESTON, age 39, BURNELL ALLEN, age 35, and SONNY ALLEN, age 31, all residents of New Orleans, Louisiana, were convicted late yesterday after a 4-day jury trial. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on a superseding indictment charging ...
By State Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Chairman of the Committee on Finance, and U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Chairman of the Budget Committee ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Mark Allen Kelly, 54, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with producing false military ID cards and making false statements to federal agents. Each charge is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - On November 4, 2014, JAMES J. McGONIGLE, age 42, of Troy, New York, pled guilty in Albany before United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino to distribution and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Homeland Security Investigations...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - The Department of Justice commends the Albuquerque City Council for its historic vote unanimously endorsing the settlement agreement on use of force by the Albuquerque Police Department. Yesterday’s vote affirmed the Council’s partnership in pursuing sustainable reforms that will ensure...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - A U.S. citizen residing in Thailand pleaded guilty today to one count of sexually exploiting a minor before U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard L. Puglisi of the District of Hawaii.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Septic system repair is scheduled to take place at the Blue Heron area of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area during the month of November. Hydra Engineering and Construction is scheduled to begin the septic system repairs on Monday, November 10.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on November 6, Matthew Baratucci, age 29, of Harrisburg, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo to 240 months’ (20 years) imprisonment, a $1,100 fine and ten years of supervision following his release from imprisonment, after pleading guilty to coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By State Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on President Obama’s upcoming trip to Asia, where he will visit China, Burma and Australia...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, November 7, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN VOLOSHIN, 58, of Woodbridge, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach was invited to the White House yesterday to speak at an event marking the fifth anniversary of the Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on November 7, 2014, Brian Lamont Sweeney, 47, Minot, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of possession of firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. Sweeney was convicted of the charge by a federal jury on June 19, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A maintenance director at Maher Terminals in Union County, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for soliciting and accepting cash bribes of more than $100,000 in return for demolition and construction contracts at a container ship facility, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 63 months imprisonment, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that an Oakdale inmate pleaded guilty Thursday to severely beating a fellow inmate twice in one day.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors this week filed a series of criminal charges against Los Angeles-area retail outlets, as well as their owners and managers, that allegedly sold contact lenses without prescriptions - some of which were contaminated with dangerous pathogens.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida: Anyone who enjoys wilderness will want to attend a special panel discussion being held on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, at the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University. The event is being held from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the Wolfe Theater, located at 3000 NE 151st Street (Room WUC 100), Miami, Florida 33181.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: A Rose City dentist was found guilty by a jury in federal court of income tax evasion, mail fraud and making false statements to the Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade announced today.
By State Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the Committee will convene a hearing on Thursday, November 13 to examine international and U.S. efforts to combat the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. The hearing entitled, “Combating Ebola in West Africa: The International Response, " will begin at 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2014
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA- On November 5, 2014, Corey Allen Brooks, a 43 year-old resident of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John Jarvey to 30 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, and a consecutive 10 years for possession of a firearm during the...
