News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that a federal jury in West Palm Beach returned guilty verdicts on all counts against Dontavious M. Blake, 32, and Tara Jo Moore, 26, both of Palm Beach County.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former finance manager of a television production studio was sentenced this morning to two years in federal prison for embezzling approximately $2.5 million from the Culver City company.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that David Johnson, 42, of North Tonawanda, N.Y., who was convicted of aggravated identity theft, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $28,512.78.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: Charges Against Trendon Shavers Represent First Federal Criminal Securities Fraud Charges Involving A Bitcoin-Related Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: Henry Agustin Aguilera, 30, of Honduras, was sentenced by Federal District Court Alan B. Johnson on Oct. 31, 2014, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Aguilera was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received time served, plus ten days, was ordered to pay a $100.00...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.-On October 14-15, 2014, the Grand Canyon Fee and Commercial Enforcement Unit partnered with the Grand Canyon Concessions and Fee Management Offices to support ongoing inspections of all commercial traffic entering the park. The two-day inspection was also possible through the longstanding...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - A new report finds that the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies are supporting critical information sharing operations but some are struggling to properly track funding. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) highlighted the findings of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report,...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.BU.S. Attorney William J. Hochul announced today that Demetrien Bell Bradley, 20, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of bank robbery, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to pay $1,540 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JASON GUZMAN-URQUIA, age 36, a native of Honduras, was indicted today by a federal grand jury for reentering the United States without permission, after previously having been deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Richard E. Cooley, 61, of Wauneta, Nebraska was sentenced in the United States District Court in Lincoln, Nebraska for receiving child pornography. The Honorable John M. Gerrard sentenced Cooley to a 70 month term of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release from prison Cooley will begin a seven year term of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: Channel Islands National Park will host a lecture about the botanical riches of Guadalupe Island by noted island plant biologist Steve Junak on Nov. 12, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man pleaded guilty yesterday to fraudulently accepting over $46,000 in unemployment insurance benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced today that on Friday, November 7th, the Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin will co-host with Josh Horwitz, Executive Director of the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence, and Jeri Bonavia, Executive Director of WAVE Educational Fund, a program entitled “From Virginia Tech to the Azana Spa: New Approaches to Keeping Guns from Dangerous People.".
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Anthony Lester, 51, of Fresno, was indicted today by a federal grand jury, charging him with mail fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, November 6, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SHAUN JAMES, 45, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Department of Energy announced the selection of three multiyear, field laboratories and six other multiyear research projects for continued research to promote environmentally prudent development of unconventional oil and natural gas (UOG) resources. As part of a July, 2014...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: Two Brotherly Love Ambulance Employees and Four Four Medicare Beneficiaries Charged.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Stoughton man pleaded guilty yesterday to engaging in a fraud scheme involving the creation of phony invoices for annual dues that purported to come from legitimate business and trade associations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: Leroy Townsend, 59, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by indictment with two counts of bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service will hold 17 public hearings this fall on proposed regulations and environmental assessment related to sport hunting in Alaska's national preserves. Katmai National Park and Preserve will be conducting a public hearing on Nov. 20, 2014 at Bristol Bay Borough Assembly Chambers, Naknek, AK from 7-9 p.m.
