News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A former Barnstable man who was residing in Missouri pleaded guilty today to failing to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Javier Flores Mendez, 24, of Tenancingo, Mexico, was sentenced today to 210 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for transportation of a minor for illegal sexual activity and sex trafficking of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Eight Kansas hunters were charged in federal court here Tuesday with violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DUNWOODIE MCDUFFIE, 47. a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, and the owner of a Metairie moving company, plea guilty today to eight counts of conducting interstate household goods moves without the proper authority of the Department of Transportation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Christopher Michael Morgan, 42, a resident of Coos County, Oregon, appeared before United States Chief District Court Judge Ann Aiken in Eugene today, and was sentenced to 15 years in prison for being an armed career criminal. Morgan, a felon, was found in possession of a loaded.45 caliber pistol while in a woman’s restroom at Mingus Park in Coos Bay, Oregon on June 18, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Melvin James, Jr., a 43-year old resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced today for possession with intent to distribute 98 grams of heroin and being a convicted felon-in-possession of four firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal jury in Buffalo has convicted Jerry Robbins, 44, of Cheektowaga, NY, owner of Finish Line Auto Sales on Bailey Avenue in Buffalo, of money laundering and failure to report cash transactions of $10,000 or more. The convictions, which came after a nearly two week jury trial, carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: Grand Teton National Park is proposing to update its entrance fees and invites public input on this prospect. The proposed fee changes are part of a larger National Park Service initiative to update entry fees that have been in place since 2006 in national parks across the country. As a first step toward...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that TRACIE MEDUS, age 39, a New Orleans Police Department police officer, was charged yesterday with theft of government funds. According to the New Orleans Police Department, MEDUS has been placed on unpaid emergency suspension pending the outcome of this case.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday afternoon charging Michael Alexander Bacon, age 45, of Salt Lake City, with five bank and credit union robberies in Salt Lake City, West Valley City, and North Salt Lake between Feb. 3 and March 24, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of two counts of First Degree Murder was sentenced on Oct. 27, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Agilent Technologies, Inc. has agreed to pay the government $849,678 to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the United States in connection with the sale of electronic measurement instruments, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Defense Criminal Investigative Service Special Agent in Charge Chris Hendrickson announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.B U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Juan Lopez, 31, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking activities and being a felon in possession of firearms, was sentenced to 108 months by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a West Plains, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for manufacturing methamphetamine and illegally possessing several firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Michael Butler, was convicted by a jury on charges of mail fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to make false statements regarding the distribution of cigarettes. Michael Butler was indicted on the charges...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced ERIK RUDOLPH ARNEBOLD, 38, of Wilmington, to 64 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release. On August 4, 2014, ARNEBOLD pled guilty to one count of making 24 unregistered destructive devices (bombs) in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Sections 5861(f) and 5871.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RUDY MENDOZA, 29, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 25 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy, narcotics conspiracy, robbery conspiracy, and firearms charges. MENDOZA was convicted after a nine-day trial in November 2013. The Honorable Colleen McMahon imposed today’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Christian Montalvo, 40, of Providence, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Providence to drug trafficking and firearm charges as jury selection was underway in his federal court trial, announced by United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston field division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Olathe man was sentenced Tuesday to three years in federal prison for computer fraud, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
