News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today IKE SIMMONS, 39, of Cary, North Carolina, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt to 600 months imprisonment followed by 20 years of supervised release. On June 2, 2014, SIMMONS pled guilty to manufacturing child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a) and (d).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Freddy Quintana, 27, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that multiple indictments have been unsealed charging eight defendants in Texas, California, Arizona, and Alaska with conspiring to distribute large quantities of heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine in Alaska and also working together to launder money from the United States into Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service continues this season's Know Your Park presentations with a special program highlighting the Civil War U.S. Colored Troops (USCT), and specifically the battles fought by the USCT which included enlisted men from the Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island. This presentation will...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Lamont Deshawn Byrd was sentenced today in federal court in Raleigh, North Carolina, to serve life in prison for committing first degree murder of an Officer of the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas G. Walker for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Byrd, 22, pleaded guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Anthony Quinlin Cooper, also known as “Ant," 38, of Huntington, West Virginia pled guilty today in federal court to distribution of heroin. On Nov. 15, 2013, Cooper was caught selling heroin to a confidential informant working...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Rodger Ernest Andrew Taylor, 67, was sentenced on Friday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 24 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for failing to comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Taylor, a resident of Portales, N.M., also was ordered to pay a $10,000.00 fine. He will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced today that MARCUS DORRELL BYRD, 42, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was sentenced to life plus 25 years followed by 10 years of supervised release. A federal jury convicted BYRD on all 5 counts contained in a criminal indictment on August 7, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced today that MARCUS DORRELL BYRD, 42, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was sentenced to life plus 25 years followed by 10 years of supervised release. A federal jury convicted BYRD on all 5 counts contained in a criminal indictment on August 7...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara and Loretta Lynch, the United States Attorneys for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, respectively, announced today that special telephone numbers have been set up to receive complaints of possible violations of federal election laws relating to the upcoming general elections in New York City and other counties in their districts.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. Nov. 3, 2014 14-082. Al Nash. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Yellowstone Launches On-line Snowmobile Education Certification...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney John Walsh announced that Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas O’Rourke will lead the efforts of the office as District Election Officer in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for tomorrow’s pending election. Assistant U.S. Attorney O’Rourke...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: DENVER - Libia Hernandez-Garcia, age 60, of Miami, Florida, formerly of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced late last week by U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello to serve 12 months in federal prison for tax fraud, visa fraud and social security fraud, federal authorities announced. Following...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, Nov. 3, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. The United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that ANTHONY TESTO, 67, of Monroe, and his company, ACT Builders, Inc., were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - United States Attorney Charles M. Oberly, III, announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Patricia C. Hannigan will lead the efforts of her Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 4, 2014, general...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Jarwon D. Scott, age 26, of Baltimore, today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for robbery and using a firearm during the robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: Memphis, Tenn. - The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor the election on November 4, 2014, in Shelby County, Tenn., to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act and other federal voting rights statutes. The Voting Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the election process on the basis of race, color or membership in a minority language group.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Freddy Quintana, 27, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2014
News Release: On November 6, the public is invited to a presentation and art exhibition by the 2014 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Artist-in-Residence JanyRae Seda. The presentation, part of Downtown Boise First Thursday, begins at 5:30 p.m. at 514 South 14th Street. The exhibition includes a series of oil paintings...
