News from October 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04), Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01), and 16 Members of Congress sent a to the Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell expressing ongoing concerns with the Department’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Victor Bruce, M.D., 49, who operates Swan Lake Medical Center in Las Vegas, was sentenced this afternoon to 46 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for writing prescriptions for oxycodone for persons he did not see or treat.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Santana Drapeau, age 22, of Fort Thompson, South Dakota, was convicted of two counts of Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender and one count of Simple Assault as a result of a 2-day federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota. The guilty verdict was returned on Oct. 10, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: Salt Lake City - On Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, following an onsite inspection and subsequent analysis, the hold on early season water storage at Steinaker Reservoir near Vernal, Utah, was rescinded and the reservoir resumed filling.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - WARREN J. GLADDERS, Wentzville, MO, was sentenced to 293 months in prison involving three armed bank robberies committed in July, August and September 2013. On July 7, 2013, Gladders took approximately $7,000 from the Reliance Bank located in Creve Coeur, Missouri. On Aug. 2, 2013...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced the graduation of 13 American veterans from a special program designed to allow wounded, ill or injured warriors the chance to continue serving their country on a new battlefield - the fight against child predators.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: TIOGA, Pa. - The United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a criminal Information was filed yesterday charging Orin Moore, age 41, of Lawrenceville with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: A man who robbed two downtown Cedar Rapids banks while he was on federal and state parole for prior bank robbery convictions was sentenced today to more than nineteen years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and United States Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Quenshey Mitchell, a/k/a “Ripper," “Baby Ripper," and “Q", age 37, from Los Angeles, California, was sentenced today to life imprisonment for violating federal heroin trafficking and obstruction of justice laws. Mitchell is a member of the Rollin 60s Crips Gang based in Los Angeles, California.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: Washington--This fall, the White House will be opening its gardens and ground to visitors on Saturday, October 18 from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM EDT, and Sunday, October 19 from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM EDT. During this event, visitors can see the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, Rose Garden and South Lawn of the White House. Additionally, the White House Kitchen Garden- the first vegetable garden at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt's Victory Garden- will be accessible to guests.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: Naomi Oakley-Bonner, 36 of Douglas, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on Oct. 16, 2014, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Oakley-Bonner was arrested in Douglas, Wyoming. She received 21 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment. This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that RYAN DAVIN MANNING, age 37, and DANIEL LEVI MORRIS, age 34, both residents of New Orleans, pled guilty as charged on Oct. 15, 2014, to conspiracy to distribute and possession with Intent to Distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: Felix Zeferino-Carranza, a/k/a “Felix Lopez Carranza," 33, of Norristown, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that on or about Aug. 23, 2014, Zeferino-Carranza, an alien, and native and citizen of Mexico, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about April 18, 2009, July 3, 2009, and July 5, 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that that United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion has sentenced Robert F. Evans, Jr., age 39, of Moosic, Pennsylvania, to 30 months’ imprisonment. On July 15, 2014, Evans pleaded guilty to a one-count...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Mark Edward Elliott (52), of Deatsville, Ala., was sentenced on Oct. 15, 2014 to serve 210 months in prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: A man who distributed heroin to an individual who died from using the heroin was sentenced today to more than 11 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc. (Lourdes), a 242-bed hospital located in Binghamton, New York, has paid $3,373,898.28 to resolve False Claims Act liability stemming from Medicare billing improprieties that the hospital selfdisclosed to the federal government, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ANTONIO NEVEAUX, 39, and ANTHONY B. WASHINGTON, 52, both residents of New Orleans, were charged today in a superseding indictment with conspiring to tamper with a witness during a pending federal investigation. The superseding indictment also realleges the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An engineer who formerly lived in Mahwah, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for stealing trade secrets from two global medical technology companies based in northern New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated Chief Judge Christina Reiss, of the United States District Court, sentenced Joshua Minix (a.k.a. “Face"), 38, of Rutland, Vermont to 87 months imprisonment for conspiring to distribute heroin in the Rutland area and possessing...
