News from October 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Johnstown, Pa. - A Detroit resident has been sentenced in federal court to five years’ probation and 100 hours of community service, on her conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that Tracy Delva, 22, of Deerfield Beach, was sentenced to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $27,441 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: The National Park Service and the Friends of Moccasin Bend National Park invite the public to help celebrate the opening of newly accessible federal property within the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District on Hamm Road in Chattanooga, Tenn. On Monday, Nov. 10, from 3:00...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Ramiro Martinez Tristan, 40, of Ontario, Oregon, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Chief Judge Ann Aiken to 15 years in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. Upon his release from prison, Tristan will be on supervised release for five years.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Las Vegas -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southern Nevada District Office asks motorists to be careful of wild horses and burros along our roadways, as the end of Daylight Savings Time brings earlier darkness and lower visibility to Southern Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - John Morrell Palmer, III, 55, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, was sentenced today to twelve months and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in a wire fraud conspiracy that resulted in losses of approximately $1.8 million to the Kellogg Company, a food manufacturer and supplier. He was also ordered to pay restitution to Kellogg’s in the amount of $1,886,392.87 and to forfeit that amount to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Lake Charles woman was sentenced to 14 months in prison for stealing more than a quarter of a million dollars from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Montezuma Castle and TuzigootNational Monuments Propose EntranceFee Increase.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Clorenzo Griffen, 37, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Miami residents Andrew Jamison, 39, and Rodney Rackley, 24, charging them with robbery, drug conspiracy, and brandishing firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence and drug trafficking, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: BOISE - United States Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that Assistants United States Attorney (AUSAs) Jack Haycock, Ray Patricco and Nancy Cook 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 | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Michael W. Cotter announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Victoria Francis will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department(s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 4, 2014, general elections. AUSA Victoria Francis...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Oct. 23, 2014, Louis Warren, Jr., age 28, and John Louis Hodges, age 32, both formerly of Davenport, Iowa, were sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James E. Gritzner for attempted interference with commerce by robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Defendant Remains a Fugitive. POCATELLO - Randy Ted Jordan, 44, of Pocatello, Idaho, and formerly of Montana, was indicted on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, by the federal grand jury on two counts of bank robbery with the use of a dangerous weapon, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. A warrant was issued...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Irving Shendo, 59, a member of the Jemez Pueblo, was sentenced yesterday afternoon to eight years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his aggravated child sexual abuse conviction. Shendo will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that VIKTOR KORDASH was sentenced today to three months in prison for willfully failing to file Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (“FBARs") with the IRS regarding a secret Swiss bank account that he...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Destry Marcotte, 48, of Belleville, Illinois, pled guilty to Failure to Appear for Sentencing the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Mark Ruff, 40, of Connecticut, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conducting an illegal gambling business and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The charges carry a maximum possible penalty of 25 years in prison, a fine of $750,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Two men from the Toledo area were sentenced to prison for their roles in the operation of a $24 million fraud scheme involving the sale of Iraqi dinar currency and non-existent hedge funds, and falsely representing that a member of their organization was a decorated Marine who was wounded in combat, announced Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Kathy Enstrom, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office.
