News published on Federal Newswire in October 2014

News from October 2014


Former Medical Technician Pleads Guilty To Accepting Bribes In Exchange For Falsifying Urinalysis Drug Tests

News Release: TULSA, Okla. - William Ray Allen, 33, of Tulsa, a former medical technician responsible for collecting urine specimens for random urinalysis drug testing, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Judge T. Lane Wilson today to accepting bribes in exchange for submitting fraudulent urinalysis drug tests and to submitting a falsified certification, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma.


Two Perry County Residents Charged With Methamphetamine Conspiracy

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, October 9, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Two Perry County residents were indicted on October 7, 2014, in an indictment, charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District...


Westminster Man Arrested For Orchestrating A Scheme To Defraud Clients

News Release: DENVER - Timothy J. Tucker, age 51, of Westminster, Colorado, was arrested today without incident for wire fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney John Walsh, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle, and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Stephen...


Three Eagle Butte Men Charged With Assault And Aiding And Abetting

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that three Eagle Butte, South Dakota, men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, and Aiding and Abetting the two assaults.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A North Hills resident has been sentenced in federal court to 88 months imprisonment, to be followed by 12 years supervised release, on his conviction of receipt of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ-GALLARDO, age 32, a citizen of Mexico and most recently residing in Houma, Louisiana, was charged today in a one-count indictment with illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. ' 1326(a).


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today that Vincent Isaac-Peter Jones, age 28, of Battle Creek, was sentenced to 152 months - well over 12 years -- in prison after pleading guilty to possessing two firearms as a convicted felon and possessing a third firearm in furtherance ...


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Daniel Berger, 28, of Haskell, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison for travelling interstate for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a 13-year old female, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; Vincent B. Lisi, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston field office of the FBI; Portsmouth, R.I., Police Chief Thomas F. Lee; and Colonel Steven G. O’DonnellSuperintendent of the Rhode Island State Police.


Other Indictments

News Release: Indictment: Former Official Made $300,000. In Unauthorized Agriculture Disaster Payments. KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former Farm Service Agency director in Sumner County was indicted Wednesday on a charge of making $306,000 in agriculture disaster payments to applicants who had been denied approval for the...


News Release: ST.LOUIS - The Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Field Division invites the community to take a visible stand against drugs by celebrating Red Ribbon Week from October 23-31.


Baltimore Felon Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Illegal Possession of a Gun

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Deandre Murphy, age 31, of Baltimore, today to 10 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DARRELL MORRIS, age 55, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud relating to a fraudulent application he made or caused to be made to the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) for financial assistance during the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.


Franklin County Resident Sentenced On Methamphetamine Offense

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, October 9, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On October 7, 2014, April D. Rollinson, of Murphysboro, Ill., was sentenced for her involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy, the United States Attorney for the Southern District...


News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - The owner/operator of a chiropractic clinic in Fort Worth, Texas, pleaded guilty this afternoon to a federal felony offense stemming from her submission of approximately $718,000 in false reimbursement claims to Medicare and Medicaid, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.


Information: Federal Court Arraignments

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.


Child Pornographer Sentenced To 57 Months

News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for Guam, announced that JIMMY ALONSO TURRUBIARTES, was sentenced on October 8, 2014, in the U.S. District Court of Guam by Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood, to 57 months incarceration, five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment.


News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - After a federal grand jury issued a 90-page indictment, federal and state authorities today arrested 21 of 52 defendants linked to San Bernardino's largest gang on narcotics-trafficking charges that allege numerous transactions involving methamphetamine and heroin.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Isaac Gordo, 30, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Torreon, N.M., entered a guilty plea this morning to an involuntary manslaughter charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Gordo will be sentenced to 37 months if federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Mercer County resident has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to 21 months’ incarceration, followed by one year of supervised release, on his conviction of criminal contempt, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


NPS-Alaska Sets Hearings for Sport Hunting Proposals (Copper Center)

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.