News from October 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of the State of Georgia pleaded guilty on Tuesday in federal court to a charge of wire fraud conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Raymond Moya, 31, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today to ten years in federal prison followed by six years of supervised release for his heroin trafficking conviction. Moya also was ordered to forfeit $5199 in cash that was seized from him at the time of his arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former president of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local 1235 was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for conspiring to extort longshoremen on the New Jersey piers for Christmastime tribute payments, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Richard Lilly, 47, of Cross Lanes, West Virginia was sentenced in federal court in Charleston today to five years of probation and ordered to pay $13,500 in restitution for stealing from the West Virginia National Guard, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Lilly had previously plead guilty on May 20, 2014, to theft of government funds.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the appointment of 19 members and three alternate members to the United Soybean Board.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: The Tule Lake Unit conducted its first ever biological surveys at The Peninsula on Tuesday, September 30. Armed with binoculars and field guides, nine biologists and technicians looked for plants and animals of all sizes high above the towns of Tulelake and Newell, CA. The rapid-style survey they used is known informally as a 'bioblitz'.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: Boston - A former Worcester resident was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Worcester today for leading a scheme to steal and launder over $100,000 in government money.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Larosa Bolton, age 53, of Laurel, Maryland, today on charges of theft of government property and making false claims in connecting with fraudulent claims for medical travel expenses.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: Suppression efforts continue on the approximately 250 acre Dog Rock Fire in Yosemite National Park. Air and ground attack has been aided by favorable weather conditions, which have resulted in minimal fire growth on the western boundary of the park near the Highway 140 entrance. Currently, there is no...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that MACK CHARLES WELLS JR., age 48, of Zachary, Louisiana, plead guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson to a Bill of Information charging him with theft from the United States Social Security Administration. He is scheduled to be sentenced in February 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Superintendent John J. Donahue announced today that the Black Bear Century Bike Ride will be held in the park on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. "The park provides participants with the unique opportunity to ride along beautiful country roads, past old homesteads...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: A man who robbed a downtown Cedar Rapids bank while he was on federal supervised release was sentenced today to more than six years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that KIM PARISH, age 50, a resident of Picayune, Mississippi, pled guilty today to bank fraud and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of YOSSIMAR ALARCON-PATINO, 25, to 70 months in prison for directing a conspiracy to obtain tax refunds by filing false income tax returns. He was also ordered to pay more than $1.7 million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JUSTIN WAYNE RIGGS, age 26, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 5 years of probation with 6 months of home detention, for Failure to Register as Sex Offender, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2250(a)(1), 2250(a)(2)(A) and 2250(a)(3).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A citizen of the Dominican Republic was convicted at trial today of several crimes related to her effort to re-enter the United States with a phony passport, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 121 months in prison for distributing images of child sexual abuse over the Internet, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: MANHATTAN - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Joe Fernandez was sentenced yesterday in Manhattan federal court to two consecutive terms of life in prison by U.S District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein. Fernandez was found guilty on March 7, 2013, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - United States District Judge John E. Dowdell sentenced Hunter Lee Hines, 19, of Claremore, to serve six months to run concurrent with his undischarged term of imprisonment in Rogers County for unrelated convictions, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for threatening the life of the President of the United States, announced Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
