News from October 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: Judi Bufkin, 53, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on Oct. 1, 2014, for arson of a facility engaged in interstate commerce. Bufkin was arrested in Knoxville, Tennessee. She received 96 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Dane Scott Mihlon, 25, of King George County, Va., pled guilty today to using the internet on his cellular phone to entice or attempt to entice at least 6 minors to produce child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Kurt Hansen, 34, of Fremont, Nebraska, was sentenced on Oct. 2, 2014, to 5 years in prison by United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon. Hansen had previously pled guilty after he was caught with 12 grams of methamphetamine outside of a...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: In an amicus brief submitted to the United States Supreme Court, a bipartisan group of senators and congressmen argued that Congress intended for whistleblowers who are federal government employees to be protected under the Whistleblower Protection Act for making disclosures, unless explicitly prohibited by statute.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Utah. Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. Persuaded Investors To Invest IRA Funds In Residential Real Estate Project In Vernal, Utah. SALT LAKE CITY - Armand R. Franquelin, age 57, of Liberty, Utah, who pleaded guilty in May to securities fraud and money...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: Federal Search Warrant for Email and Analysis of Cell Phone Lead to Charges for Abuse of Helpless Infant; Sent Videos and Images Using Messaging App.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that Defendant JEREMIAH SANTOS ISEZAKI, age 30, was sentenced on Oct. 1, 2014, in the District Court of Guam by Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- This week the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced nearly $124 million in funding awards across the nation. These awards are aimed at creating, and in some cases protecting, local law enforcement positions.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: Buffalo National River is pleased to announce that the Erbie Campground -- located off Hwy 7 between Jasper and Harrison -- has reopened after being closed for nearly two years due to budget and staffing shortages. Campers will find some changes at Erbie, however. The individual sites (which accommodate...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - William Conwaya medical doctor who formerly ran a practice in Baldwin, New York, was sentenced today to a term of eight years’ imprisonment for conspiring to illegally distribute the highly-addictive narcotic oxycodone, to be followed by three years of supervised release. The sentence...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis yesterday sentenced Deryck Dean Barcous (26, Duval County) to one year and four months in federal prison for passing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. Barcous was indicted on March 27, 2014, and pleaded guilty on July 16, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: Searchers located two missing hikers in a remote area of Kings Canyon National Park late in the afternoon on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Rommel and Marisol Pompa are in good condition. Five rescuers assisted the couple Wednesday evening and will hike out with them on Thursday, Oct. 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MARINE MANAGERS LTD., a Liberian corporation headquartered in Piraeus, Greece, was sentenced today to a three-year term of probation. In addition, U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier ordered MARINE MANAGERS LTD. to pay an $800,000 fine and a $100,000 community...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that James R. Back, 60, of Soldotna, Alaska, was convicted of seven federal tax crimes in U.S. District Court in Anchorage. After three days of trial and one hour of deliberations, the jury of eight women and four men convicted Back...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Malden man was sentenced today for tax crimes involving the filing of tax returns, and concealing income in the name of a deceased relative.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Edward Albert Marquez, 69, the manager and operator of Club Tropicana in Espanola, N.M., was sentenced today to three years of probation, including eight months of electronic monitoring, for his conviction on federal tax charges. Marquez also was ordered to pay $297,842 in restitution to the IRS at a rate of $8,000 per month.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Shreveport man was sentenced to 15 months in prison for stealing more than $30,000 from an ATM located on bank property, causing more than $35,000 worth of damage in the process.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Luis Anthony Tobanche, 34, a Mexican national illegally present in the United States, was sentenced today to 100 months in federal prison for violating the federal firearms and immigration laws. Tobanche will be deported after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was charged yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield with illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jason Zaifert, 33, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
