News published on Federal Newswire in October 2014

News from October 2014


News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Perrin.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Northern District of Florida. Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. Follow @NDFLNews. PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Teandre L. Altman, age 21, of Pensacola, pled guilty today to participating in a home invasion on Aug. 27, 2014, with Robert F. Fraser, age 26, and Frank A. Rogers...


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Stacey.


17 Arrested In Tuba City Drug Sweep

News Release: PHOENIX - Following a coordinated federal, tribal and state task force investigation into drug trafficking on the Navajo Nation, 20 individuals have been charged with federal drug trafficking crimes. Five remain fugitives. In addition to the 15 arrested on drug trafficking charges, two individuals were...


News Release: Guilty To Fraud, Money Laundering And Tax Evasion.


Aubrey Lee Price, Former Bank Director Who Faked His Own Death, Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison

News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Edward J. Tarver, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, and Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced that Aubrey Lee Price, 48, was sentenced today in Statesboro federal court to 30 years in federal prison for perpetrating...


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Statement By U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldana Concerning The November 2014 General Election

News Release: DALLAS - U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña, of the Northern District of Texas, announced today that she has appointed four Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSAs) to serve as District Election Officers (DEOs) in the Dallas, Fort Worth, Abilene, Lubbock, and Amarillo, Texas, offices. These DEOs will lead the efforts...


Two Former Police Officers Plead Guilty to Using Excessive Force When Tasing a Woman

News Release: WASHINGTON - Eric Walters, 39, and Franklin Brown, 35, formerly police officers with the City of Marion Police Department, in South Carolina, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to using excessive force against a woman with mental disabilities on April 2, 2013, the Justice Department announced today.


Rochester Man Guilty of Trafficking in Credit Card Accounts

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Andres Ahmed Vasquez, 29, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to trafficking in and possession of unauthorized counterfeit access devices. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.


News Release: St. Louis, MO - OZKAN SEMIZOGLU, the “Foreign Trade Director" of a Turkish drug wholesaler, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for smuggling counterfeit, misbranded and adulterated cancer treatment drugs into the United States, including multiple shipments of Altuzan® (the Turkish version of Avastin®) that he sent from Turkey to Chesterfield, Missouri.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Contact with a Minor.


Ukraine Man Arrested At Denver International Airport After Interfering With Delta Flight Crew Members

News Release: UPDATE: Pecherskyi is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Denver on Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya at 10:00 a.m. for a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing. Magistrate Judge Tafoya is located on the 2nd floor of the Byron G. Rogers Courthouse...


Justice Department Protects Eastern District Of Texas Election Process

News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorneys in the Eastern District of Texas have been appointed as District Election Officers (DEOs) for the upcoming Nov. 4, 2014 general election. The DEOs will be responsible for overseeing the District’s handling of complaints of election fraud and voting rights abuses in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington, D.C.


News Release: Charges against three more members of a Philadelphia-based armed robbery crew were unsealed Tuesday on charges relating to two Michigan jewelry store robberies, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.


November 2014 Elections

News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Suntrease Williams-Maynard will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice’s Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued this statement following Tunisia’s parliamentary elections:


News Release: Rock Island, Ill. - Jim Lewis, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, announced that Dominic Scodeller, 47, of the 2000 block of Meadowbrook Drive, Davenport, Iowa, made his initial appearance in federal court today on charges of fraud and money laundering. The grand jury returned the indictment on Oct. 21, 2014; however, the indictment had remained sealed pending the defendant’s arrest and court appearance.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding was sentenced on Oct. 22, 2014, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.


U.S. Attorney Announces Memphis Man Is Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison For Being A Felon In Possession Of Ammunition

News Release: Memphis, TN - Edward L. Stanton III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced today that Brashard Gibbs, age 21, of Memphis, TN, was sentenced on Friday by U.S. District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman to serve 20 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal prison system.