News from October 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler, announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Kelly Cavanaugh 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 elections. Mr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Jose Fuentes, 43, of Providence, was sentenced today to 77 months in federal prison for trafficking heroin and for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area announces that permit holder Big South Fork Outdoor Adventures will be providing guided wagon rides at Bandy Creek every Saturday from October 25 through November 21 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 6:00p.m. ET. The rides are customizable to the visitor's...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney’s Office announces today that there will be a sentencing hearing tomorrow (Oct. 23, 2014) in United States v. Chason Renee Chase. The hearing will be held at 10:00 am on Oct. 23, 2014, before United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr. (courtroom # 4) at the Matthew J. Perry Federal Courthouse in Columbia, South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: In Waco today, 26-year-old Conner Phillip Koss and his mother, 60-year-old Le’Ann Koss, both of Hewitt, TX, were sentenced to 121 months and 70 months in federal prison, respectively, for their roles in a marijuana distribution scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh, North Carolina returned an indictment charging CHRISTOPHER LEE FUNK, 34,with knowingly aiming the beam of a laser pointer at an aircraft in flight (a helicopter), in violation of the provisions of Title 18, United States Code, Section 39A.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: Private Investigator Also Charged With Fraudulently Billing Federal Criminal Defense Fund.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announced that the outdoor memorial at African Burial Ground National Monument will be closed from Saturday, Nov. 1 through Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Visitor safety is the NPS's first concern, and the freezing conditions associated with winter present a hazard. The few visitors...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Calvina Myles, 28, of North Tonawanda, who was convicted of bank fraud, was sentenced to 12 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution totaling $28,512.78 by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Three members of La Mara Salvatrucha - also known as the “MS-13" gang - were sentenced to 27 years in prison for the June 21, 2010, murder of Alexander Temaj-Castanon and to racketeering conspiracy charges today, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Tatum King, Acting Special agent in Charge for U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), San Francisco.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
Release: Washington, DC, Oct. 22, 2014 - USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, more commonly known as the WIC Program. WIC was established in 1974 to reduce infant mortality and improve the health...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Michael J. Moore announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Charles W. “Chuck" Byrd 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 Byrd...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: Winners of Art and Poetry Contest to be Displayed at Gallery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: Defendant Ordered To Forfeit $96,000 In Gold And Silver She Had Bought With The Proceeds Of Her Crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: New York, NY -The National Park Service (NPS) today announced that the outdoor memorial at African Burial Ground National Monument will be closed from Saturday, Nov. 1 though Tuesday, March 3, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. announced that CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH, age 35, ANDREW BROWN a/k/a “Tank," age 35, and MEGAN TONTH, age 25, all of New Orleans, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Helen G. Berrigan, after having previously pled guilty on July 16, 2014, to a cocaine trafficking indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announced that...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEXANDER ALVAREZ, 32, of East Lyme, was arrested today on federal charges related to his alleged...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Janet Faticone, aka Janet Bixby, 50, of Webster, N.Y. was charged by criminal complaint with wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
