News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: An indictment was filed today charging Shawn Robinson, 30, of Enola, Pennsylvania, and Neil Robinson, 62, of Bensalem, PA, with conspiracy to trafficking in and illegally import counterfeit sports jerseys and trafficking in counterfeit goods, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Neil Robinson is also charged with smuggling.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: NEWARK N.J. - The former senior vice president of marketing at A&P, a U.S. supermarket and liquor store chain, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud A&P by selling for personal gain event tickets that were intended for A&P’s use, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park News Release. For Release: September 4, 2014. Contact:Mel Poole, Superintendent. Official News Release. Catoctin Mountain Park Invites Public Comment on Changes to the 2014 Superintendent's Compendium. At the direction of National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, Superintendent...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: PORTAND, Ore - Sergio Quezada-Lopez, 35, of Mexico, appeared on Aug. 25, 2014, in U.S District Court and entered a plea of guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin in quantities of one kilogram or more that resulted in death. The maximum sentence is life and the charge carries a mandatory minimum 20 years imprisonment. The defendant is scheduled for sentencing on Dec. 1, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Michael Simon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Marcelino Lopez-Diaz, 25, of Nayarit, Mexico appeared today before U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones and entered guilty pleas to possession with the intent to distribute heroin in quantities of 1 kilogram or more and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JANET CAROLYN JONES, age 65, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, pled guilty to an Information charging her with Theft Of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal jury returned guilty verdicts today against former Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell and former First Lady of Virginia Maureen G. McDonnell for participating in a scheme to violate federal public corruption laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey man pleaded guilty today to orchestrating an eight-year scheme to falsify employment certifications to facilitate the illegal entry of Indian immigrants into the United States and to filing a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced that James A. Peters, (age: 27), of Keshena, located on the Menominee Indian Reservation, in the State of Wisconsin, was sentenced on Aug. 28, 2014, in United States District Court to 240 months of imprisonment, followed by a term of 15 years on supervised...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida: Seabirds ingesting balloons, marine mammals entangled in discarded fishing gear, and sea turtles abandoning plans to nest are among the issues caused by marine debris that are covered in the latest episode of “Waterways.".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Jimmy Gil, 34, of Shafter, Jose Luis Montoya-Salazar, (Montoya), 42, of Mexico City, and Luis Ricardo Eslava-(Eslava), 42, of Sinaloa, Mexico, charging them with conspiring to import, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Montoya was also charged with being an alien found in the United States after two prior deportations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: Bowling Green, Ky. - A Barren County, Kentucky, convicted felon was sentenced in U.S. District Court yesterday, by Senior District Judge Thomas B. Russell, to 156 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for multiple firearms violations announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Three residents of Montgomery, Alabama, each pleaded guilty during the past week to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government and one count of aggravated identity theft, announced Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - The results of the September 2014 Federal Grand Jury were announced today by Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Canton man was arrested today at Boston’s Logan International Airport in connection with the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s and the Justice Department’s Civil Division’s ongoing criminal investigation of New England Compounding Center (NECC).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - JULIE ANN SMITH (a/k/a "Julie A. Judkins" and "Julia A. Judkins Smith"), of Jones, Oklahoma, has been indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with bank fraud, mail fraud, forged securities, and tax fraud, in connection with embezzling nearly one million dollars from a metro company, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announces that One the Green, Woodstock, Vermont has agreed to complete specific modifications to come into compliance with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA"). Title III of the ADA prohibits a public accommodation from...
By State Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that on Wednesday, Sept. 10, the Committee will convene a hearing to examine the dismal security situation in Libya and the Obama Administration’s Libya policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - In the Austin area today, September 4, 2014, federal and state authorities arrested 22 individuals, including ringleaders 54 year old Timothy John Bruner of Leander, Texas, and 23 year old Ryan Robert Rowland of Round Rock, Texas, in connection with a steroid distribution operation announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Brooklyn, New York, man admitted today to participating in six armed electronic store robberies, including robberies in Linden, New Jersey and Paramus, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
