News published on Federal Newswire in September 2014

News from September 2014


Dunn Man Sentenced for Cocaine Distribution & Money Laundering

News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced LARRY DONNELL TAYLOR, 40, of Dunn, North Carolina, to 240 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised released for conspiracy to distribute and ...


Woman Sentenced For Assault And Causing Serious Bodily Injury

News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Marisa Belle Hawk, 28, of Wapato, Washington, was sentenced yesterday to 85 months in prison for assault with a dangerous weapon, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Hawk to serve three years of supervised release following her prison term. She pleaded guilty on June 17, 2014.


Member Of Guinea Bissau-Based International Narcotics Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 78 Months In Prison

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that PAPIS DJEME, a citizen of Guinea Bissau, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 78 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to import narcotics into the United States. DJEME was arrested...


Chairman Menendez Statement on Ukraine Developments, NATO Summit in Wales

News Release: NEWARK, NJ - Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding the latest developments in Ukraine and tomorrow’s NATO Summit in Wales.


Vitter Releases Documents Demonstrating Close Relationship Between EPA, NRDC

News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released documents demonstrating further connections between the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The NRDC was allegedly instrumental in drafting the EPA's carbon emission rule.


Save the Date: NIST to Host International Symposium on Forensic Science Error Management, July 20-24, 2015

News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is planning to host the International Symposium on Forensic Science Error Management: Detection, Measurement and Mitigation from July 20-24, 2015, in Washington, D.C.


Lead Defendant In Operation Adam Bomb Investigation Enters Guilty Plea

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Dutch national pleaded guilty late Tuesday to federal drug trafficking and money laundering charges, admitting he conspired to run a secret, on-line narcotics marketplace known as the “The Farmer's Market" that sold controlled substances such as LSD, Ecstasy, and marijuana to thousands of customers around the world.


Grand Prairie, Texas, Man Sentenced To 108 Months In Federal Prison For Pandering Child Pornography

News Release: DALLAS - A man who came to the attention of law enforcement in Toronto, Canada, during an undercover investigation into the distribution of child pornography, was sentenced today in federal court in Dallas, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.


Two Employees Of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Including Logistics Warehouse And Mail Center Supervisor, Charged With Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, the Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection (“USPIS"), Jeffrey G. Hughes, Special Agent-in-Charge, Northeast Field Office, of the Department of Veterans...


Staten Island Physician’s Assistant And Two Other Individuals Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone Pills

News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas O’Donnell, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the United...


Creator Of On-line Drug Bazaar Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug, Money Laundering Charges For Distributing Narcotics Around The World

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Dutch national has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking and money laundering charges, admitting that he was one of the leaders of a conspiracy that developed and operated a secret, on-line narcotics marketplace known as the “The Farmer's Market" that sold controlled substances such as LSD, “ecstasy" and marijuana to thousands of customers around the world.


Florida Man Sentenced To 63 Months In Prison For Stealing More Than $3 Million From Investors

News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of GARY RICHARD VIBBARD, 58, formerly of Ocala, Florida, to 63 months in federal prison for stealing more than $3,000,000 from dozens of investors and investment fund managers. Rather than paying investors based on corporate profits...


Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Sentenced To Federal Prison For Murder

News Release: EL PASO, Texas - In El Paso, 29-year-old Rigoberto Ruiz-Alatorre, an admitted drug trafficker and former bodyguard for Sinaloa narcotrafficker Gabino Salas-(aka “El Ingeniero"), was sentenced to 28 years in federal prison and fined $5,000 for murdering a member of his drug trafficking organization announced...


ENGEL STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S ADDRESS

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding President Obama’s address in Estonia...


Grand Prairie Man Sentenced To 210 Months In Federal Prison On Child Pornography Conviction

News Release: Defendant Worked From His Home As A Computer Software Support Technician.


Yellowstone Announces Lottery for New Non-Commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program

News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. Sept. 3, 2014 14-069. Al Nash. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Yellowstone Announces Lottery for New Non-Commercially...


El Paso Man Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison On Human Trafficking Charges

News Release: In El Paso today, 54-year-old Charles Marquez was sentenced to life in federal prison and fined $10,000 for his role in a prostitution scheme involving a minor announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Dennis A. Ulrich.


Former Owner Of Penn Hills Lodge Sentenced For Filing False Pension Documents

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District Pennsylvania announced today Charles A. Poalillo, Jr., age 81, of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Scranton to 3 years’ probation for filing false documents related to Penn Hills Lodge pension funds.


Charles City Man Sentenced To More Than Five Years In Prison For Being A Felon In Possession Of Stolen Firarms

News Release: A man who was caught with four stolen firearms after a high speed chase through three counties was sentenced today to more than five years in federal prison.


News Conference Regarding Criminal Charges In Death Of Cross Lanes Teenager

News Release: 2:30 p.m. today, W. Kent Carper Justice and Public Safety Complex.