News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Thomas S. Jackson (57, Longwood) and Samer S. Majzoub (53, Heathrow) with one count of conspiracy and three counts of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds. If convicted, each...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Sam Elyicio, Jr., 38, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning to 125 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release for participating in a cocaine base trafficking conspiracy. Eylicio previously had entered a guilty plea to a drug trafficking conspiracy count on June 23, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Transportation Security Administration employee who conspired to smuggle narcotics through screening checkpoints at Los Angeles International Airport was sentenced today to 80 months in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: Teams of volunteers joined together to scour beaches, dunes, and shorelines in Ventura County as part of the state's largest volunteer effort to celebrate the 30th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - William Edward Jenne, 24, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced this afternoon in Las Cruces federal court to 37 months in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release for his child pornography conviction. Jenne will be required to register as a sex offender after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Hugo Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Office, announce that Sergio Carvalho, 50, formerly of Boca Raton and Brazil, was sentenced on Sept. 19, 2014, on charges of making false statements in a firearm sales record, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Lawrence Orlando Lee, 36, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for intent to distribute methamphetamine. At sentencing, the Court found that Lee qualified as a “Career Offender." Following his federal prison sentence, Lee will be required to serve eight years of supervised release, which includes a condition prohibiting him from associating with any known gang members.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston woman pleaded guilty today to taking more than $220,000 in Social Security payments to which she was not entitled and failing to pay taxes on that income.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: Schedule and Tickets Now Available For Battle of Cedar Creek Anniversary.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Nathaniel Clark, 31, of Buffalo NY, pleaded guilty before District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute crack cocaine. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison, a $5,000,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: The former manager of the U.S. Postal Service’s Vehicle Maintenance Facility in Cleveland was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for taking cash bribes in exchange for awarding business and contracts from the Postal Service, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Monica Weyler, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Roy Lee Tolbert, age 43, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty on Sept. 18, 2014, to the armed robbery of a diamond store in Queenstown, Maryland.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FLA.---On Saturday, October 4, 2014, the Timucuan Preserve, a unit of the National Park Service, will host Harvest Day, a special event marking the end of the harvest season at Kingsley Plantation.Harvest Day was a tradition on all of Zephaniah Kingsley's plantations. In October, 1841...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a second supervisor at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to dissuading an inmate at the facility from reporting an assault by a correctional officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite announced today that STOKLEY AUSTIN, age 33, and DONALD JONES, JR., age 33, both residents of Marrero, Louisiana, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, today issued the below statements after the U.S. Treasury Department announced new guidance on corporate tax inversions.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former screener with the Transportation Security Administration who conspired to smuggle narcotics through screening checkpoints at Los Angeles International Airport was sentenced today to 80 months in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: Grand Teton National Park will waive entrance fees (including commercial tour fees) on Saturday, September 27 in recognition of National Public Lands Day, 2014. All national park sites typically offer free entry on this day in an effort to encourage individuals, families, and communities to explore and appreciate America's great outdoors. The fee for a 7-day pass into Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks by a single, private vehicle is normally $25.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: Washington County, MD -The National Park Service, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, is conducting a public meeting on the Restoration of Canal Operations at Hancock, Maryland, Environmental Assessment. The public is invited to an Open House on Sept. 24, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM at the Hancock Town Hall, 126 W. High Street, Hancock, MD, where the public can review information about the project and ask questions of staff specialists.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: A man who pawned a handgun stolen during a burglary pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
