News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell today sentenced Benjamin Cuadrado (41, Lakeland) to 80 years in federal prison for the production and transportation of child pornography. Cuadrado pleaded guilty on January 9, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - JOSEPH JENKINS, age 45 of Geneva, New York, was found guilty of perjury on April 1, 2015 following a jury trial in federal court in Syracuse, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -Cape Lookout National Seashore Superintendent Pat Kenney is pleased to announce the selection of Bryant G. Horvat (BG) as the new Chief of Interpretation at Cape Lookout National Seashore. Mr. Horvat will be joining the staff in May 2015 from his current position at Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Keonna Thomas, a/k/a “Fatayat Al Khilafah," a/k/a “YoungLioness," 30, of Philadelphia, was charged today by Criminal Complaint with knowingly attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the complaint, Thomas knowingly attempted to travel overseas in order to join, fight with, and martyr herself on behalf of ISIL.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO ― U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon of the Northern District of Illinois, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, and Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Holley of the Chicago Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced today that two Aurora, Illinois, men were indicted Thursday for allegedly conspiring to provide material support to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a California resident was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for one count of money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On April 3, 2015, Ricardo Torres, age 31, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 30 months in prison, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Torres was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following the imprisonment, and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Under an agreement with the National Park Service, the Federal Highway Administration has awarded a $4.1 million contract to resurface a quarter of the paved roads within Mojave National Preserve. The award marks the start of the first large-scale effort to address major reconstruction and resurfacing needs since the park took over management of the roads from San Bernardino County two years ago.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to formally investigate the police-involved beating of Floyd Dent, an unarmed African American man, which occurred in Inkster, Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: PACER Case Reference: 13-43. MISSOULA - Steven Vincent Sann, a 59-year-old resident of Stevensville plead guilty today to charges of wire fraud and money laundering. If the maximum sentences were imposed and ordered to be served consecutively, Sann faces 30 years in prison, $500,000 in fines and 6 years...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DELORES TROUILLET, age 58, of Waggaman, was charged today in a one-count Bill of Information with wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - MELVIN J. SCHERRER was sentenced to 360 months prison on federal drug and weapons charges involving the distribution and manufacture of large amounts of methamphetamine from October 2010 to September 2013. He appeared today for sentencing before United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Anthony F. Winters, age 51, of Longvalley, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in El Dorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Wendy Espinoza, a 32 year old foreign national from Honduras who was living in Little Rock, was sentenced to 96 months in prison and three years of supervised release on each count of...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Dominic Miller, age 26, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced this week by Senior U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane to serve 106 months (nearly 9 years) in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Erik Smothers, 36, of Webster, NY, pled guilty to distributing cocaine to various individuals in Rochester, NY, between 2009 and his arrest on Nov. 28, 2014. Smothers faces a minimum sentence of 5 years and maximum sentence of 40 years imprisonment and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO -- Consistent with a long-standing practice of the office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office will monitor the election in Chicago on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, Zachary T. Fardon, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, announced today. As part of the monitoring effort, the office...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting comments on the second and final draft of a guidance document for federal agencies on protecting the confidentiality of sensitive federal information when such information resides in nonfederal information systems and organizations. This draft contains significant changes from the original draft, which was issued in November 2014.*
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Devils Tower National Monument joins parks, programs and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find.
