News from April 2015
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - A body has been recovered in Placer Cove on Lake Mohave where a teen went missing April 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The former owner of two New Jersey defense contracting businesses today admitted that she conspired to send sensitive military technical data to India, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Romeo Callueng, 45, and Susan Callueng, 43, of Woodlyn, PA, pleaded guilty on March 26, 2015 to tax evasion and fraud in connection to a health care benefit program. The Calluengs, who owned the “Club 27" nightclub at 27 Bank Street in Philadelphia, were receiving assistance from Medicaid...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 1, 2015 - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) announcement of its decision to list the northern long-eared bat (NLEB) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The population loss of the bat is primarily caused by a disease called white nose syndrome (WNS) which would not be curtailed by a listing designation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man and a Lee’s Summit, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to transporting an individual across states lines for prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: On March 25, 2015, Maurice L. Christian, a/k/a "Reece," 26, of Chicago, was sentenced on a federal crack cocaine violation, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Paterson City Council member and former council president was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for accepting bribes from a purported developer in exchange for his official help, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By State Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Nigeria’s election results...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Dean Rossi, 49, of Warrington, PA, was arrested today in connection with an alleged mortgage fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Rossi, a real estate investor who owned numerous low-income properties throughout the Philadelphia area, was charged by indictment, unsealed today, with conspiracy, mail fraud affecting a financial institution, and bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CYNTHIA HEFLER, age 67, of Westwego, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for conspiring to commit bank fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: National Park Week 2015 Encourages Everyone To Find Your Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Mitchell Orewiler, age 34, of Adams County, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia Rambo in Harrisburg, to making false claims with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - William M. Goode, 48, of Crestview, Florida, pled guilty today to attempting to entice a minor for sex and receipt of child pornography. The plea was announced today by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: On Monday, March 30, 2015, a former director of the Clarke University bookstore in Dubuque, Iowa, who used a fictitious book supply company to falsely bill the University for more than $300,000.00, was sentenced to 57 months in prison in federal court in Cedar Rapids. James Spaulding, age 35, from Longmont, Colorado, was convicted of one count of mail fraud and two counts of filing false tax returns.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON- With exactly five years until the beginning of the 2020 Decennial Census, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.) highlighted the progress the U.S. Census Bureau has made in preparing for the decennial enumeration...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: ARCO -Craters of the Moon joins parks, programs and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com. Launched yesterday by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find Your Park is a public awareness and education campaign celebrating the milestone centennial anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016 and setting the stage for its second century of service.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that TONY AXELL ROMERO-MONTOYA, age 28, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment charging him with illegal reentry into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Keba Williams, 39, of Wilmington, Del. was sentenced today to seven (7) years of imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (“crack cocaine") in Wilmington, Del., announced Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware. Williams was also sentenced to three (3) years of supervised release following his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury yesterday found Leonel Hernandez-Lopez (36, Bradenton), a/k/a Jose Luis Carbajal, guilty of illegal re-entry after deportation. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 18, 2015. Hernandez-Lopez was indicted on September 5, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO ― A West Chicago man was sentenced Monday to the maximum of 10 years in federal prison for transporting a minor for criminal sexual purposes. The defendant, NICACIO JAIMES-MORENO, 52, pled guilty in October 2014, to one count of knowingly transporting a minor interstate with the intent to engage in sexual activity. The defendant has been in federal custody since the filing of charges August 2013.
