News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of distribution of cocaine base, in the form commonly known as "crack," United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD - Two Chicago area men were arrested today after being indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Rockford and charged with conspiring to manufacture, possess and distribute 1,000 or more marijuana plants. Arrested were: GEORGE H. BACUS, 51, of Niles, Ill., and JEREMIAH N. CLEMENT, 37, of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: In El Paso today, 45-year-old Supervisory Department of Homeland Security U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer Marco Antonio Aveytia waived his arraignment and entered a not guilty plea to lying to federal authorities in connection with an ongoing investigation announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., CBP Deputy Special Agent in Charge Art Martinez, Jr., and Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist of the FBI’s El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Two Colombian citizens pled guilty for their participation in an international money laundering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Filipino national appeared in federal court today to face charges that he allegedly conspired to smuggle firearms parts out of the United States, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Chamizal National Memorial to Host Reflections of Generosity Art Exhibit.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Heather Lynn Koons, age 33, of Hagerstown, Maryland today to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of heroin to an individual, resulting in his death from a heroin overdose. Judge Bennett also ordered Koons to pay restitution of $3,484 to the victim’s family.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, Homeland Security Acquisitions: Major Program Assessments Reveal Actions Needed...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Defendant Sexually Assaulted Woman at Gunpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Scott Ellis, 45, of Holden, West Virginia, was sentenced today by Judge Thomas Johnston to three years of probation and a $3,000 fine announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Ellis had previously pleaded guilty in July of 2014 to structuring, a federal crime that involves the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Office, announced Jaime Nicole Lewis, 22 of Palm Beach County, was charged by criminal complaint with importing and possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon, II has sentenced Jonathan Tyler Prive (26, West Melbourne) to 30 years and 5 months in federal prison for attempting to induce a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity using the Internet. In addition, the Court ordered him to serve a life term of supervision, and to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison. Prive pleaded guilty on Aug. 27, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Heather Lynn Koons, 33, of Hagerstown, Maryland today to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of heroin to an individual, resulting in his death from a heroin overdose. Judge Bennett also ordered Koons to pay restitution of $3,484 to the victim’s family.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Dwayne Bigelow Charged In $9 Million “Pump And Dump" Stock Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Victim, 13, and Defendant Were Visiting Same Home in Southeast Washington.
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing to examine the recent nuclear framework agreement with Iran. The hearing is entitled “Nuclear Agreement with Iran: Can’t Trust, Can We Verify?.".
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Dent, Ranking Member Bishop, and Chairman Rogers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MARVIN SANTOS PERDOMO, age 33, and OLVIN SANTOS PERDOMO, age 26, citizens of Honduras who reside in New Orleans, pled guilty today to a five-count Indictment charging them with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and, in the case of MARVIN SANTOS PERDOMO, reentry of an illegal alien.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 22, 2015 - Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) of the Committee on Natural Resources made the following opening statement at today's oversight hearing entitled "Innovations in Safety Since the 2010 Macondo Incident.".
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: In celebration of the National Park Service Centennial in 2016, the Fifteenth Annual Spring Planting and Music Festival is scheduled to take place this Saturday, April 25, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (ET) at the Bandy Creek area, Lora Blevins home site and Oscar Blevins farm. From guided hikes and talks by resource specialists to junior ranger activities, there is something for everyone. Free shuttles will be provided all day to all locations.
