News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Janis Tonis, 32, and Veronika Krutova, 26, of Latvia, who were convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, were sentenced to time served (seven months) by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA - An Indictment returned by a federal grand jury sitting in Savannah in July and unsealed yesterday has charged 4 Georgia residents with conspiring to traffic cocaine and marijuana from 2014 to 2015 in the McIntosh, Glynn, Wayne, and Liberty County areas. The indicted defendants are.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: Adam Haacke, age 26, of Riceville, Iowa, has been charged with one count of receipt of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed on Aug. 3, 2015, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of KHADRA ABDISAFAD HIRSI, 47, to one year and one day in federal prison for stealing money in the form of child care subsidies from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the State of Minnesota. HIRSI was charged on...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A leader of a criminal syndicate based in Medellín, Colombia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with his role in a conspiracy to invest the proceeds from the sale of hundreds of kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 49-year-old Mark L. Moss of Cibolo, TX, to three years in federal prison for accepting gratuities from businessmen while serving as a military unit commander in Kuwait. In addition to the prison term, U. S. District Judge Orlando Garcia ordered that Moss pay $253,000 restitution and be placed on supervised release for a period of three years after completing his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man was arrested yesterday in connection with federal immigration and social security violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Jeffrey David Mitchell, 51, of Garland, Texas, appeared in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Irma C. Ramirez and pleaded guilty to one count of transportation of child pornography. Mitchell, who has been in federal custody since his arrest in May 2015 on related charges, faces a maximum statutory...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Shreveport resident was sentenced to 33 months in prison for failing to register his correct address for his sex offender identification.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Ryan C. Anton, age 42, of Elverson, Pennsylvania, today to seven years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. Judge Bennett ordered that upon his release from...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - William J. Frio, 59, of Springfield Township, PA, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for his role in a tax evasion scheme involving the Nifty Fifty’s restaurant chain as well as evasion of his own taxes, structuring of funds he embezzled from the organization, and loan fraud. Frio...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: On Aug. 16, at 10 a.m., the National Park Service, the Eisenhower Society and the Gettysburg Foundation invite the public to attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg National Military Park to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that JOHNATHAN LOCKE DAVIS, age 35, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 70 months imprisonment, followed by 36 months of supervised release for FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Three people were charged today by indictment in an armed bank robbery in Philadelphia, PA, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. David Thomas, a/k/a David Thompson, 22, Shymeka Miller, a/k/a Shymeka Wright, 24, and Heather Lane, 26, all of Philadelphia, PA, were each charged...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - An Albuquerque man entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanor hate crime arising out of anti-Semitic threats he made against a Jewish woman who owns and operates the Nosh Jewish Delicatessen and Bakery in Albuquerque. After Ng entered his guilty plea, he was sentenced to four years of probation.Ng...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: Men Allegedly Illegally Cut ‘Figured’ Maple for Sale as Valuable Music Wood.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that DARRELL DEWAYNE PERRY, age 55, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release for FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2250(a)(1), 2250(a)(2)(B) and 2250(a)(3).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: Defendants Face Life Sentences for Leadership Roles in Two Country Marijuana Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA - This week Assistant United States Patrick J. Reinert, 54, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was confirmed by the United States Senate to be promoted in the Army Reserve to the rank of Major General.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) and the National Park Service (NPS) today unveiled Items Left at The Wall -a virtual collection of nearly 500 items left at The Wall that can now be seen at www.vvmf.org/items. This is the largest exhibit of items left at The Wall to be made available online, and is representative of the 400,000 items left since The Wall was dedicated in 1982.
