News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Rosita Vilchez, 39, a fugitive in Lima, Peru, until she was extradited to the United States in June 2015, pleaded guilty yesterday to leading a wide-ranging mortgage fraud conspiracy that targeted hundreds of victims in the northern Virginia Hispanic community. The mortgage fraud scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Chief District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis on Tuesday sentenced Juan Carlos Seguinot-Martinez, 34, of Puerto Rico, to 37 months in prison and three years of supervised release for Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Lewis also ordered Martinez to pay a $1,500 fine and $500 community restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Robert Jarrod Johnson, 33, most recently of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 50 months in prison and five years of supervised release for failure to comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Park officials have closed the Upper and Lower Goodell group camps and Newhalem Creek Campground due to the close proximity of the Goodell Fire, which is burning near the town of Newhalem. The North Cascades Visitor Center remains open. Additional closures may occur as fire activity changes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Two defendants sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams for an identity theft fraud scheme involving a $144,170 tax refund check.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Sean M. Weaver, 33, of Alexandria, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud and money laundering for filing false claims resulting in over $20 million in sales and use tax refunds to two corporate clients.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An associate of the DeCavalcante crime family of La Cosa Nostra today admitted his role in distributing more than 500 grams of cocaine, running a prostitution operation and possessing a shotgun as a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Troy Lee Vickers, 49, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to five years in prison for receiving child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By State Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on news that an Iran nuclear agreement side deal between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would allow Iran, instead of international inspectors, to police its own nuclear arms development sites...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Eric Johnson, age 38, of Baltimore, today to 12 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Memphis pastor has been indicted on child pornography possession charges. The indictment was announced by Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Milwaukee man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for receiving more than one million images of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska B U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a former Juneau resident was sentenced to 180 months of imprisonment for drug trafficking and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: DETROIT - U.S. Rep. John Conyers, Jr. released the following statement on the passing of former Congressional Black Caucus founding member former Congressman Louis B. Stokes (D-OH)...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Steven S. Bennett, 39, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, was convicted today of manufacturing methamphetamine, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Columbia, Mo., men were indicted by a federal grand jury today, in separate and unrelated cases, for illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - JAMES STALEY was sentenced to 84 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $3,313,568 on charges involving his scheme to defraud investors by making false promises of high rates of return and minimal risk. With his April plea, Staley admitted to defrauding sixteen investors/lenders by causing them to invest over $3.3 million, giving him commissions totaling over $570,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Clifford Ramsey, 20, of Canton, with possession with the intent to distribute and distribution of approximately 163 grams of heroin and approximately 94.55 grams of cocaine, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Yesterday, Christopher James Preston, 48, of Tucson, Ariz., a member of the Tohono O’odham Nation, was found guilty of two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child by a federal jury. The case was tried before U.S. District Judge James A. Soto on Aug. 10-18, 2015. Preston is being held after trial and is set for sentencing on Oct. 26, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: In celebration of the 99th anniversary of the National Park Service, Keweenaw National Historical Park will be hosting a Park Open House on Tuesday August 25th from 10:00-4:00. There will be activities, live music, and a reception with refreshments and ice cream at 3:00.
