News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Edinboro, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of making her home available for drug activities, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Tressie Montene Duffy, 45, a doctor in Martinsburg, West Virginia, was convicted in federal court today of facilitating the unlawful distribution of narcotic painkillers through her medical practice, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Seven men, including three previously convicted felons, were arrested and face federal gun charges as a result of an alliance between local and federal law enforcement to reduce the number of illegal guns in Baltimore City.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of ZACHARY LEE MORGENSTERN, 19, to 41 months in prison, followed by 3 years supervised release, for calling in multiple false bomb threats, making harassing text messages, and making “swatting" phone calls, in which he falsely reported...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The 127th Tournament of Roses Parade will highlight the National Park Service Centennial with park-themed floats, and an equestrian unit. There will also be a temporary "pop-up" national park for events surrounding the iconic New Year's celebration.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: POCATELLO - Uriel Jose Ortega, 26, of Twin Falls, Idaho, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill to 22 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Ortega pleaded guilty to the charge on June 1, 2015, but later tried unsuccessfully to withdraw his guilty plea.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - The clinical director of a home nursing agency was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with her role in a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Collin Blount, 28, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington following his guilty plea to Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking. U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions III sentenced Blount to 60 months in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision, on the parties’ joint recommendation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A citizen of Mexico has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal immigration laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Dec. 21, 2015, Brenton J. Clark, 35, of Fairfield, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to three years of probation for the unlawful transport and receipt of a bear in violation of the Lacey Act announced Acting United States Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Shaun Valente, age 30, of Montgomery Village, Maryland, today to 198 months in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for distribution of child pornography. Judge Grimm also ordered that upon his release from prison, Valente...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Steven (Yinhau) Chen, 34, of Fredericksburg, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiring to commit money laundering to promote his cigarette trafficking operation. Chen was also sentenced to a three-year term of supervised release, and forfeited $1.21 million as proceeds of his criminal offense.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration today announced a comprehensive settlement agreement with Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) that resolves multiple pending and potential enforcement cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Wayman Sparrow, a/k/a “Blaze," 25, of New York, New York, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack cocaine," and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Westchester businessman SELIM ZHERKA was sentenced today to 37 months in prison on charges that he conspired to make false statements to a bank in order to receive millions of dollars in loans and to file...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: This New Year’s Day the National Park Service and the City of Salem invite local residents to participate in First Day Hike, a national initiative established by America’s State Parks and supported by Salem Mayor Kimberley Driscoll and National Park Service Superintendent Paul DePrey. First Day Hikes offer opportunities to explore amazing public lands right in your own backyard.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man who pointed a gun at a woman and pushed her out a driver’s side door before stealing her car was sentenced Monday to 180 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. The sentence is to be served consecutively to a 10-year sentence in another federal case.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: A Martin County resident was sentenced to 30 years in prison by United States District Judge Jose E. Martinez for sexually exploiting a child and producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced today that Jeremy Chris Cartrette (38, Yulee) has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography over the Internet. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison, and a potential life term...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Wayman Sparrow, a/k/a “Blaze," 25, of New York, New York, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack cocaine," and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
