News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - On Friday Dec. 18, a jury convicted Raymond P. Baker, age 36, of Schenectady, New York, of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, announced Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, Drug Enforcement Administration and United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Kevin Brien Darr (50, Bradenton) to 27 years in federal prison for transporting and receiving child pornography. The Court also ordered him to forfeit two cellphones he had used during the offenses. Darr pleaded guilty on Sept. 16, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - A 42-year-old Sugar Land man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for possessing and distributing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Chad Michael Cole pleaded guilty Sept. 3, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA - Randy Houston Mercer, 57, of Augusta, Georgia was sentenced on Friday by United States District Court Judge J. Randal Hall to 30 years in prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for his role in producing child pornography. Mercer pled guilty to one count of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a), in August. He will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III, sentenced Raymond Comegys, age 31, of Baltimore, today to 12 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Michael Brendan O’Connor, 36, of Dallas, was sentenced Friday, by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater, to 30 years in federal prison, following his guilty plea to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal grand jury today indicted a Las Vegas investment adviser for allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash kickbacks in return for his assistance in getting his clients to purchase microcap stocks that were the subject of a stock market manipulation scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Westfield resident who previously served in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Springfield on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015, to lying on his security clearance form and damaging U.S. Army computers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A jury on Friday convicted Raymond P. Baker, age 36, of Schenectady, New York, of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, Drug Enforcement Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Robert M. Davis, age 63, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today to four years, ten months imprisonment by the Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, for bank robbery. On Sept. 28, 2015, Davis pleaded guilty to robbing the American National Bank at 9009 Maple on Oct. 17, 2014. He was also ordered to serve a three-year term of supervised release upon his release from prison and to pay $965.00 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: On Dec. 16, 2015, Latoya M. McDaniel, 29, of Marion, was sentenced on a one-count indictment charging Escape from Federal Custody, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Brandon Correa, 31, of Rochester, who was convicted of making threats against the President, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The defendant was also sentenced to 36 months supervised release, during which time he will need to complete mental health and drug treatment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: Erie, Pa. -A former resident of Brooklyn, New York, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 months in jail and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $89,007.42 on his conviction of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Ronnie Mejia, age 26, of Bronx, New York, pleaded guilty today to a bank fraud conspiracy and to aggravated identity theft in connection to a credit card fraud scheme.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) new web-based registration system for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is now active. Hobbyists and recreational users who fly UAS, which include remote controlled aircraft, may register at www.faa.gov/uas/registration.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: San Francisco, CA - San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is one of 113 national parks selected to receive a 2015 field trip grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks. Transportation for 4th grade classes from San Francisco Unified School Districts will be funded with this grant.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: On Dec. 17, 2015, Thomas H. Schaeffer, 43, of Sparta, was sentenced on a one-count indictment charging Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) registry is expected to go live during the day on December 21. Please check the agency’s home page at www.faa.gov for updates.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Super Save Market LLC, Super Aloha Ltd., and Cheung Chau Trading Inc., in Honolulu, Hawaii, for failure to pay for produce.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: Weapons Were Taken from Break-In at Swansea Rural King.
