News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: BOTH DEFENDANTS MAKE COURT APPEARANCE IN MIAMI AFTER BEING DEPORTED BY BAHAMIAN GOVERNMENT.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: Two Broward County residents pled guilty to one count of accessory after the fact for their respective roles in assisting carjacker evade law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, and Wounding was sentenced on February 5, 2015, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: Hazelnut was born on February 4, 2015 at approximately 10:00 a.m. and becomes the 17th member of the current Ocracoke Pony herd!Her mother is Sacajawea, a mare from Shackleford Banks who joined the Ocracoke herd in 2010, and her father is Rayo, a direct descendant of the original Ocracoke ponies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: A 33-count federal indictment was filed charging a Cleveland man with preparing dozens of false tax returns and falsely claiming more than $133,000 in refunds, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Kathy A. Enstrom, Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: Contact: Steve Young. A former Controller of a Dubuque company, who embezzled more $340,000 from the company, pled guilty today to one count of wire fraud and one count of filing false tax returns. In a plea agreement, Michael Schute, age 50, from Dubuque, Iowa, admitted he embezzled the money from...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that FRANCES CARRINGTON, age 70, a resident of Ponchatoula, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for bank larceny.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- The United States Attorney’s Office stated today that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an unpublished opinion today affirming the federal conviction of Michael Juan Smith, age 22, of Columbia, South Carolina. The written opinion may be found at.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a twenty-five count indictment against SEDRIC C. BLAKES, age 42, of Zachary, Louisiana. The Grand Jury charged BLAKES with conspiring with others to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud, in violation...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: In June of last year, an auction of a human skull, reportedly from the battle of Gettysburg, was cancelled due to public outcry. The remains were then donated to Gettysburg National Military Park. A scientific study by the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History conducted at the request of Gettysburg National Military Park has now determined the cranium to be more than 800 years old and from the American Southwest.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: Las Vegas - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las Vegas Field Office, is seeking public comments on a proposal to sell 29 parcels, totaling 597.59 acres of public land in Clark County, Nevada. The proposed competitive sale would be by sealed and oral bidding in accordance with the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA). A Notice of Realty Action published in today’s Federal Register opens a 45-day comment period that will close March 23, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lead, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of an Unregistered Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of PEGGY EISCHENS, 45, to one year and one day in federal prison for failing to pay more than $200,000 in employment taxes. EISCHENS pleaded guilty on Oct. 14, 2014, to one count of Willful Failure to Pay Over Taxes. She was sentenced on February 4, 2015, before Judge Michael J. Davis in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: Defendant Adel Abdel Bary Was A Member Of Al Qaeda And Egyptian Islamic Jihad.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: Loogootee attorney failed to pay over $66,000 in taxes from law firm income.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - On February 4, 2015, William Wise was sentenced to 262 months in prison for a Ponzi scheme he perpetrated against over 1,200 victims who were seeking safe investments in certificates of deposit (CDs), announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: A federal jury in Billings convicted Mario Albert Villegas, a 32 year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, of Conspiracy to Possess Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. U.S. District Judge Susan Watters set Villegas’s sentencing for June 11, 2015.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes civil penalties of $54,000 and $96,800 against two companies for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Debbie Buckley, 54, of Niagara Falls, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with theft of government funds. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years and a $250,000 fine.
