News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: Defendant Sent Sexually Explicit Photos And Conversation Via The Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New Milford, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in conspiring to sell seven firearms believed to have belonged to the family of Saddam Hussein, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: Yosemite National Park will waive entrance fees from Saturday, February 14 to Monday, Feb. 16, 2015 in commemoration of President's Day.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: We have convened this hearing to examine modern slavery and what is being done about it. We recognize that the United States Congress and our executive agencies have worked hard to draw attention to and address modern slavery. But, I believe we have come to a point where we can do more. We need to take these efforts to the next level.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Las Vegas, Nevada, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, February 4, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that THOMAS RECCK, 50, of New Britain, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on Feb. 2, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Bergen County, New Jersey, men and a New York man today admitted their roles in a scheme to transport more than 20 kilograms of cocaine from California to New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - James Douglas Pielsticker, former Chief Executive Officer and President of Arrow Trucking Company, pleaded guilty today before United States District Court Chief Judge Gregory K. Frizzell to conspiring to commit bank fraud, tax fraud, and evading his personal income taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: FORT SMITH, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Fernando Canales-Mendoza, age 52, a Mexican citizen living in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, was found guilty on two counts...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, February 4, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. United States Attorney Deirdre M. Daly and representatives from five federal law enforcement agencies today announced the formation of the Connecticut Public Corruption Task Force to investigate...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Former Philadelphia Police Officers Jonathan Garcia, 26, and Sydemy Joanis, 28, both of Philadelphia, were sentenced today to 210 months and 63 months, respectively, for a scheme to rob drug dealers of their cash proceeds. Garcia pleaded guilty July 30, 2013 to distribution of heroin...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - An Army National Guard recruiter and recruiting assistant were convicted today for their roles in a bribery and fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Springfield, Mo., residents pleaded guilty in federal court today to their roles in a conspiracy that distributed thousands of pounds of marijuana in southwest Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Jordyn Blue Coat, a/k/a Jordyn Swan, age 21, of Eagle Butte, South Dakota, appeared before District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Feb. 2, 2015, and pled guilty to Second Degree Murder of a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that James Harry Barker, 63, of Ashford, Boone County, West Virginia, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Tavia Lamonica Ball to five years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit tax fraud and aggravated identity theft. As part of her sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $405,169, the proceeds of fraudulently obtained tax refunds.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) generated $8,551,492 for leasing rights on parcels offered at the BLM's quarterly federal oil and gas lease auction held Feb. 3, in Cheyenne. Almost half of the bid and rental receipts go to the State of Wyoming.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: An 11-count federal indictment was filed charging Akron man with defrauding federal and state agencies out of nearly $350,000 by claiming he was disabled while actually working as a home-repair contractor, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Daniel Williams, 36, of Marion, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court on gun charges. Federal law prohibits possession of a firearm by a person who had been committed to a mental institution, and court documents showed that Williams had been committed by an Alabama state judicial officer ...
