News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Kennele Groom, 36, of Charleston, was sentenced to 58 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Joseph J. Kennedy, 27, of Charlestown, pleaded guilty to being a previously convicted felon in possession of ammunition. U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock scheduled sentencing for June 1, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., announced today that Nasser Ali Ghanem, 34 of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of unauthorized acquisition of food stamp benefits, was sentenced to 10 months in prison by U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant was ordered to pay $67,139.00 in restitution to the United States Department of Agriculture.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Katie Prater, 24, of St. Albans, West Virginia, was sentenced to five years of federal probation.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: The Department of Commerce Labs site in Boulder, Colo., including NIST, NOAA, and NTIA, will open at 10:00 a.m. today. Designated emergency employees should report to work as scheduled.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Ceramic artist Anne Gorden-Vega has created a body of work inspired by Biscayne National Park that will be on display in the park's Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery from March 6 through May 31, 2015. All Over the Place in Biscayne National Park features both handbuilt sculptural pieces and carved...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite announced that SHANNON DUPLESSIS age 44, of Chalmette, and SABRINA BOURGEOIS, age 33, of Marrero, were charged today in an eight-count Indictment alleging violations of federal drug and firearms laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Marcus Payton, 30, Beloit, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 84 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Defendant Operated Right 1 Tax Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jose Torres, age 25, of Allentown, Lehigh County was sentenced today, in federal court in Scranton by Senior United States District Judge Edwin M. Kosik, to serve 78 months in prison on the charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Oneal Damar Hamilton, 36, currently a resident of Pasadena, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 40 months in prison for credit card fraud, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Law Enforcement Ranger Noel Mays of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is the Southeast Region's 2014 Harry Yount Award recipient. This award recognizes an employee who exemplifies initiative, perseverance, and dedication of National Park Rangers. The National Park Service established...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced that it has reached a consent decree with the town of Davie, Florida, to resolve allegations that the Davie Fire Department discriminated against firefighter/paramedic Lori Davis because of her pregnancy and retaliated against firefighter/paramedic Monica Santana because...
By State Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10 a.m., the House Foreign Affairs Committee will meet to consider the following...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Theodore “Ted" Thomes, 56, and his wife, Renee Thomes, 52, both formerly of Windham, Maine, and now of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, were sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby on firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced today that Terry L. Harlan, age 52 of Walthill, Nebraska, was sentenced for his conviction for habitual domestic violence. Harlan was found guilty following a jury trial in November of 2014. On February 26th, Senior United States District Court Judge Lyle E. Strom sentenced Harlan to 41 months of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michele M. Leonhart, Administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), announced today the extradition of CRISTIAN VINTILA (“VINTILA"), MASSIMO ROMAGNOLI (“ROMAGNOLI"), and VIRGIL FLAVIU GEORGESCU...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Timothy Butler, 53, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by indictment with bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Two Detroit store managers pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: In Midland today, 53-year-old Robert Aiken and 28-year-old Christopher Everett Snyder were sentenced to 20 years and 12 years, respectively, in federal prison for their roles in the death of 19-year-old Haley Kemp last year announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Midland Police Chief Price Robinson and Midland County Sheriff Gary Painter.
