News from February 2015
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to welcome Secretary Anthony Foxx and thank him for coming before our committee today.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Christopher Washington, 49, who admitted committing the armed robberies of businesses in the Dallas area in 2012-2013, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 300 months (25 years) in federal prison, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service Outer Banks Group Know Your Park citizen science program series continues this winter with upcoming scheduled presentations.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a California man was sentenced to 41 months in prison for failing to register as a sex offender after traveling to Alexandria.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Jose Angel Renteria-Cortez, a/K/A “Sapo" and “Cucho", age 25, an illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced on Feb. 25, 2015 by the Honorable Hugh Lawson, Senior United States District Judge in Valdosta, Georgia.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Bentley Streett Charged with Child Exploitation Offenses Involving Three Minor Female Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: A man who transported a minor across state lines with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity was sentenced Feb. 24, 2015, to over 19 years in federal prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kiedock Kim, age 60, resident of Biggs, California, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to six months in prison, and ordered to pay $107,160 in restitution based on two convictions for depredation of United States property and negligent discharge of a pollutant to a water of the United States, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: I’m pleased that the Committee, in the spirit of bipartisanship, is marking up these four health care bills.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Three Miami residents were sentenced for their roles in a tax refund scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Special Agent in Charge Kelly R. Jackson of Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation’s (IRS-CI) Miami Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Louisiana woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of health care fraud and making false declarations before a grand jury, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RONELL HANKS, also known as “Biz" and “Ace," 25, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by Chief U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Used Stolen Checks To Inflate Account Balances And Withdraw Cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Tonya Beverly, 39, and Leatrice Reynaud, 44, both of Houston, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and bank fraud, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Efrain Hildalgo, AKA Cheko, 28, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime before U.S. District Judge Richard J.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Cubist Painting Was Smuggled Into The United States As A $37 Craft.
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.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE - He started working for the U.S. Postal Service as a mail carrier in 1995. Managers praised his work consistently and regularly promoted him, eventually to management positions. His career led him to become a Postal Service safety specialist, where he excelled as he provided safety advice at...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LARRY MOSES, age 33, of New Orleans, was sentenced yesterday after having previously pled guilty to four counts of conspiring to commit arson and, in fact, committing arson. MOSES also previously pled guilty to one count of conspiring to traffick a quantity of heroin as well as one count of conspiring to use and possess firearms in furtherance of his drug trafficking.