News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that BRIAN VANACORE, 49, of North Branford, GREG BODYTKO, 55, of Northford, were sentenced yesterday Bridgeport federal court for violating federal firearms laws. U.S. Magistrate Judge William I. Garfinkel ordered ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Kodiak man was indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage, Alaska on drug charges.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: Earlier this month the Fire Management team at Big Thicket National Preserve was recognized for their hard work and ability to maintain a high standard of excellence. Each year, the National Park Service Intermountain Regional Office of Fire and Aviation presents the Ken Castro Memorial "Excellence in...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Patrick Welch, 59, of Mt. Morris, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, receipt of child pornography and distribution of child pornography, was sentenced to 240 months in prison and 10 years supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Thaddeus Cheyenne Murphy, age 44, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was arrested late yesterday on charges of arson and being a felon in possession of firearms, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the FBI, ATF and Colorado Springs Police Department announced. Murphy is believed responsible for placing...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: In Eagle Pass, TX, this afternoon, FBI agents arrested 35-year-old Maverick County Precinct 3 Commissioner and Eagle Pass ISD teacher Jose Luis Rosales after a federal grand jury in Del Rio charged him earlier this week in connection with an alleged bribery, kickback and bid-rigging scheme announced Acting United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: Peoria, Ill. - A Gibson City, Ill., man, Carl Kieser, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for mail fraud, tax evasion, and illegal application of a pesticide inconsistent with its labeling. Yesterday, Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid ordered that Kieser, 63, serve 97 months (8 years...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage store owner was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess to 18 months imprisonment, along with forfeiture of over $42,000 in criminal proceeds in connection with a United States Department of Agriculture food aid program fraud scheme which he operated out of his Anchorage store.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: Husband And Wife, Who Operated Jacqueline Morrison & Associates In Arlington And Fort Worth, Are Each Sentenced To Serve 187 Months In Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - After a four-month trial, a federal jury in the Eastern District of Michigan convicted six members of the Devils Diciples Motorcycle Gang today, including the national president, national vice president and national warlord, for their participation in various criminal acts, including violent crimes in aid of racketeering, methamphetamine production and trafficking, illegal firearms offenses, obstruction of justice, illegal gambling and other federal offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Feb. 20, 2015, David Terell Parrow, age 39, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 72 months in prison for felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Parrow was also ordered to serve two years of supervised release following the imprisonment and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: This morning, FBI agents arrested 56-year-old former Maverick County Justice of the Peace and Eagle Pass businessman Cesar Iracheta on federal bribery charges in a "pay-to-play" scheme involving County construction contracts announced Acting United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of February 23. The committee will hear testimony from the heads of the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Health and Human Services on their 2016 budgets. Members will also discuss the future of the Internet, abusive patent demand letters, and drinking water systems in small communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: On Feb. 19, 2015, Harold Lawayne Barron, a/k/a “Wayne," 51, of Murphysboro, Ill., was sentenced for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy and a crack cocaine conspiracy, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: Opening Reception for Celebrating 20 years of Lowell Women's Week.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: Jamie M. Trzinski, 28, of DuQuoin, was indicted on Feb. 3, 2015, in a one-count indictment, charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Seal Beach woman was sentenced today to 35 months in federal prison for operating a $1.4 million fraud scheme that bilked clients who paid money in response to false promises of ownership in commercial real estate.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Maurice L. Burks, 44, of East St. Louis, IL, was sentenced on a one-count indictment charging that Burks engaged in a scheme to commit health care fraud. On Feb. 20, 2015, the district court sentenced Burks to six months of incarceration and ordered him to pay $1,016.82 in restitution as well as a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. Chief District Judge Anne C. Conway yesterday sentenced Ruben Mangual-Aquino (33, Orlando) to 48 months in federal prison for conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit access devices (credit cards), possession of device-making equipment, producing and using counterfeit access devices...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement regarding the administration’s announcement that it sent inaccurate tax information to 800,000 health law enrollees and is extending the enrollment period around tax-filing season.
