News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that William Seltzer, 29, of Wytheville, Virginia, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Uda Hidalgo, 31, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: FORT MYERS, Fla. - United States District Court Judge John A. Steele has sentenced Edward (29, Cape Coral) to 60 months’ imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for one count of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon and one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Bergen was indicted on Jan. 22, 2014.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, February 26 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the FY 2016 HHS Budget." Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell will be the sole witness.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont has stated that Jeffrey Donna, 39, of Richford, Vermont has been sentenced to prison for his role in a cross-border marijuana trafficking conspiracy. In August 2014, Donna was convicted of conspiracy to distribute marijuana. As part...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that William Nelson, age 42, and Greg Bush, age 53, both of Brooklyn, New York were sentenced in federal court in Scranton on charges of trafficking 100 grams or more of heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday launched an investigation into the deliberative process of the Federal Communications Commission. In a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Tucson, Ariz. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on today’s presidential designation of three new national monuments.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday launched an investigation into the deliberative process of the Federal Communications Commission. In a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Brandon K. Craig, 21, of Carbondale, Ill., was sentenced for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy in the Southern District of Illinois. Stephen R.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Alvin Kinard (a.k.a. (“Baby")), 25, of Brooklyn, New York, has been charged in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and 28 grams or more of crack cocaine in the Rutland, Vermont area. Kinard pled not guilty before U.S. Magistrate...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on Feb. 17, 2015, Lamar James, 24, of Brattleboro, was sentenced in United States District Court to seven months imprisonment on his guilty plea to a charge of distribution of heroin. United States District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford also ordered James to serve three years supervised release following his incarceration. James had been detained since his July 1, 2014 arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ray Jan Kornfeld, 59, resident of Las Vegas, NV, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 5 years in prison for his role in a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris jointly announced. Kornfeld was also ordered to pay over $3 million in restitution to victims of the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Andrew Terryll Hudson (51, Deltona) with one count of distributing child pornography, one count of receiving child pornography, and one count of possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ASA BOYD, 35, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, the Portland City Council voted 3-2 to assign two Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers to the Joint Terrorism Task Force. Mayor Charlie Hales joined Commissioners Dan Saltzman and Nick Fish in voting to allow PPB officers to participate in the JTTF. PPB officers will join other regional law enforcement partners involved in the JTTF.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that WILLIE ENGLISH, age 41, of Belle Chasse, pled guilty today to one-count Indictment, charging him with misuse of a federal license.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: (PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Cranston Police Chief Colonel Michael J. Winquist announced that Nicholas Selser, 33, and Michael Fortes, 48, of Cranston, ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Nevada will hold a joint meeting of its three Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) at The Nugget, 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks, NV on February 26 and 27. The meeting is open to the public and a public comment period will be available on February 26 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The meeting will also be streamed over the internet at www.blm.gov/live.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: The State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service (DS) Miami Field Office, working with multiple federal, state, and local enforcement authorities, has apprehended 26 men and women sought as suspects of identity theft, as well as passport and visa fraud.
