News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Shadiki Brown, 29, of Little River, SC; Davion Bellamy, age 26, of Conway; and Ann Marie Yapp, age 44, of North Myrtle Beach were sentenced for their roles in a bogus lottery scam that targeted elderly victims around...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with using a firearm to threaten his parents.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Leeann Corley, 29, of Dayton, Ohio, who was convicted of importing approximately 32,000 pills containing methamphetamine, MDMA and BZP into the United States from Canada, was sentenced to 46 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Luis Abril, 31, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine and 100 grams or more of heroin, and possession of firearms in furtherance...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: (BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that John Yerinides, 51, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton in Bridgeport to approximately 32 months of imprisonment, time already served, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Two Boston men, alleged to be members of Boston’s Thetford Avenue Buffalos, have pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to sex trafficking four minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: There will be a press conference held on Monday, March 2, 2015, following the sentencing in United States v. Mary Ann Ramos, Northern District of Iowa Case Number 13-2034.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on news that the House Republican majority is putting forth a three-week Continuing Resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security, while the Senate just passed a clean, full-year bill. Funding for DHS ends at midnight tonight - twelve hours...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Brandon Washington, 31, of Buffalo, NY, with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and money structuring. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 529, bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) and Ron Kind (D-WI) that would expand, modernize, and strengthen tax-free 529 college-savings plans. Upon passage, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), the Ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, spoke in the House of Representatives this morning about House Republicans’ plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security for just three weeks with a new continuing resolution (CR), instead of passing a full-year DHS funding bill. The current CR to fund DHS is set to expire at midnight tonight.
By State Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the Committee will convene a hearing to examine the Obama Administration’s Ukraine policy amid relentless Russian aggression. The hearing, entitled “Ukraine Under Siege " will take place on Wednesday, March 4 at 10 a.m. in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Mark R. Maness was sentenced today to 41 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $1,176,668 for conspiring to submit false claims against the United States, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: A Hudson woman was convicted of making false statements related to the purchase of three firearms, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Luis Abril, 31, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine and 100 grams or more of heroin, and possession of firearms in furtherance ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN YERINIDES, 51, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Spread over a vast area of the Upper Great Lakes, members of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians live mainly in the seven easternmost counties of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Overall, they have nine housing sites, five casinos, and seven health centers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Feb. 20, 2015, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA), Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX), and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) called on the Social Security Administration (SSA) to protect the American taxpayer and take commonsense...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS - Donald W. Wainwright Sr., 49, of Live Oak, Florida, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to 12 charges related to violating the Lacey Act, one count of conspiracy and one count of wire fraud.
