News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Beckley, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that two men involved in distributing heroin in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, were sentenced in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Five people involved in an extensive scheme to obtain millions of dollars through fraudulently obtained tax refund checks issued by the U.S. Treasury pleaded guilty today in Newark federal court, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: SALEM, M.A.- Michael Quijano-West, a 32 year National Park Service veteran, has been selected as the new program coordinator for the Park Planning and Special Studies Division of the Northeast Regional Office. Since 2011, Quijano-West has served as superintendent of Salem Maritime and Saugus Iron Works...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A federal jury has convicted Jaime Gerardo Serrano-Villegas, 28, of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, of transporting illegal aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The verdict was returned following a two-day trial and less than two hours of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Kevin Robinson, age 53, of Washington, D.C., today to 210 months in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for transporting a minor to engage in sex. Judge Titus also ordered that, upon his release from prison, Robinson must register as a sex offender in the place where he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced today that Charles Eugene Mears (56, Orange Park) has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography over the Internet. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of five years, up to 20 years, in federal prison and a potential life term of supervision. A sentencing hearing has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A federal grand jury in Providence returned a twenty-six count indictment today charging Robert L. Wilkins, 23, of Providence, with twelve counts of distribution of heroin, twelve counts of distribution of cocaine base (crack cocaine), and one count each of conspiracy to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Krista Federer, 46, of Twin Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty on Jan. 13, 2015, to one count of distributing a controlled substance. The controlled substances were prescription medications diverted from the pharmacy where Federer worked. Sentencing is set for March 26, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federal courthouse in Boise.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RICHARD ANDERSON, also known as “Mayut" and “Porter," 28, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha today jointly announced the cross-designation of several senior prosecutors to enhance the prosecution of multi-jurisdictional crime including narcotics, firearms, and human trafficking, as well as public corruption and child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Nicholas Mitko Clark (22, Yulee) has pleaded guilty to transporting child pornography. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years, up to 20 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Paul Girard, 27, pleaded guilty Friday in federal court on St. Croix to Possession of Prison Contraband, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe and Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA) Special Agent-in-Charge Vito S. Guarino announced.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have unearthed a natural material that helps prevent a deadly fish disease.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: An eight-count federal indictment has been returned charging a Uniontown man for his role operating a Ponzi scheme in which 19 investors were defrauded out of approximately $5.5 million, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Beaver County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 33 months imprisonment, and ordered to pay $415,389.32 in restitution on his conviction of mail fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JUSTIN ASHLINE, 24, of Ellington, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Orthodox Jewish rabbi today admitted conspiring to travel to New Jersey to coerce a Jewish man to give his wife a religious divorce - referred to as a “get" - through threats of violence, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Wayside, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for using a computer in his home to distribute images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH- A former resident of Washington, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 87 months imprisonment, 3 years supervised release and no fine or restitution on his conviction of Hobbs Act violations, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
