News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Okreek, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Strangulation and Suffocation was sentenced on January 5, 2015, by U.S. District Court Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA-United States Attorney Walt Green announced that yesterday U.S. District Judge Shelley Dick sentenced Joseph D. Melancon, age 45, to fifteen years imprisonment, five years of supervised release, restitution of approximately $42,200, and forfeiture of $40,975.
By State Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We are writing to request that you publicly release the names and current status of the 53 Cuban political prisoners Havana committed to releasing during talks to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba. We believe this would allow the American and Cuban people to gauge the Castro...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member, Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah; and Senator Edward Markey, D-Mass., today introduced the bipartisan Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act, legislation that would maintain the opportunity for people receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid to participate in rare disease clinical trials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a former California resident was sentenced in federal court in Juneau for failing to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lemmon, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Receipt of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edward Honeywell today sentenced Keverick Lavar Brown (27, Tampa) to eight years and nine months in federal prison for bank robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the high-capacity firearm used in the robbery. He pleaded guilty on Aug. 27, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - Former Iowa resident Christina M. Pender and California resident Robert K. Taylor have pled guilty to defrauding insurance company AIG out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Taylor also pled guilty to making false statements to a financial institution involving a mortgage fraud scheme in California. Pender pled guilty on April 17, 2014, and Taylor pled guilty on Aug. 27, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A previously convicted felon pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with the sale of multiple firearms, including handguns with obliterated serial numbers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 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 | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Beverly Sue Gingell (61, Palmetto) to five years and three months in federal prison for wire fraud and obstructing and impeding the administration of the Internal Revenue Service. She was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $651,347.42 and to forfeit $745,000, which represents the proceeds of the fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Michael Yedor has been sentenced to ten years in prison for his role in orchestrating a scheme to defraud Northwest and Delta Air Lines of more than $36 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Bamba Omar Saine, age 24, of Columbia, today to four years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a racketeering conspiracy, in connection with the Bloods gang operating primarily out of Howard County, Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Dallas man was sentenced Thursday to 84 months in prison for a conspiracy to sell methamphetamine in the Shreveport area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Seven defendants charged with various offenses stemming from their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy have pleaded guilty, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Sharron Laverne Parrish, Jr. (25, Tampa) to four years and nine months in federal prison for committing wire fraud. The Court also ordered him to forfeit $309,768.41, which are traceable to proceeds of the offense.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Hosmer Grove campground and trail will be closed until further notice to protect a family of nēnē that is nesting in the popular campground. The family will be moved to an area away from the campground, after which time Hosmer Grove will reopen.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Brighton, Colorado, man convicted of Attempted Trafficking with Respect to Involuntary Servitude and Forced Labor was sentenced on January 8, 2015, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Nine defendants convicted for their respective roles in a large cocaine distribution conspiracy that operated in Lubbock, Odessa, and Borger, Texas, have been sentenced, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By State Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passage of H.R. 3, a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline...
