News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Vallas Paul Bell, 31, of Hurricane, West Virginia, pleaded guilty to fraudulently taking $24,660 in Social Security benefits to which he was not entitled, in a hearing before United States District Judge Thomas E. Johnston in Charleston.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Southeast Regional Director Stan Austin announced that Pedro Ramos has been selected as Superintendent of Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks in Florida. Ramos has been serving as superintendent of Big Cypress National Preserve since January 2009. Ramos will begin his new assignment in mid-January.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ISIDRO OROZCO-LOPEZ, age 34, a citizen of Guatemala, pled guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JASON GUZMAN-URQUIA, age 36, a native of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count indictment for illegal entry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Anthony Drayton, Jr., 38, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 108 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Damion Latoras Foster, 33, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to charges of Conspiring to Commit Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: Multiple Arrests Announced in Large Drug Ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that BRANDON JEVAR PITTMAN, 32, of Calhoun City, Mississippi, was sentenced to 84 months imprisonment, followed by 4 years of supervised release for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: FBI Arrests Defendants Charged with Trafficking Heroin and Other Drugs in Jefferson County.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Bureau of Land Management Artists in Residence Ned Rozell and Sarah DeGennaro will share their experiences and art at two public presentations hosted by the Alaska Public Lands Information Center on Jan. 24 and 29 at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center in Fairbanks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID LIPTAK, 50, of Milford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in Bridgeport...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: FORT BRAGG, N.C. - 'Clyde Nettles Jr. was in an unprotected trench reconnecting drainpipes at Fort Bragg on July 24, 2014, when, without warning, the walls collapsed around him and another worker. The other worker was able to escape uninjured, but 22-year-old Nettles was not.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Tyrone Dixon, 34, of Florida, appeared yesterday in United States District Court in Burlington following his arrest for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy released Dixon on conditions pending his next court hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Salina man has been sentenced to 130 months in federal prison for trafficking in methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said Wednesday.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: There are nine more reasons to enjoy your national park service units in 2015 - all will offer free admission on nine days in 2015. In addition, Everglades National Park will offer free admission for its annual Vintage Day celebration (March 7, 2015, main entrance only) and its Junior Ranger Day (March 21, 2015).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Gerald Eugene Mayham (41, Clearwater) to 19 years and 7 months in federal prison for sex trafficking a child. The Court also ordered him to serve a 10-year term of supervision upon his release and to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: (GREAT FALLS) A Browning man has been sentenced to prison following a guilty verdict in a September 2014 trial. Jordan James Lamott was sentenced to 32 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release for strangling his girlfriend. This is the first case in the District of Montana that a defendant has been convicted at trial for strangulation in federal court since the inception of the statute. It is also one of the first such cases in the entire country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announce the unsealing of an indictment charging (Dr.) Edward Neil Feldman, M.D. (75, Tampa) and his wife, Kim Xuan...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Follow @SDILNews. A United States Grand Jury sitting in Benton returned an indictment against Easter Jimison, 37, of Collinsville, Illinois, charging her with three counts of Bank Burglary, Stephen...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO-The U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing civil penalties ranging from $65,000 to $78,000 against three companies for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations.
