News published on Federal Newswire in January 2015

News from January 2015


Columbian National Pleads Guilty to Illegally Reentry

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ANTONIO CAICEO-VALENCIA, age 42, a citizen of Columbia, pled guilty yesterday to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of removed alien.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...


News Release: U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming Christopher A. Crofts announced today that on Jan. 27, 2015, Wolfe Jon Taylor Willow, a 29 year old Northern Arapaho Tribal Member, was sentenced for failure to update his sex offender registration for a period of time in January 2014, when his whereabouts...


Man Convicted at Trial for Bank Robbery

News Release: Charleston, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney William N. Nettles stated today that Leonard Riley III, age 32, of Charleston was convicted following a three day jury trial in federal court for his role in a bank robbery. Evidence presented during the trial established that Riley, along with a...


News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury sitting in Providence, Rhode Island, convicted a Cranston, Rhode Island, man of one count of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), one count of tax evasion and two counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of false corporate tax returns, the Justice Department and the IRS announced.


Chairman Murkowski: Opening Statement on LNG Export Permitting Hearing

News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following opening statement at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act (S. 33 ):


D’IBERVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR OIL SPILL FRAUD CONSPIRACY

News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Jason Richard Woodcock, 34, of D’Iberville, was sentenced on Jan. 26, 2015 by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 120 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced. Woodcock...


News Release: OAKLAND - A federal grand jury in Oakland has indicted David Tung and Concord Farms, Inc. for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Acting Special Agent in Charge Tatum King.


News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 39-year-old Tyler, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


Rangers Are Attempting To Locate Man Last Seen On Trail Ridge Road In Rocky Mountain National Park

News Release: On Monday, Jan. 26, park rangers contacted Jay Starr Jr, 34, from Cohoes, New York. Starr had entered Rocky Mountain National Park on foot and indicated he was planning to walk westbound over Trail Ridge Road. Rangers advised him against this based on his behavior and his lack of preparedness for winter alpine conditions. Starr was wearing tennis shoes, jeans or tan canvas pants, a black/blue jacket, no hat or gloves and was carrying a plastic grocery bag.


Sen. Murkowski Confirms DOE Will Not Hinder Progress of LNG Exports in Alaska

News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today received confirmation from Christopher Smith, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy at the Department of Energy (DOE), that liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects in Alaska are eligible for conditional authorizations.


News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Louisville physician pleaded guilty this week in U.S. District Court to a criminal charge of treating patients with misbranded medications and was sentenced to a term of one year probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $176,915.55 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Colin H. Lindsay, announced Acting United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.


Jury Convicts Man Of Transporting Methamphetamine From Texas To Tulsa

News Release: TULSA, Okla.-Following a three-day trial, a federal jury found Alejandro Cabrera Charre, 23, guilty of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.


News Release: United States and Colombian Law Enforcement Authorities Execute Simultaneous Arrests in Puerto Rico, Florida and Colombia Dismantling International Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Organization.


News Release: John “Jay" Carter sentenced for his role in major money laundering scheme involving drug money from local marijuana dealers.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LISANDRO HUMBERTO BAIRES-GOMEZ, age 20, a citizen of El Salvador, pled guilty on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of removed alien.


News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez today sentenced Shaquim Fredericks, 20, Warkim J. Gabriel, 19, and Chefton C. Newton, 26, to 108 months in federal prison for their role in last year’s armed robbery of Imperial Jewelry Store on Main Street, St. Thomas, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Co-conspirator, Alvin M. Thomas, was sentenced to 85 months in prison.


Doctor Sentenced to 16 Months in Prison for Taking Bribes in Test-Referral Scheme with New Jersey Clinical Lab

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An internist with a practice in Montclair, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 16 months in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, New Jersey, its president and numerous associates, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: As published in The Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers’ January/February 2015 newsletter


Hearing to Examine Effects of U.S. Energy Renaissance on Transportation System

News Release: The effects of the Nation’s energy renaissance on the U.S. transportation system will be the focus of a hearing next week by the Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA).