News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ELVIS CANO-MORALES, age 33, a native of Honduras, was sentenced today on a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: A grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging David W. Vickers, 41, of Leesburg, Virginia, with receiving and distributing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, enticement, and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez for the District of New Mexico, Assistant Director Randall C. Coleman of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division and Special Agent in Charge Carol K.O. Lee of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today to 17 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A Waxahachie, Texas, man, James Derek Howard, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to serve one year and one day in federal prison, following his guilty plea last year to a bankruptcy fraud offense. In addition, Judge Kinkeade ordered that Howard pay $13,283 in restitution to Southwest Securities, FSB. The announcement was made today by John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Georgia man who fraudulently booked airline reservations by pretending to be a flight crew member pleaded guilty today to a federal wire fraud offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Ronald Boike (51, Orange Park) to three years and four months in federal prison for possessing child pornography. He pleaded guilty on Sept. 10, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Freddie Lee Parker, Jr., 37 years old, of Millbrook, Alabama was arrested yesterday following grand jury indictments for distribution of crack cocaine and for using and carrying a firearm while distributing the drug, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Parker was arrested at his residence yesterday in an area of Millbrook known as “Sandtown.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine in Jasper County, Mo., and for illegally possessing firearms.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: Fox photographed with remote motion-sensitive camera.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that TEOFILO RIASCOS-OROBIA, age 43, a native of Columbia, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By USDA Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: When runoff flows from farm fields into the Lake Erie Basin, phosphorus in that runoff contributes to the algal blooms that can contaminate drinking water supplies. Surface runoff is generally considered to be the most significant source of that phosphorus. But studies by two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists show that underground tile drains-commonly used by Midwestern farmers to drain excess water from crop fields-are also major contributors of phosphorus.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JUAN CARLOS SALAZAR-GARCIA, age 34, a citizen of Mexico, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that RALPH TYRONE CARUTHERS, age 49, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C).
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Democrats today outlined a collection of proven, bipartisan proposals that would spur hiring of veterans and provide a boost for the nation’s economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas announced the unsealing of a Complaint and the arrest this morning of Christopher Watson, a Perry County pharmacist, charging...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 35-year-old Little Elm, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Romeo Serna Sr., 52, has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions on multiple conspiracies related to the distribution of narcotics within 1,000 feet of school, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Joseph Witchard (56, Orlando) to 27 years and 7 months in federal prison for mail fraud, filing false claims against the United States, theft of government property, and aggravated identity theft. The Court also ordered him to pay restitution in the amount of $145,673.83 to his victims. A federal jury found Witchard guilty on November 4, 2014.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican leaders today sent a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Sylvia Burwell, seeking information about the administration’s contingency planning for the upcoming Supreme Court decision in the case of King v. Burwell. “Given HHS’s responsibilities, we believe it is prudent that the Department plan for the full range of potential outcomes and consequences of the Court’s decision."
