News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Jan. 22, 2015, Kenra Sharay Campbell, age 29, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge James E. Gritzner to 18 months in prison, after pleading guilty to escape from federal custody, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Campbell was also ordered to serve two years of supervised release following the imprisonment, and to pay $100 to the Crime Victims Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that STEVEN ALEX HUGHART, age 38, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, pled guilty to being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1) and Possession of a Firearm with a Removed, Obliterated, or Altered Serial Number, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(k) and 924(a)(1)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that LINDA LUE ADAMS, a/k/a LINDA CORLEY, a/k/a LINDA MARTIN, age 68, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Obstruction of Justice, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1512(c)(2).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Four artists and three writers will visit Denali National Park and Preserve in 2015 through its Artist-in-Residence program. This year’s group includes the program's first fine arts photographer, and first outdoor participatory artist. Three of the residents will visit in February and March as part of a winter program. Four others will take part in the traditional summer program that takes place between June and September.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Honduran national was sentenced to 12 months in prison for possessing a firearm while being in the United States illegally.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Odilon Martinez Rojas, a/k/a Chino, a/k/a Saul, and Arturo Rojas Coyotl, a/k/a Taco, a/k/a Jonathan have been sentenced for sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion two young women from Guatemala and one young woman from Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: DAYTON - Ronald L. Bennett, 45, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 70 months in prison for engaging in illicit sexual conduct in 2005 and 2006 with at least two boys while he was on active duty with the U.S. Air Force and stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: FL: Everglades Fire Management plans to conduct the Hole in the Donut(HID) West prescribed fire in Everglades National Park on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. The goal of the prescribed fire treatment is to reduce hazardous vegetation accumulations while recycling nutrients used to stimulate new growth in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Jan. 20, 2015, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against Joseph J. Valdez (age: 29) of Green Bay, Wisconsin, charging him with three counts of sexual exploitation of a child in violation...
By State Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia:
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Yesterday, Michael Pitamber Ramdat was sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution for a fraud scheme he perpetrated against small business owners and others seeking lines of credit around the nation, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag; Christy Romero, Special...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A former office manager of a medical practice in Northampton pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Springfield to wire fraud and tax evasion.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Washington - The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs organized itself in its first business meeting of the 114th Congress on Thursday. The committee adopted rules, agreed to a subcommittee structure, authorized its spending, and recommended two nominees to the Senate as a whole.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: (BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Gina Nelson, 31 -, of Bradley, Maine was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) was acknowledged on Jan. 21 for its investigative work which resulted in the seizure, forfeiture and return of several objects to the Italian government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Johnny Michael Stallard, 39, of Kingsport, Tennessee, was sentenced on Jan. 22, 2015, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to a federal prison term of 180 months for his leadership role in an a-PVP (alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in and around the Sullivan County, Tennessee area. A-PVP is a synthetic drug which is commonly referred to on the street as “gravel.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss. -- Robert Harrison pled guilty on Jan. 20, 2015 in U.S. District Court to one count of failing to file a tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a single-count indictment today against Hammurabi Hernandez, 47 and Jorge Medina, 25, both from Bakersfield, charging them with possession with intent to distribute at least 100 grams of heroin, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Raul Ramirez-Martinez, 36, an undocumented alien from Queretaro, Mexico, has been sentenced on a multi-count indictment charging conspiracy to transport and harbor aliens and illegal re-entry after removal/deportation, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Ramirez-Martinez, a previously deported illegal alien, pleaded guilty in May 2014.
