News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Alexander Ciccolo indicted on felon in possession of a firearm and assaulting a nurse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and William Offord, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that AJMAL JENKINS, 39, of Middletown, pleaded guilty yesterday in New Haven federal court to one count of tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas S. Duszkiewicz, who is handling the case, stated that between January and December 2011, the defendant sold crack cocaine on multiple occasions to a confidential informant working for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). On Dec. 1, 2015, Weston sold crack cocaine to a confidential source working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A former East Longmeadow woman pleaded guilty yesterday in District Court in Springfield to wire fraud, money laundering and tax charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Kenneth Lamar Ellington (46, Quincy) guilty of two counts of bank robbery. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each count. Sentencing has been set for Oct. 19, 2015, before United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ROBERT CHERRY, also known as “Rob Base," 45, of Danbury, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in a violent home invasion robbery of illegal drugs and drug trafficking proceeds.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech today on the Senate floor, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) voiced his support for a historic bipartisan bill to fund America’s roads, highways, and bridges for a full three years without increasing taxes or adding to the deficit. The measure, which reauthorizes the nation’s highway programs for six years, marks the longest funded multi-year highway bill in more than a decade.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank T. Pimentel, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, on July 21, 2015, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call regarding an injury at 6761 Walmore Road in Wheatfield. When emergency crews arrived, they discovered the defendant had a significant injury to his lower leg. Subsequently, personnel from the Erie County Bomb Squad entered the unattached garage where an explosion had occurred.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing on the Department of Labor’s proposed changes to federal overtime rules. The hearing explored the impact the proposal would have on employee choice and opportunity, as well as the significant costs it would create for the nation's job creators.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: EVANSVILLE - Josh J. Minkler, the United States Attorney, announced today the sentencing in United States District Court of the last defendant in a federal methamphetamine trafficking investigation. William H. Elder, 74, Evansville, was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for his role in the drug conspiracy. Seven other co-defendants, including William Elder’s son, Mathew Elder, were also recently sentenced by U.S. District Chief Judge Richard L. Young.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Asahn Brightman (24, Jacksonville) to seven years in federal prison for distribution of cocaine, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He pleaded guilty on April 21, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Possessed Over 400 Child Pornography Video Files.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo announced that the Rocky Mountain Information Network (“RMIN"), which is based in Phoenix, Ariz., has been chosen to receive a $4,065,855 grant from the Office of Justice Programs, which is a component of the U.S. Department of Justice.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Come Join Us! The National Park Service, in coordination with Rosie the Riveter Trust, City of Richmond, and Richmond Convention and Visitors Bureau, will be hosting a Rosie Rally! We hope to break the Guinness World Record with the greatest number of women of all ages dressed as Rosies in one place and time since WWII.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: The Pike Ridge trail, in western Katmai National Park, provides King Salmon and Naknek residents important access to subsistence resources and use areas, yet motorized vehicle use and subsistence activities are not allowed within the park boundary.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Washington - DGS Acquisitions LLC, operating in Kansas City, Kan., has posted a $200,000 surety bond with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Tina Tafoya, 33, of Deming, N.M., was sentenced today in Albuquerque, N.M., to 78 months in prison for her methamphetamine trafficking conviction. Tafoya will be on supervised release for five years after completing her prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ----United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Daniel L. Maguire, III, age 71, of Charleston, South Carolina, was sentenced on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 [J&C signed 7/22 and filed 7/23] in federal court in Charleston, for possession of child pornography, a violation of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: MIAMI - Ronen Nahmani, 41, of Aventura, Florida was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and controlled substance analogues, namely, synthetic cannabinoids, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846. Nahmani is scheduled to be sentenced before Chief Judge Michael Moore on October 8, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: Jason Ezell, 40, of Lebanon, Tenn., pleaded guilty today before Chief U.S. District Judge Kevin H. Sharp, to federal program fraud and wire fraud, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
