News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LYNWOOD PATRICK, JR., 39, of East Hartford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of mail fraud related to his submission of a fraudulent application for a personal mortgage modification.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph M. Tripi and John M. Alsup, who handled the case, stated that between 2000 and 2010, the defendant was a member of the 10th Street Gang. As part of his involvement in the gang, Hernandez possessed firearms, sold marijuana, cocaine, crack cocaine, and other controlled substances on the West Side of Buffalo.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $735,000 civil penalty against Volaris of Mexico City, Mexico, for allegedly operating an aircraft that was not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: Hash Oil Extraction using Explosive Gas Caused November 2013 Fatal Apartment Fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE/MONROE/LAKE CHARLES/ALEXANDRIA, La. - Summer camps are required to make reasonable accommodations to accept children with disabilities, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: Chicago - A Wilmette man was arrested this morning by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and detectives from the Norridge and Arlington Heights Police Departments and is facing federal wire fraud charges for defrauding his clients of at least $1 million of investment funds. Alan Gold, age...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Vachik Babayan, 42, of Tujunga, California, was sentenced today to 11months and 25 days in prison for access device fraud for possessing fifteen or more unauthorized credit card account numbers, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Babayan to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident has been sentenced in federal court to 70 months’ incarceration, followed by five years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating of the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former loan officer for a bank in Great Bend was sentenced Monday to six months in prison followed by six months home detention for bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. In addition, he was ordered to pay $124,000 in restitution and $50,000 in a personal forfeiture judgment.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: CHEYENNE, Okla.--Have you ever wondered how big our solar system is or how long it would take you to travel to Neptune? Join Washita Battlefield National Historic Site Park Rangers and Starcreek Astronomical Society on Saturday, June 13, 2015, at 8:00 p.m. to get answers to these queries and dream up even more questions about our universe at the park's first night sky event of the summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man pleaded guilty to attempting to explode a car bomb at the airport in Wichita, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom and John Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: A Cleveland man was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and related charges following a week-long trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, as part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood initiative, is hosting the ‘Be Here for Kids’ event on Friday, June 12, 2015, at the Desert Ridge Marketplace in Phoenix. The event will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: NEW ORLEANS -- Today, during a speech at the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Annual Convention in New Orleans, LA, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department and EEI, strengthening collaborative action to accelerate plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: Renata Nicole Annese stole over $800,000.00 in a credit card fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A California man who used internet chat rooms to solicit a 15-year-old Reno girl for sex, and then traveled to Reno where he was arrested after attempting to have sex with her, was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison, 15 years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden, for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: Two Tennessee men pleaded guilty to using a firearm to kill during a home invasion robbery they conducted on May 7, 2011, announced U.S. Attorney David Rivera of the Middle District of Tennessee and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Raul Canchola Farias, 40, of Pacoima, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to 11 years and three months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, California - Raul Canchola Farias, 40, of Pacoima, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to 11 years and three months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Butler county woman Thursday became the second person to plead guilty to a federal charge of stealing more than $1.2 million from Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. The Wichita-based company owns assisted living centers in Kansas and Missouri.
