News from March 2015
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH), will hold a hearing next week on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed budget and program priorities for fiscal year 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Marvin Leon Clair, 61, of Richmond, Virginia, was sentenced today to sixty months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for Conspiring to Commit Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Making False Statements to FDIC-Insured Institutions. He was also ordered to pay restitution...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, and possession of a stolen firearm, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas Walker announced that yesterday in federal court, DAVID THOMAS STEPHENSON, III, 68, of Lumberton, NC, waived indictment and pled guilty to a Criminal Information charging him with structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements and aiding and abetting...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: A Congressional subcommittee roundtable in Atlanta next Monday will examine opportunities for saving taxpayers money by reducing costs and space of federal office leases in the Southeastern United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Jeffrey Gregory, age 48, of Sparks, Maryland, today to 20 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, in connection with a scheme in which another individual engaged in “straw purchases" to obtain guns for Gregory, a previously convicted felon who was prohibited from possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - ― John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Humberto Fierro-Rascon, 41, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to eight years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 kilograms or more of marijuana. Fierro-Rascon was convicted of this charge on Jan. 14, 2015, after a three-day jury trial in federal court in Madison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that 10th Street Gang member Matthew Deynes, 33, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) conspiracy, was sentenced to 125 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-Steven Ray Auten, 31, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for robbing a bank by threatening the teller with a hoax bomb, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Auten was indicted on Sept. 3, 2014, and plead guilty on December 9, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS - Philip C. Clark, Jr., 66, David Clark, 59, and Christopher Clark, 61, all of Newark, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to bank fraud and money laundering. The three serve as president, treasurer and vice president of Clark Motor Company in Heath, Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: U.S. Kenneth A. Polite announced that TRAVIS ISRAEL OSBORNE, age 23, of New Orleans, was sentenced today for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Jason Amodio (46) of Lexington, South Carolina has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia, to Lying to a Federal Grand Jury, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623. Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr. of Columbia accepted the guilty plea.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Kevin Walker, 39, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 80 years in prison for killing two people - a sister and her brother - in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced former correctional officers Kimberly Dennis, age 27, and Antonia Allison, age 29, both of Baltimore, Maryland to 24 months and 20 months in prison, respectively, each followed by two years of supervised release, for a racketeering...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - An indictment was unsealed earlier today charging former St. Louis City Police Officer DON McGHEE with providing a firearm to known drug dealers to facilitate their distribution of crack cocaine and marijuana in the City of St. Louis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that a 26-count indictment was returned against twenty individuals and one corporation, charging approximately $30,052,295 in Medicare fraud.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on news reports of an incident at the White House on March 4th involving Secret Service agents.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that Kyle Allen Smith (Age: 21) of Oshkosh has entered a guilty plea to possession of ricin in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 175(b). At sentencing Smith faces a maximum of 10 years’ imprisonment and fine of $250,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (UT-03) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (MD-07) released the following statement today after news broke that two U.S. Secret Service (USSS) agents were involved in a late-night car accident on March 04, 2015 at the White House...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Moss Bluff man pleaded guilty Wednesday to operating a marijuana sales and transport conspiracy that stretched from Texas to Louisiana.
