News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Demilson Loubak Ferreira, 36, of Brazil, pleaded guilty to illegally entering the United States at a location other than a designated port of entry before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy. The defendant was then sentenced to time served.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - William Terrance Proctor, a/k/a “Boobie," and “Booby," age 31, of Lexington Park, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting the theft of a firearm, possession of an unregistered firearm, unlawful sale of a firearm to a prohibited person; and receipt, possession and transportation of contraband cigarettes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Faye C. Morgan, 64, of Richmond, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to use of an unauthorized access device.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: David Wilson has joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT), the agency's primary private-sector policy advisory group. Wilson is president of Morgan State University and has more than 30 years of experience in higher education administration. Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Acting NIST Director Willie May appointed Wilson for a three-year term.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Mar. 26, 2015, Phillip Wayne Mullins, 39, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Judge, to serve 151 months in federal prison for his role in an extensive a-PVP (alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered around...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Gabriel Vashon Seay, age 35, of Camp Springs, Maryland, today to 12 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Judge Chasanow also ordered that Seay forfeit a gun, ammunition and over $23,000 in cash seized from his home.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: A Dubuque man who possessed an unregistered sawed-off shotgun was sentenced on March 26, 2015 to more than seven years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Two former federal agents have been charged with wire fraud, money laundering and related offenses for stealing digital currency during their investigation of the Silk Road, an underground black market that allowed users to conduct illegal transactions over the Internet. The charges are contained in a federal criminal complaint issued on March 25, 2015, in the Northern District of California and unsealed today.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: TOMAH, Wis. - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and other members of Congress heard testimony about problems at the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center - problems that led to the deaths of patients. “My dad was entitled to competent care and the VA had a duty to provide it," said Candice Delis, whose father died of a stroke that went untreated for hours as he waited at the Tomah VA urgent care clinic. “I wouldn’t be here today if the VA had fulfilled its duty.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - Rachel Lynn Hansen, age 32, of Ishpeming, Michigan, was sentenced to 151 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr., announced today. After her release, she will serve three years of court supervision. Hanson, a mother of three, was convicted of possession of cocaine...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez, on March 30, 2015, sentenced Rudy Bridges, 31, to 33 months in prison for possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Linn, Mo., man has been indicted for illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Xue Heu, 38, of Modesto, pleaded guilty today to two counts of wire fraud in connection with a fraudulent real estate investment scheme, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: In San Antonio today, 68-year-old Marvis Charles Box of Converse, TX, was sentenced to three years in federal prison for stealing an estimated $478,000 of United States Postal Service equipment announced Acting United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., and U.S. Postal Inspection Service Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez, Houston Division.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: March 30, 2015 (Marin County, CA) The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics and its Subaru/Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers team are partnering with the National Park Service and the Point Reyes National Seashore Association to host community events and educational activities April 6-13, 2015. The...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: BARRON, Wis. - Once again, workers were exposed to dangerous amputation hazards* while fabricating metal products because safety mechanisms were not in place at Koser Iron Works Inc. Responding to a complaint, inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) joins parks, programs and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com. Launched on Monday, March 30 by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: Investigation Exposed Woman Who Fraudulently Collected $250,000 in Federal Benefits; Received Food Stamps While Taking Postal Disability Payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin announced that HAROON ASWAT pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to terrorism charges related to ASWAT’s efforts to establish a terrorist training camp...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: Acadia National Park joins parks, programs, and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com. Launched yesterday by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find Your Park is a public awareness and education campaign celebrating the milestone centennial anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016 and setting the stage for its second century of service.
