News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: Three alleged members of the Latin Counts violent street gang were charged by a federal grand jury today with murder occurring in southwest Detroit, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Joshua Pelosi, 36, was sentenced on March 4, 2015 by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 37 months in prison and six years of supervised release for failing to register as a convicted sex offender. In October 2014, Pelosi pleaded guilty to two federal counts of failing to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: Defendant Posed Online As 13-Year-old Boy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today sentenced Enzo Blanks, a/k/a “Zo," age 29, of Baltimore, to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin. Judge Hollander also ordered Blanks to forfeit a vehicle and jewelry.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - A criminal indictment was unsealed yesterday against Viet Quoc Nguyen and Giang Hoang Vu, both citizens of Vietnam, who resided for a period of time in the Netherlands, for their role in a massive data breach of Email Service Providers all over the United States. In addition, a federal grand...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Shantoria Valentine-Deguenon, age 24 of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced to five years, three months imprisonment by the Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon, for bank robbery. On December 9, 2014, a federal grand jury found her guilty of robbing the Wells Fargo bank in Ralston. She was also ordered to serve a three year term of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: On Friday, March 6, NIST Gaithersburg is closed due to continuing efforts to clear parking lots and walkways of ice and snow following yesterday's heavy snowfall.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: The FAA is making its Introduction to Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) DVD available online to make it easier for ARFF personnel and first responders to view the video using their computer and other smart technology devices. The online ARFF video features an introduction and 11 segments on various ARFF-related topics.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today published a final rule finalizing procedures for handling whistleblower retaliation complaints filed under Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The SOX Act protects employees who report fraudulent activities and violations of Securities Exchange Commission rules that can harm investors in publicly traded companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The owner of El Rodeo nightclub in Pico Rivera was named today in a federal grand jury indictment that charges him with using his bar and another one he controlled in Moreno Valley to launder drug proceeds on behalf of Mexican drug traffickers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two Camden men today admitted their roles in a conspiracy to sell 22 guns without a license, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: Two Toledo-area men were indicted for wire fraud related to stealing more than $1 million from hundreds of people through a fraudulent loan-modification scheme, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway has sentenced Anthony Kenty Soto-Lopes (34, Orlando) to five years in federal prison for possessing an unregistered machinegun, silencer, and short barreled rifle, and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The Court also ordered him to forfeit five Glock pistols that law enforcement recovered from his residence during the investigation. Soto-Lopes pleaded guilty on Dec. 19, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, doctor was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for structuring cash transactions in order to avoid reporting requirements and for filing false tax returns, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: For the second season, a group of young University of Vermont students have traveled to the Outer Banks Group national parks to assist with many park "springtime sprucing-up" projects.These energetic young students recently performed valuable work at all three national park locations providing much needed...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A White Plains, New York, woman is scheduled to appear in court today in connection with the robbery of Glen Rock Saving Bank on Feb. 18, 2015, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: MIAMI - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and (ATF), Miami Field Office, made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on March 6, 2015, Jerome Bradley Fletcher, 38, Minot, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a count of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. Judge Hovland sentenced Fletcher to serve four years and three months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Fletcher was also ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victim’s Fund.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: AJO, Arizona: Haveyou wondered what happens to the money you pay for the entrance or camping fee at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument? The answer is actually simple compared to how other budget money enters and exits the federal overnment."All entrance and camping fees paid at Organ Pipe stay at Organ Pipe and are used on projects that have a direct impact on the visitors enjoyment or understanding of the park," explained Superintendent Brent Range.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: Marine Biologist Lydia Kapsenberg will discuss her research project monitoring ocean acidification at Channel Islands National Park during the March From Shore to Sea lecture.
