News from March 2015
By State Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he continues to pursue a committee vote on his bipartisan legislation requiring congressional review of any final nuclear agreement with Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Rodolpho Hernandez Flores, a 47-year old Mexican national, was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute five or more kilograms of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County man who attempted to travel to Syria last year has been indicted on a series of federal offenses, including attempting to provide material support to the terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RASHAUD JONES, also known as “Buck," 32, of Hartford and Windsor, has been convicted of multiple...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Rodolpho Hernandez Flores, a 47-year old Mexican national, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Court Judge Michael J. Reagan to 50 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute five or more kilograms of heroin, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on March 3, 2015, Dewayne Hill, 40, of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine (Count 1), Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Mark Daniel DeHaven (33, Winter Garden) has pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography. He faces a mandatory minimum of five, up to 20 years, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 21, 2015. DeHaven was arrested and made his initial appearance in federal court on Oct. 30, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that SANTOS GAVARRETE-NATAREN, 36, a native of Honduras, was sentenced today for knowingly delivering a firearm to a common carrier without written notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Andre Ruffin, a former resident of Munhall, Pa., was convicted by a federal jury of five men and seven women in front of Senior United States District Judge Terrence F. McVerry in Pittsburgh, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. Ruffin was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and/or ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that David Frizzell, 44, of Grove City, Ohio, was sentenced today in federal court in Charleston to five years’ imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. Frizzell previously pled guilty in September of 2014, to conspiring...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A retired plastic surgeon from Chatham, New Jersey, has been charged with stealing more than $80,000 in social security benefits from his severely disabled son, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Late Tuesday a federal jury in Great Falls convicted Eduardo Ocegueda-Ruiz, 30, of Los Angeles, California of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management is holding a competitive oil and gas lease sales on Tuesday, March 10, at the BLM Nevada State Office, 1340 Financial Blvd., Reno. Registration and assignment of bidding numbers begins at 8 a.m. and the sale begins at 9 a.m.The oil and gas sale includes 24 parcels totaling...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Fritch, TX- Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument is undergoing renovations and will receive brand new museum exhibits. To complete the installation, the Visitors Center will be closed March 9-20, 2015. Park Headquarters at Lake Meredith Recreation Area will remain open during normal business hours M-F 8:00-4:30 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., of the Western District of New York, announced that Jennifer Gilbert, 47, of Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci to fraudulently obtaining a U.S. Passport by making false statements in the passport application. The maximum penalty for this charge is a term of imprisonment of 10 years and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Gilbert Fiorentino, 54, and Carl Fiorentino, 57, both of Coral Gables, Florida, were sentenced yesterday in Federal Court in the Southern District of Florida, in connection with their participation in an illegal scheme to obtain more than $11 million dollars in kickbacks and other benefits, and to conceal...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Scheme Victimized More Than 1,000 Individuals Throughout The United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Andre Ruffin, a former resident of Munhall, Pa., was convicted by a federal jury of five men and seven women in front of Senior United States District Judge Terrence F. McVerry in Pittsburgh, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. Ruffin was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and/or ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - JASON CRIPE, Windsor, Illinois, was charged in a criminal complaint alleging wire fraud in connection with a bogus advertisement on Craigslist. According to the complaint, Cripe advertised two Bobcat tractors for sale on the website and accepted $12,800 in partial payment. When the delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Chavez Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
