News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Armand J. Croteau (47, Punta Gorda) to 27 months in federal prison for filing false claims with the Internal Revenue Service and for corruptly obstructing or impeding the administration of the Internal Revenue Laws. Croteau pleaded guilty on July 2, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that charges have been filed against Andrew Barnes, who is currently confined at the U.S. Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address before a Joint Meeting of the Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Santiago Ortiz-Otiz, formerly of New Cumberland, PA, was sentenced yesterday for illegal reentry. U.S. District Court Judge William J. Caldwell sentenced Ortiz-Ortiz to the one year imprisonment followed by 3 years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: David Dean Erskine, 43, most recently having lived at Fort Gordon Military Base, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge J. Randal Hall to 63 months in prison, followed by 30 years of supervised release, for the abusive sexual contact with a minor. Erskine pled guilty to the charge in October 2014. Erskine, who was detained following his February 2014 arrest, was returned to custody at the conclusion of the sentencing hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement on House passage of the 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the filing of a criminal information yesterday charging Walter Cruz, Jr., age 36, of Paterson, New Jersey, with passing counterfeit United States currency at the Mount Airy Casino in Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 20, 2014. The government also filed a plea agreement with the defendant which is subject to approval by the Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Following a seven-day trial, three Worcester men were convicted yesterday of distributing crack cocaine in the City of Worcester and surrounding areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - DeMarco Doxie has been sentenced to four years and five months in prison for his theft of more than $1 million from his former employer, Ennis Paint (currently known as Ennis-Flint).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Late yesterday, a federal grand jury in Panama City, Florida, convicted Sammie Lee Underwood III, 22, of Panama City, of being a felon in possession of a loaded.380 caliber pistol. The verdict was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - Omar Gonzalez was sentenced today to 174 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce Balzano.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 3, 2015 - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources announced its hearing schedule for the month of March 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Monday evening, a federal jury found Rachel Siders, 39, of Roseville, guilty of bank fraud, making a false loan application, and committing aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Siders’ week-long trial was held before United States District Judge John A. Mendez.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: Two men whose hash oil manufacturing operation exploded on New Year’s Day 2014, were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to federal prison terms, announced Acting United States Attorney Annette L. Hayes. ROBBY WAYNE MEISER, 46, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced the release of a report detailing a number of strategies sophisticated taxpayers use to substantially lower their tax burden.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Amber Wise has pleaded guilty to making a false statement on a tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage man was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline to serve a 108 month term of imprisonment for his commission of an armed bank robbery.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: New tower enables controllers to provide the safest, most efficient service to flights at busy South Florida airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: TYLER, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that a Flint man has been sentenced to federal prison for his involvement in a drug conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas. Isaac Dion Smith, also known as “Ike", 34, of Flint, Texas, was sentenced to 144 months in prison today by United ...
