News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Erin Elizabeth Mali, age 32, of Arnold, Maryland, today to seven years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and receive child pornography, and for distribution of child pornography. Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that William Joseph Alexander, aka “Weenie", age 33, of Fort Smith, was sentenced today to 210 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release on one count of Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute. The Honorable P.K. Holmes, III presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned two separate indictments Thursday, charging one defendant with a laser strike of a police helicopter in Fresno, and one with a laser strike of a sheriff’s helicopter in Bakersfield, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston affirmed the conviction and sentence of a Manchester woman who was convicted of procuring citizenship unlawfully. This was the first such conviction in the nation based on concealing one’s personal participation in the Rwandan genocide.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, "Securing the Border: Defining the Current Population Living in the Shadows and Addressing Future Flows". Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Carlos Franco, 35, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced this afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 27 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for violating the federal firearms laws.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: With sparse crowds, nice temperatures and abundant birds and wildflowers, spring is a great time to visit the park. Late May through mid-June is the peak of wildflower season at Craters of the Moon. Join us for the following special events.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Kelly Yawn, age 32, of Hahira, Georgia, was sentenced on March 25, 2015 by the Honorable Hugh Lawson, Senior United States District Judge, in Valdosta, to serve 41 months in prison for bank fraud and filing false...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that U.S. District Judge Shelly D. Dick has sentenced W. STEVEN MANNEAR, age 62, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to one hundred twenty (120) months in federal prison as a result of his receipt of child pornography over a three (3) year period.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Thursday to 16 years in federal prison for robbing a drug store, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On March 25, 2015, Juan Antonio Suazo, 34, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Raner C. Collins to 84 months in prison and fined $15,000. Suazo pleaded guilty on Dec. 2, 2014, to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Tiana Williams, 25, Beloit, Wis., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Madison to conspiring to intimidate a witness in connection with a federal heroin investigation. U.S. District Court Judge James D. Peterson scheduled sentencing for June 4, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. Williams faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Brandi Larrea, 31, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Larrea was indicted on Oct. 15, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Aaron Glenn, 42, of North Tonawanda, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal jury Thursday returned guilty verdicts in the trial of a Wellington man charged with distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that SHANE FUSCO pled guilty today to bank fraud charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for allegedly enticing a child with whom he had an online relationship to engage in sexual activity from 2008 through July 2011, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: March 26, 2015BOS 2015-062. Employer name: Daniels Electric Corp., an electrical contractor based in Gilford, New Hampshire. Inspection site: 8 Loudon Rd., Concord, New Hampshire 03301. Date inspection initiated: The inspection began Dec. 8, 2014. An OSHA inspector driving by the worksite observed a...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - The former Director of Financial Aid for Merrimack College was sentenced on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, for fraudulently obtaining Perkins Loan funding for students over a nine-year period.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the growing problem of prescription drug and heroin abuse from state and local perspectives. Members heard from a number of experts who confront this growing crisis in communities all across the country. The subcommittee last year held a hearing to discuss this issue with witnesses from federal agencies.
