News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On May 7, 2015, a Federal grand jury returned a three count indictment charging Daniel E. Martínez-Rivera, President and the person responsible for the operations of Productos Dany, Inc., for distribution and sale of meat and poultry products without inspection, and for refusing to provide...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that an indictment was returned on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, by a grand jury in Scranton charging an Exeter man with distribution of crack cocaine.
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2015
Release: The United Nations World Food Programme will distribute three million nutritionally fortified cereal bars in Nepal to help support people left without food in the aftermath of the recent earthquake. The high-energy biscuits were provided with the support of the Foreign Agricultural Service’s McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: The following is the House Judiciary Committee’s schedule for the week May 11th - May 15th.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: (BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Dasean Nisbett, 24, of Bronx, New York was sentenced today to time served and three years of supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Boston - A Dorchester man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for sex trafficking minors.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Paul R. Bloom, 31, of Crestview, with production, receipt, distribution, and possession of child pornography. The indictment was announced today by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Princeton, Mass. man was extradited to Scotland on Friday, May 8, to face trial on attempted murder charges. The surrender comes after extended litigation regarding the request by the United Kingdom (UK) for the extradition of Alexander Hilton in relation to allegations that he poisoned Robert Forbes on March 5, 2011. Hilton had returned to the United States shortly after the attempt and after being questioned by investigators in Scotland about the incident.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced, KELVIN BROADWATER, 44, of Wilmington, to 180 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Adam Mwanza, age 43, of Miami, Florida, was convicted Wednesday, May 6, 2015, after a jury found him guilty of 13 counts of tax fraud for his involvement in assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon presided...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A native of Ghana who obtained naturalized U.S. citizenship in 2004 has pleaded guilty to obtaining citizenship by fraud and faces possible deportation, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James Moody has sentenced John Yates (42, Ruskin) to three years and five months in federal prison for mail fraud and access device fraud. As part of his sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $286,279.50, which are the proceeds traceable to his criminal conduct. Yates pleaded guilty on Jan. 29, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Gilberto Martinez, 35, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to 25 years’ imprisonment, followed by 10 years’ supervised release. Martinez was found guilty by a federal jury on Jan. 15, 2015, of five felony charges that included possession with intent to distribute cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine, and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: OAKLAND - Hugo John Scherzberg made his initial appearance and was arraigned in federal court today on religious hate crime and arson charges relating to the March 20, 2010, fire at a church in Pittsburg, Calif., announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Riehl.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Admitted Committing Ten Bank Robberies in Washington, Oregon, Utah and Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding was sentenced on May 8, 2015, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).The following businesses and individuals are currently restricted from operating in the produce industry.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A London, West Virginia woman who received a package of oxycodone from New York through the U.S. mail, was sentenced today to five years of probation, with the first six months to be served in home confinement, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Whitney Reanne Kent, 26, previously pleaded guilty in February of 2015, to possession with intent to distribute oxycodone.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Washington -The National Park Service (NPS) is accepting public scoping comments on an Invasive Plant Management Plan and Environmental Assessment (plan/EA) for 15 national parks in the greater Washington DC region. The plan/EA will identify long-term strategies to reduce impacts and threats from invasive...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two members of a large-scale drug trafficking organization today admitted conspiring to distribute heroin in Ocean and Monmouth counties, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
