News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Gregg Lee Purbaugh, age 53, of Baltimore, and his business partner, Kenneth Trainum, age 46, also of Baltimore, today to 18 months in prison and a year and a day in prison, respectively, each followed by three years of supervised...
By US DOT Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $58,600 civil penalty against FedEx Corp. of Memphis, Tenn., for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MOYAN FORBES, 23, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOL Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) issued the following joint statement today in response to the administration's proposed blacklisting regulation and guidance...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jerry Robbins, 45, of Cheektowaga, NY, who was convicted following a jury trial of money laundering and failure to report cash transactions of $10,000 or more, was sentenced to 63 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas J. McAvoy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Hon. Glenn T. Suddaby today sentenced Richard Williams, age 44, of Utica, New York, to thirty (30) months incarceration for his role in a marijuana conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, 57-year-old Rolando Gonzalez-Trevino from Coahuila, Mexico, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to transmit stolen monies in interstate and foreign commerce announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Learn to make your daily bread… in a bee hive oven, in this historic trades baking workshop! On Saturday, June 13, 2014, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park will offer a two and a half hour workshop giving participants the opportunity to bake and eat leaven rolls or “street corner food," large soft...
By DOE Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Today the Energy Department launched a new indoor lighting campaign to increase the use of high efficiency lighting technologies in commercial buildings. Through the Better Buildings Alliance, the Department is working with key stakeholders and end users in both the public and private sectors to install...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DENYS JAVIER BENITEZ-FERNANDEZ, age 31, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced yesterday after having previously pled guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Kenneth Ray Graham, age 38, of Baltimore, today to 382 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for attempting to commit an armed robbery, possessing and discharging a weapon in furtherance of a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Graham was convicted by a federal jury on Feb. 12, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Abraham Moses Fisch, 56, a criminal defense attorney in Houston, has been convicted on 18 counts to include conspiracy, obstruction of justice, money laundering, conspiracy to commit money laundering and failure to file tax returns, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury returned its verdicts late today following a 15-day trial and approximately 14 hours of deliberations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez on Tuesday sentenced Jace R. Clendinen, 31, of St Thomas, to 22 months in prison and three years supervised release for possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Join National Park Service rangers for a full moon walk on Tuesday June 2, 2015 on Mt. Wanda, part of the John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) in Martinez, CA. This free, two-hour program begins at 7:30 PM with a one-mile, moderately strenuous hike to watch the full moon rise over nearby Mt. Diablo.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA - Leon Nathan Davis, 37, from Augusta, Georgia, pled guilty earlier today in federal court before United States District Judge J. Randal Hall to an Information charging him with attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Elliot Sanchez, 46, of Cedar Crest, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 34 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for violating the federal firearms laws.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the guilty plea of ROBERT JAMES SCHUELLER, 29, who devised a plot to harm his former paramour’s fiancé. SCHUELLER was charged by Information on May 26, 2015, and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Richard H. Kyle in United States District Court in St. Paul, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, a federal jury in Detroit convicted two members of the violent Phantom Outlaw Motorcycle Club, one of whom also was a member of the Vice Lords street gang, on separate crimes of conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, and assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering and a firearms offense.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Following a six-day trial before U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade, a federal jury has found the former CEO of Connect-a-Jet, Martin Cantu, guilty on both counts of an indictment charging felony offenses stemming from his role in a conspiracy to deceive potential investors about the business of Connect-a-Jet, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
