News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that James Bloom, 32, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of bank robbery, was sentenced to 63 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Wegmans Food Markets Inc. bills itself as an industry leader and innovator. However, recurring hazards at its 1500 Brooks Ave. bakery in Rochester - and injuries to two workers - suggest a need for the supermarket chain to address workplace safety for its employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Arsenio Brundidge, age 28, of Columbus, Georgia was convicted following a jury trial Sept. 10, 2015 on one count of cocaine possession and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Clay D. Land was the presiding judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - James Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York (DEA), Kelly T. Currie, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Thomas E. Bishop, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, New York Field...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden woman was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for buying five firearms in North Carolina for her cousin to sell in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Cleveland Man Transported Minors from Ohio to Sacramento to Engage in Prostitution Solano County Couple Charged with Sex Trafficking Three Minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Randolph Scott, 72, of Doylestown, PA, an attorney whose practice included estate and probate matters, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for defrauding a client’s estate of more than $2.3 million. Scott maintained a law office - Randolph Scott Associates - in Warrington, PA. He...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Members of Congress led by U.S. Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) in the Senate and Reps. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) and Darrell Issa (R-CA), in the House of Representatives, introduced the Fair Chance Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would give formerly...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced the owner of a Southside Birmingham grocery store to more than three years in prison for food stamp and tax fraud totaling more than $1.6 million, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector General, Investigations, Special Agent in Charge Karen Citizen-Wilcox, and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of Michigan. Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. Michigan agencies will receive more than $5 million in federal grants to address the backlog of untested sexual assault kits and related issues, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - James Edward Mercer, 49, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 21 months in prison and five years of supervised release. In May 2015, Mercer pleaded guilty to failing to register as a convicted sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Mirna Chacon-Ordonez, a/k/a “Nancy Estefany Chacon-Ordonez," a/k/a “Mirna Chacon-Del Cid," a/k/a “Mirna Chacon," 33, of Easton, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The Indictment alleges that on or about June...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury returned a four count superseding indictment charging Daniel Witek, 52, of Buffalo NY, with three counts of mail fraud and one count of interstate transportation of stolen goods. Each count of mail fraud carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. The interstate transportation of stolen goods charge carries a maximum of 10 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Delvin Barnes, 38, of Charles City County, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to kidnapping, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. U.S. District Court Judge J. Curtis Joyner scheduled a sentencing hearing for January 6, 2016. Barnes faces 35 years in prison.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, condemned a partisan effort by Senate Democrats to block a vote on disapproval of the Iran nuclear deal. Earlier this year, 98 senators voted for Corker’s bipartisan legislation to give Congress the opportunity to review and vote on the final agreement with Iran.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Members of Congress led by U.S. Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) in the Senate and Reps. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) and Darrell Issa (R-CA), in the House of Representatives, introduced the Fair Chance Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would give formerly...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Vincent Maria, 31, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on September 9, 2015, for conspiracy to distribute at least 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. Maria was arrested in Rawlins, Wyoming. He received 106 months plus 21 days...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. -- The Wyoming Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation in Mills, Wyo., will be lowering the water level in Guernsey Reservoir as the 2015 irrigation season draws to a close, according to Carlie Ronca, Wyoming Area Manager.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that DENISE WOODARD, age 59, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 5 years probation for MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001(a)(2). WOODARD was also ordered to pay $42,684 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Winning Artwork will be Featured in Ansel Adams Gallery.
