News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Feb. 22, 2016 - Michael Calloway a/k/a Oso, 21, of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced Friday to serve 15 years in prison, after previously pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of ammunition, conspiracy to tamper with a witness and attempting to obstruct justice, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge Gregory A. Presnell today sentenced Thiago Correa (22, Windermere) to 10 years in federal prison for drug importation, conspiracy, and trafficking violations, and for using a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking activities.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Feb. 22, 2016 BOS 2016-022. BRAINTREE, Mass. - Kevin Miranda's death could have been prevented if his employer, Skyline Contracting and Roofing Corp. of Taunton, had followed industry and federal safety standards, an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Seattle - On Feb. 28, 2001, the Nisqually earthquake damaged several significant buildings in the Pioneer Square Historic District. One of the worst hit buildings was the Cadillac Hotel. Its image appeared on the front pages of newspapers across the country to illustrate the impact of the 6.8 magnitude earthquake.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a full committee markup on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a number of bills. Members will convene for opening statements only on Wednesday and reconvene on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, at 10 a.m.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Media Contact: Leni Fortson, 215-861-5102, uddyback-fortson.lenore@dol.gov. Release Number: 16-362-PHI (OSHA 16-019 U.S. Steel 11(c). -------------------------------. U.S. Department of Labor news materials are accessible at
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal grand jury today indicted a Somerset, New Jersey, man for allegedly accepting cash bribes and sex in exchange for providing employment authorization documents and for concealing his employment of an undocumented immigrant at a hair salon he owned, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Marcelino Chalan, 27, of Cochiti Pueblo, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to bank robbery charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Blake Rivera, 31, of Greece, NY, his brother Chayanne Rivera, 25, of Gates, NY, and their father, Victor Rivera, 51, of Rochester, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: The former Cay Clubs Chief Executive Officer was sentenced to 40 years in prison, by United States District Judge Jose E. Martinez in Key West, for his participation in a $300 million dollar vacation rental fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Christian Parada-Renteria, 40, of Woodland, pleaded guilty today to one count of concealing a widespread conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of concealing a mail fraud transaction in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: San Francisco, CA - The National Park Service (NPS) has launched a pilot program to make entrance passes for San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (SAFR) available for sale through visitors’ smartphones. Visitors to the Park now have the convenience of purchasing - at no additional cost - SAFR...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX- Today, Rex Damon Begay, Sr., 76, of Ganado, Ariz., a member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt to 10 years in prison followed by a lifetime term of supervised release. Begay had previously pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact with a minor less than 12-years-old. Begay will also have to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Amin Jason Carl Garcia, 27, of New York, New York, a convicted serial rapist and former U.S. Navy sailor, was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for attacking a former Army officer while she was taking a shower at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait in 2010. This sentence is to be served consecutive to the state prison sentence Garcia is currently serving.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - William Rollie Armstrong, 50, of Hampton, pleaded guilty today to charges of coercion and enticement of a child, and receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that James Henry McAuley, Jr., 66, of Oakfield, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jose Tiburcio Hernandez-Aguilar, 57, a Mexican national, made his initial appearance today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., on a criminal complaint charging him with violating the federal narcotics trafficking laws. Hernandez-Aguilar remains in custody pending a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing which have yet to be scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States District Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich has sentenced Tom Kelly (St. Petersburg, 32) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute crack cocaine. He pleaded guilty in October 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that STEVE ARBY CHANDLER, II, age 45, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release for FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2250(a)(1), 2250(a)(2)(B) and 2250(a)(3).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Jorge Valencia (43, St. Petersburg) to 12 years and 11 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography and attempting to entice a minor. The Court also ordered Valencia to forfeit items that he had used while committing the offenses, including a laptop and an iPhone. Valencia pleaded guilty on Sept. 24, 2015.
