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David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JUAN RIVERA, JR., 42, of Derby, pleaded guilty today before Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to one count of conveying false information or perpetrating a hoax. According to court documents and statements made in court, from [...]
LOUISVILLE, KY – Samuel David Mingo, age 22, of Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County, pleaded guilty on May 17, 2010, to distributing 2,5 dimethoxy-4-ethylphenthylamine, or 2CE, United States Attorney David J. Hale of the Western District of Kentucky announced today. 2CE is a synthetic, psychedelic drug that can cause profound hallucinations, and has been compared [...]
TUCSON, Ariz. – Cameron Romero Chavez, 65, of Sells, Ariz., was sentenced here by U.S. District Judge David C. Bury to 37 months imprisonment. Chavez pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Marijuana and Conspiracy to Transport and Harbor Illegal Aliens for Profit. On January 30, 2009, Border Patrol agents followed footprints [...]
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, announced today that Diego L. Siman, 37, of Miami, Florida, has pled guilty to wire fraud. Sentencing has been scheduled for July 30, 2010 before U.S. District Court [...]
David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE BATISTA, also known as “Gordo,” 34, formerly of Hubbell Avenue, Ansonia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in Bridgeport to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by eight years of supervised release, for his participation in a [...]
EDINBURG – Gov. Rick Perry today presented the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to the family of Pvt. Pedro E. Cano, a Mexican immigrant who served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Cano was killed in a traffic accident in 1956, six years after receiving his American citizenship. “It is my great honor [...]
FRESNO, Calif. – United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that Heriberto Sicairos-Quintero, 55, of Gustine, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison for manufacturing marijuana, aiding and abetting the manufacture of marijuana, and carrying a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. A Fresno jury convicted Sicairos-Quintero on December 11, 2009. [...]
SACRAMENTO – United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Robert Duane Nighswander, 44, of Orland, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge John A. Mendez to one count of interference with an aircraft. This case is the product of a joint investigation by the California Highway Patrol and Federal Air Marshals with the [...]
David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANGELA McFARLANE, 38, a citizen of Jamaica residing in Hartford, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to one count of Social Security Fraud. According to court documents and statements made in court, on January [...]
Tampa, Florida – U.S. Attorney A. Brian Albritton announces that a federal jury today returned verdicts of guilty against Richard Joseph Solomon (65, of Stone Mountain, Georgia), William Allen Broughton (71, of the Fort Worth, Texas area), Richard William Peterson (69, currently incarcerated in California on other federal charges), and William L. Clancy (68, of [...]
