Defendant Worked on Unsuccessful Campaign of Washington, D.C., Council Candidate Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015. A 33-year-old Washington, D.C., man was sentenced today to serve 16 months in prison for evading income taxes and violating campaign finance laws while working as the treasurer and custodian of records for a District of[Read More…]
Federal and International
Quality Egg, Company Owner and Top Executive Sentenced in Connection with Distribution of Adulterated Eggs
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015. The company owner, a top executive and their company, Quality Egg LLC, were sentenced today in federal district court in Sioux City, Iowa, the Department of Justice announced. Austin “Jack” DeCoster, 81, of Turner, Maine, who owned Quality Egg, was sentenced to serve three months in[Read More…]
Final Two Defendants Sentenced to 440 and 348 Months in Prison for the Kidnapping and Murder of DEA Special Agent James ‘Terry’ Watson
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015. Two Colombian nationals were sentenced to decades in U.S. federal prison today for their roles in the kidnapping and murder of former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent James “Terry” Watson in Bogotá, Colombia, on June 20, 2013. Attorney General Eric Holder, Assistant Attorney General Leslie[Read More…]
Second Topeka, Kansas, Man Charged in Connection With Car Bomb Plot
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2015. A second Topeka, Kansas, man was charged Friday in connection with an alleged plot to detonate a vehicle bomb at the Fort Riley military base near Manhattan, Kansas, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom of the District[Read More…]
Colorado Man Convicted of Kidnapping a Toddler and Producing Child Pornography
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2015. A Colorado man was convicted by a federal jury of kidnapping a toddler and producing child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner of the Eastern District of California. Shawn McCormack, 31, of[Read More…]
Designer of Fraudulent Tax Promotion Product Sentenced to Prison
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2015. A Chino, California, businessman was sentenced to serve more than four years in prison yesterday in the U.S. District Court in Las Vegas for his role in a conspiracy to promote and sell fraudulent tax products, including a product called Tax Break 2000, announced Acting Assistant[Read More…]
Topeka, Kansas, Man Charged in Plot to Explode Car Bomb at Military Base
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2015. A Topeka, Kansas, man has been charged in federal court with attempting to detonate a vehicle bomb at Fort Riley military base near Manhattan, Kansas, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom of the District of Kansas and Special Agent[Read More…]
Melrose Park Police Department Detective Arrested For Possession With Intent To Distribute Cocaine And Illegal Firearm Possession
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2015. A Melrose Park detective was arrested yesterday for allegedly attempting to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The defendant, GREGORY SALVI, was arrested following an investigation by the Chicago[Read More…]
Ypsilanti Man Sentenced for Role in Scheme to File False Tax Returns Using Stolen Identities
MICHIGAN—(ENEWSPF)—April 10, 2015. A Ypsilanti man was sentenced yesterday for his involvement in a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, announced United States Attorney Barbara L McQuade. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Jarod J. Koopman, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation. Receiving[Read More…]
Two Mississippi Women Sentenced for Their Roles in a Conspiracy to Commit Racially Motivated Assaults, Culminating in the Killing of an African-American Man Run Over by Truck
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2015. The Justice Department announced today that Shelbie Brooke Richards, 21, of Pearl, Mississippi, and Sarah Adelia Graves, 22, of Crystal Springs, Mississippi, were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Jackson for their roles in a federal hate crime conspiracy involving racially motivated assaults, culminating in[Read More…]
