Former DPS Employee and Co-Conspirators Convicted of Selling Texas Driver’s Licenses

McALLEN, TX—A former employee of the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has pleaded guilty along with her four co-conspirators to unlawfully providing Texas driver’s licenses for cash, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Maritza De Leon, 32, of McAllen, Texas, a former employee with the driver’s licensing bureau of DPS, along...
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Former U.S. Army Major Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Charge Related to Contracts Supporting Iraq War

Defendant Accepted $400,000 Related to the Award of Bottled Water Contract in Kuwait WASHINGTON—A retired major in the U.S. Army pleaded guilty today in San Antonio to accepting $400,000 from a contractor following his deployment to Kuwait, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer...
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Michael Ernest Monforton Sentenced in U.S. District Court

The United States Attorney’s Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula on May 12, 2011, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, MICHAEL ERNEST MONFORTON, a 51-year-old resident of Bozeman, appeared for sentencing. MONFORTON was sentenced to a term of: Prison:...
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Letter to the Public from Salt Lake City FBI Special Agent in Charge

To All Residents of Utah; As the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Salt Lake City Field Office, I want to bring attention to two recent stories published...
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Coeur D’Alene Man Sentenced for Possessing Child Pornography

Cyle Anthony Wyckoff, 35, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was sentenced in federal court today to 84 months in prison for possession of sexually explicit images of minors, U.S. Attorney...
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Woman Sentenced for Contempt in Bankruptcy Case

Vicki Jean Fehrs, 56, a former Mullan, Idaho, resident now living in Oregon, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Coeur d’Alene, for contempt, a misdemeanor, for willfully...
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Worley Man Indicted for Assaulting Two People on Coeur d’Alene Reservation

Timothy R. Allen, Jr., 19, of Worley, Idaho, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Coeur d’Alene for assault with a deadly weapon, U.S. Attorney Wendy J....
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Gang Member Convicted of Murdering Two Individuals in the Dickerson Court and Harbor Homes Neighborhoods

NEWPORT NEWS, VA—Perry Cousins, 26, of Newport News, Va., was convicted by a federal jury of murdering two people as part of his activities with the violent street gangs...
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Four Portsmouth Residents Charged in Gold Shop Conspiracy

NORFOLK, VA—Montarius Murry, 19, Kevin Stevens, Jr., 19, Xavier Holley, 19, and Raneisha Sifford, 20, all of Portsmouth, Virginia, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges...
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Virginia Beach Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Cocaine Trafficking

NORFOLK, VA—Rashid Irwin Gibson, 33, of Virginia Beach, Va., was sentenced today in Norfolk federal court to 10 years in prison for cocaine trafficking. He previously plead guilty to...
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‘Grandad Bandit’ Sentenced to 25 Years for Robbing 26 Banks in 14 States

RICHMOND, VA—Michael Francis Mara, 53, of Baton Rouge, La., a/k/a the “Grandad Bandit,” was sentenced today to 300 months’ imprisonment, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount...
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Former Member of Virginia House of Delegates Convicted of Bribery and Extortion

WASHINGTON—Phillip A. Hamilton, a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, today was convicted by a jury in Richmond, Va., of soliciting employees of Old Dominion University (ODU)...
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