News and Press Releases
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November 2010
November 19, 2010
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN SENTENCED FOR COCAINE DISTRIBUTION - CONCORD, NH: Francisco Diaz, 34, of Manchester was sentenced yesterday to a term of imprisonment of thirty-three months after pleading guilty on July 19, 2010...
November 19, 2010
LEWISTON, MAINE RESIDENTS PLEAD GUILTY TO THEFT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS - CONCORD, NH: Kimberly A. Dunphy, 28, and Dale A. Eldridge, 37, residents of Lewiston, ME, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to theft of funds from the United States Forest Service
November 4, 2010
Gang Activity in New Hampshire the Focus of Law Enforcement Summit and Information Sharing Initiative - CONCORD, N.H. – The United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Hampshire today opened a two-day gang summit and information sharing initiative, a first of its kind forum to raise awareness about gang activity in our communities
November 2, 2010
DOVER RESIDENT SENTENCED TO 71 MONTHS FOR MULTIPLE BANK ROBBERIES - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE -- Bo H. Rodden, of Dover, New Hampshire was sentenced to 71 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in the United States District Court...
October 2010
October 26, 2010
EXETER CHIROPRACTOR RECEIVES JAIL TIME FOR TAX EVASION - CONCORD, N.H.– Paul J. Loch, a chiropractor and tax defier from Exeter, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 24 months in prison, 3 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $240,000 in restitution
October 25, 2010
FRISBIE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ENTERS INTO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO RESOLVE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Frisbie Memorial Hospital of Rochester, New Hampshire has entered into a settlement agreement to resolve allegations that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA")
September 2010
September 28, 2010
MANCHESTER MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE MORE THAN 100 KILOGRAMS OF MARIJUANA - CONCORD, NH: Arash Rahbar, 29, of Long Island, New York, pled guilty today to Conspiracy to Distribute more than 1000 kilograms of Marijuana.
August 2010
August 27, 2010
PRESIDENT OF FRANKLIN FOUNDRY AND HIS COMPANYINDICTED FOR ILLEGALLY STORING HAZARDOUS WASTE - CONCORD, NH – A federal grand jury has indicted John R. Wiehl, of Franklin, New Hampshire, and the company he runs, Franklin Non-Ferrous Foundry, Inc., for unlawfully storing hazardous waste...
July 2010
July 15, 2010
MANCHESTER MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE MORE THAN 100 KILOGRAMS OF MARIJUANA - CONCORD, NH: Nicholas Champagne, of Manchester, New Hampshire, plead guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute more than 100 kilograms of Marijuana and is scheduled to be sentenced on October 14, 2010
July 30, 2010
NEW YORK MAN GUILTY OF PASSPORT FRAUD - CONCORD, NH –Louis Perez, of Brooklyn, New York, pled guilty today to willfully and knowingly making false statements to the State Department in a passport application in order to fraudulently obtain a United States passport...
NEW HAMPSHIRE WOMAN SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHSON ARMED ROBBERY CHARGES - CONCORD, NH: Michelle Despres, formerly of Manchester, NH, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison, followed by a three year period of supervised release at a hearing before U.S. District Court Chief Judge Steven J. McAuliffe
June 2010
June 8, 2010
LACONIA MAN SENTENCED TO 125 MONTHS FOR BANK ROBBERY - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE -- The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire, FBI Special Agent in Charge Warren Bamford, and Windham Police Chief Gerald Lewis today announced that Patrick McKeen, of Laconia, New Hampshire...
June 10, 2010
CLAREMONT MAN SENTENCED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENSE - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Steven Massey, of Claremont, appeared in United States District Court yesterday and was sentenced to six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of transportation of child pornography...
SALEM WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO LYING IN CONNECTION WITH FIREARMS PURCHASES - CONCORD, NH - Laura Beth Kornacki, of Salem, NH pled guilty on Monday to charges of making false statements in connection with two gun purchases...
June 18, 2010
MILFORD WOMAN SENTENCED
FOR ILLEGALLY DISTRIBUTING PRESCRIPTION DRUG
- CONCORD, NH: Beth Handy, of Milford, NH, was sentenced yesterday to 24 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for illegally acquiring and distributing Serostim...
June 23, 2010
DURHAM MAN SENTENCED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENSES - CONCORD, NH: Jeremiah Scott Murphy, of Durham, appeared in United States District Court today and was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing, distributing and possessing child pornography...
June 24, 2010
QUEEN CITY MAN SENTENCED FOR FOUR BANK ROBBERIES - AND CHECK FRAUD CONCORD, NH –Richard Joseph Perry was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Steven J. McAuliffe to a term of 92 months of incarceration for a series of four bank robberies...
MANCHESTER MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MARIJUANA CONSPIRACY AND POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE OXYCONTIN - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: David Coulombe, of Manchester, New Hampshire plead guilty yesterday in United States District Court to conspiracy to distribute marijuana and possession with intent to distribute oxycontin...
May 2010
May 28, 2010
CANADIAN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO RACKETEERING AND TELEMARKETING FRAUD CONCORD, NH -- Joseph Taillon, of Montreal, Canada plead guilty to one count of racketeering, one count of racketeering conspiracy, one count of wire fraud conspiracy and one count of mail fraud conspiracy
April 2010
April 1, 2010
MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL POSESSION OF A GUN DISCOVERED DURING HOOKSETT TRAFFIC STOP - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced today that Vincent E. Chaney pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a firearm...
NASHUA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO REENTERING THE UNITED STATES AFTER BEING DEPORTED - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – United States Attorney John P. Kacavas reports that Jose Luis Guerra-Ramirez, of Nashua, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty on March 31, 2010...
April 9, 2010
TWO NEW HAMPSHIRE MEN CHARGED IN WIRE AND MAIL FRAUD SCHEMES - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Acting United States Attorney Gretchen Leah Witt Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Warren Bamford, and Postal Inspector in Charge Randy Miskanic announced today that Scott Farah and Donald Dodge have been charged by a grand jury for the District of New Hampshire...
April 12, 2010
FORMER WAL MART PHARMACIST PLEADS GUILTY TO UNLAWFULLY DISPENSING AND MISBRANDING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced that John F. Reilly, a resident of Dover, New Hampshire and former pharmacist, has pleaded guilty...
April 16, 2010
FIVE MEN CHARGED WITH QUEEN CITY DRUG AND GUN CRIMES - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced that five men have been charged with a variety of conspiracy, drug distribution and gun offenses...
March 2010
March 2, 2010
CONCORD MAN SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT FOR PIZZA SHOP ROBBERY - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced today that Robert Grey Boyd, of Concord, New Hampshire, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Concord after pleading guilty...March 15, 2010
MASSACHUSETTS MAN SENTENCED FOR PHARMACY BURGLARY - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: United States Attorney John P. Kacavas, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration Leo Ducey, and Ossipee Police Department Chief Donald Grow announced that Joseph Savio, of Lynn, Massachusetts, was sentenced...
March 15, 2010
MASSACHUSETTS MAN SENTENCED FOR PHARMACY BURGLARY - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: United States Attorney John P. Kacavas, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration Leo Ducey, and Ossipee Police Department Chief Donald Grow announced that Joseph Savio, of Lynn, Massachusetts, was sentenced...
March 15, 2010
FORMER NEW HAMPSHIRE REGISTERED NURSE IS SENTENCED FOR TAMPERING WITH SYRINGES AT SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: On March 8, 2010, Trinidad Smith, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by United States District Court Judge Joseph N. LaPlante following her plea of guilty...
March 17, 2010
FORMER NEW HAMPSHIRE REGISTERED NURSE IS SENTENCED FOR TAMPERING WITH SYRINGES AT SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: On March 8, 2010, Trinidad Smith, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by United States District Court Judge Joseph N. LaPlante following her plea of guilty...
March 19, 2010
LAWRENCE WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced today that Yomaira Arias Cordero, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, plead guilty...
March 29, 2010
FORMER QUEEN CITY WOMAN SENT TO PRISON FOR DEFRAUDING LONDONDERRY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – Michelle L. Cote was sentenced today to a term of twenty-seven months in prison for defrauding a Londonderry construction company for which she worked...
February 2010
February 4, 2010
WEARE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX EVASION - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – Gretchen Leah Witt, Attorney for the United States, acting under the authority conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, announced today that Richard H. Taylor, of Weare, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty...
FORMER NEW HAMPSHIRE CONTRACTOR SENTENCED FOR TAX EVASION - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced today that Gerard Poulin, formerly of Hudson, New Hampshire, was sentenced...
PREMIER MEDICAL STAFFING, INC. AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER AGREE TO RESOLVE ALLEGATIONS RELATED TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS EXCLUDED FROM FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - United States Attorney John P. Kacavas and Susan J. Waddell, the Special Agent in Charge of the Office of Investigations, Office of Inspector General, United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), announced yesterday that Premier Medical Staffing, Inc. (“Premier”) and Southern New Hampshire Medical Center (“SNHMC”) have agreed to pay civil settlements totaling $123,400.00...
February 10, 2010
ROLLINSFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN ROCHESTER ARMED HOME INVASION - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE- - United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced that Saxton Lynch, of Rollinsford, was sentenced today...
MANCHESTER MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGE OF MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT DURING THE ACQUISITION OF A FIREARM - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: United States Attorney John P. Kacavas reports that, Wilfredo Pagan, of Manchester, New Hampshire, plead guilty today...
February 24, 2010
CONCORD MAN SENTENCED FOR IDENTITY THEFT - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – U.S. Attorney John P. Kacavas announced that John Faria, formerly of Concord, New Hampshire, was sentenced Tuesday on charges of Access Device Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft...
January 2010
January 4, 2010
CALIFORNIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DISTRIBUTION OF OXYCODONE AND MARIJUANA - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – United States Attorney John P. Kacavas reports that Jimmy P. Tran, has pleaded guilty to a charge that he distributed oxycodone and marijuana...
January 4, 2010
CHARLSETOWN MAN SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced today that Michael McBride, of Charlestown, was sentenced to 36 months in prison...
LITCHFIELD MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DISTRIBUTION OF OXYCODONE - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – United States Attorney John P. Kacavas reports that Elvin Ealy, has pleaded guilty to a charge that he unlawfully distributed OxyContin pills...
WEARE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG TRAFFICKING AND COUNTERFEITING - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced today that Christian Laura, of Weare, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine, Oxycodone, and ecstasy...
January 11, 2010
EDWARD BROWN SENTENCED TO 37 YEARS - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced today that Edward Brown, formerly of Plainfield, NH, who was convicted on all counts after a trial in July of 2009, has been sentenced...
January 14, 2010
CLAREMONT MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENSE - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced that Steven Massey, of Claremont, appeared in United States District Court yesterday and pled guilty
ROCHESTER MAN SENTENCED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENSE - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced that Patrick Prince, of Rochester appeared in United States District Court yesterday and was sentenced to 46 months in prison...
January 19, 2010
CONNECTICUT MAIN PLEADS SENTENCED FOR BANK ROBBERY - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE -- United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire John P. Kacavas and Wakefield Police Chief Kenneth Fifield today announced that on Friday, January 15, 2010, Paul Dimeo, most recently of New Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced to 176 months in federal prison...
January 26, 2010
MANCHESTER DUO CHARGED WITH SELLING OXYCONTIN - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced the unsealing of a federal grand jury indictment charging Anthony Moscaritolo and Eric McKinstrie...
RESIDENT OF NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE STATEMENT TO EPA - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – United States Attorney John P. Kacavas and Michael Hubbard, the Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Division of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Criminal Investigation Division, announced that Laurence Cellamare, of Nashua, New Hampshire, has pleaded guilty...
NEW LONDON MAN SENTENCED TO 36 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON ON
IDENTITY FRAUD AND CREDIT CARD CHARGES - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced today that Serge Eric Bayard, of New London, New Hampshire, was sentenced yesterday to 36 months in federal prison...
MILTON WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY IN BANK ROBBERY- CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE -- United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire John P. Kacavas, FBI Special Agent in Charge Warren Bamford and Barrington Police Chief Richard Conway announced today that Sheri Fister, of Milton, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty...
LONDONDERRY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY AND DISTRIBUTION OF OXYCONTIN - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced that Leo A. Cullinan, of Londonderry, NH, pled guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to distribute and distribution of OxyContin
MANCHESTER MAN SENTENCED FOR ATTEMPTED DRUG ROBBERY - United States Attorney John P. Kacavas today announced that Francisco Burgado, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Paul J. Barbadoro to a 98 month term of imprisonment...
MANCHESTER MAN SENTENCED FOR CRACK DISTRIBUTION - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced that Eric Fullwood, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in connection with his involvement in the distribution of crack cocaine...
TWO MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY INVOLVING COUNTERFEIT TRAVELER’S CHEQUES IN SEABROOK - CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – United States Attorney John P. Kacavas reports that two men from Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to possess and pass counterfeit American Express Traveler’s Cheques...
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