Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that cumulative sales in Japan of its hybrid vehicles have topped the 1-million mark, while more than 2.68 million units have been sold globally as of July 31, 2010(1).

Toyota City and 19 private-sector enterprises (listed below) today established the Toyota City Low-Carbon Society Verification Promotion Council (Chairman: Toyota City Mayor Kohei Suzuki) as the parent organization to promote the Verification Project for the Establishment of a Household and Community-based Low-Carbon City in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture.

David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LASHAWN RUFF, also known as “Shawny Rock,” 33, of First Avenue, Stratford, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 168 months of imprisonment, followed by eight years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin in the Bridgeport area. On October 8, 2009, RUFF pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin.

TUCSON—Jaime Martinez-Garcia, 26, of Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, was found guilty of two counts of assault on a federal officer and one count of illegal re-entry after deportation by a federal jury in Tucson on August 31, 2010. The case was tried before United States District Court Judge David C. Bury. The defendant remains in custody pending sentencing.

A 44-year-old Brooklyn Park man was sentenced earlier today in federal court in Minneapolis for robbing the Minnesota Building Trades Federal Credit Union in Inver Grove Heights on October 8, 2009. United States District Court Judge Joan N. Ericksen sentenced Herman Wilson to 71 months in prison on one count of bank robbery. Wilson was indicted on February 16, 2010, and pleaded guilty on May 12, 2010.

ALEXANDRIA, VA—Sissaye Gezachew, 32, of Springfield, Va., was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his role in a multi-million-dollar bank fraud conspiracy.

SALT LAKE CITY—A 10-count federal indictment unsealed Thursday charges Christopher D. Hales, age 29, of Midvale, with mail, wire, and bank fraud and with money laundering in connection with an alleged mortgage fraud scheme. The indictment involves two properties, one in Lindon and one in Salt Lake City.

RICHARD S. HARTUNIAN, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York, announces that DR. FRANK H. BOEHM, JR., age 56, of Utica, New York, pled guilty this morning in U.S. District Court in Syracuse to a felony information that charged him with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute prescription drugs, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846.

BALTIMORE—Louis Leitch, Sr., age 62, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit money laundering and attempting to evade taxes.

GREENBELT, MD—A criminal complaint has been filed charging Dwayne Wells, age 50, of Potomac, Maryland, with wire fraud in connection with a scheme to embezzle over $1.6 million from a mechanical engineering firm in which he was a part owner. The complaint was filed yesterday and unsealed today upon his arrest. His initial appearance is scheduled for 3:45 p.m. today in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt.

PHILADELPHIA—Rickey Phillips, 21, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for his role in crimes that targeted members of the Asian community in Upper Darby, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Phillips was charged with two counts of Hobbs Act robbery, and one count of carrying and using a firearm during a violent crime. He pleaded guilty to all three counts on March 29, 2010.

SPOKANE, WA—James A. McDevitt, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Richard Lloyd Parham, age 58, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced today for receiving child pornography over the Internet.

MADISON, WI—John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Elizabeth B. Goodwin, Ph.D., Upton, Mass., was sentenced today before Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Conley for fraudulently submitting a grant progress report containing falsified research data.

GREENEVILLE, TN—Danny Ray Gibson, 46, of Carter County, Tennessee, was sentenced in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville, on September 2, 2010, to 16 years (192 months) in prison by the Honorable Ronnie Greer. The sentence was the result of his February 5, 2010, guilty plea to a federal grand jury indictment charging him with the receipt, distribution, and possession of child pornography. Gibson, who has remained in federal custody since his indictment, was also ordered to remain on federal supervised release for the remainder of his life, ordered to register as a sex offender, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment.

In March, a jury in U.S. District Court here returned a verdict of guilty on one count of armed bank robbery and one count of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.