News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Palmer, Alaska, man was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage to 96 months in prison for one count of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and one count of felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Maurice Hester, of Milledgeville, Georgia, entered a plea of guilty on April 8, 2013, to Counts One, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Ten, and Eleven of a Superseding Indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Samuel George Hurd, III, 27, appeared in federal court this afternoon and pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis, to a superseding indictment charging conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. There was no plea agreement between Hurd and the government; Hurd’s trial was to have begun on Monday, April 15, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following remarks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing examining the President’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A former employee of The Vacation Ownership Group LLC admitted today to conspiring to defraud owners of timeshare properties, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Pennsylvania man today admitted robbing two banks, one in New Jersey and one in Pennsylvania, in October 2011, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: The number of wolves in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve has decreased by more than 50 percent from fall 2012, according to biologists who took advantage of late winter snow conditions to fly surveys of the 2.5 million acre conservation area. The drop is substantially more than normal and coincides with predator control efforts by Alaska Department of Fish and Game conducted near the preserve.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced the sentencing yesterday of Jesus Manuel Zuniga, 28, of Nampa, Idaho, for unlawful possession of a firearm, and for violating the terms of his supervised release. Zuniga, a member of the Nampa Northside Gang, was ordered by Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill to serve 64 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Zuniga pleaded guilty to the charge on Jan. 31, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
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By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: Alexander Hamilton once said, “The necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources.".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Ramy Elmery, 43, of Woodbridge, Va., pleaded guilty today to one count of false statements stemming from his failure to disclose a series of financial transactions with an Iraqi contractor in an application for top secret security clearance.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Braddock, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 84 months imprisonment followed by five years supervised release following a guilty plea to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: Welcome, Secretary Lew. Congratulations again on your confirmation. I’ve very much enjoyed working with you in the past and have no doubt you will do an excellent job in your new role.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Harvey LaPointe, age 62, of Mission, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on April 8, 2013 and pled guilty to Larceny. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 5 years in custody, a $250,000 fine, or both; 3 years of supervised release; and a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 49-year-old Grand Saline, Texas man has been sentenced to serve more than three years in a federal prison for possessing a firearm after having been previously convicted of three felony offenses, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Boxer, for convening today's hearing. The EPA plays a critical role in the status of not only our environment but our economic competitiveness. I am concerned that the central functions of the Agency have been obfuscated by ideology, frustrated by a severe lack of transparency, undermined by science the Agency keeps hidden, and implemented without regard for economic consequences.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Lamont Lucas, 47, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by indictment[Note:1]1, unsealed today, with sexual abuse of a ward, providing contraband in a prison, and instigating or assisting an attempted escape, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Lucas was arrested this morning.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) is seeking stakeholder input on an abandoned uranium mines report to Congress. On Jan. 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which requires the Secretary of Energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Hartford Police Chief James C. Rovella, today announced that 19 individuals have been charged with federal narcotics offenses related to the distribution of heroin and cocaine in and around Hartford. Seventeen individuals were arrested this morning, and two are currently being sought by law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Yolanda Boyle, 58, of Las Cruces, N.M., pled guilty this morning to a felony information charging her with bank robbery. Boyle entered her guilty plea without the benefit of any plea agreement in federal court in Las Cruces.
