News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced today that JEANNE L. GAVIN, age 61, of Baton Rouge, pled guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson to exceeding authorized access to a government computer, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1030...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement on the President’s nomination of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to the post of U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: On April 12, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted a workshop for DNA Analysts at its Gaithersburg, Maryland, campus, which was simultaneously webcast to participants across the country. The training allowed forensic DNA analysts to...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: Police seize hundreds of prescription painkillers, more than $35,000 and firearms during search of defendant’s home.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to help Tribal communities across the country enhance their energy security and build a sustainable energy future, the Energy Department and the Denali Commission today announced that five Alaska Native communities will receive technical expertise...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Jeffrey Eugene Barfield, 50, of Thornton, Colorado, was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for mail fraud, dealing in counterfeit United States currency, and distributing oxycodone, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour also ordered Barfield to serve...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: AVETIK MOSKOVIAN, 46, an Armenian National, plead guilty Tuesday before Chief United States District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to his role in a conspiracy launder approximately $1.5 million in funds defrauded from Medicare through a phony medical business in Brunswick, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Gabriel Uribe-Bautista pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco on April 23, 2013 to distribution of cocaine and 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, WILLIAM WALTER BARKER 44, of Kinston, North Carolina pled guilty before Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox to one count of Receipt of Child Pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252 (a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Gabriella Brown, the former Beckley Police Department evidence technician, was sentenced today to four years’ probation for stealing oxycodone pills from the Department’s evidence storage room in August 2012. Brown was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge David A. Faber. Brown, 31, of Beckley, W.Va., previously pleaded guilty in December 2012 to obtaining controlled substances by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception and subterfuge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Five men have been indicted on federal narcotics and firearms charges as the result of “Operation Rio Grande Stucco," a DEA led investigation into an organization that allegedly manufactured and distributed cocaine base, more commonly known as “crack" or “crack cocaine," in Albuquerque, N.M., and Santa Fe, N.M.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on April 29, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Dadra Connors, age 35, was sentenced to 30 months in custody, 2 years of supervised release, and $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - Beginning Monday, May 13, 2013, the National Prisoner of War Museum will adopt new operating hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession and Sale of a Stolen Firearm, Drug User in Possession of a Firearm, Larceny and Tampering with a Witness.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Leroy Nelson, 61, of Duncanville, Texas, was arrested this morning by federal agents on felony charges, outlined in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Dallas last week and unsealed today, stemming from his alleged role in a multi-million dollar staged accident fraud scheme. Nelson...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 45-year-old Grapeland, Texas man has been arrested on child exploitation charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: BUSHKILL PA: Superintendent John J. Donahue confirmed today that there is a plan in place to keep Milford Beach open for 2013.Just when the closure looked unavoidable, Kinder Morgan, the parent company of Tennessee Gas, raced in with a proposal to donate the full $41,000 needed to pay for operations...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Sharon Edwards Kitine, the former owner of a now defunct Presidential Tax Service in Houston, has entered a plea of guilty for falsifying client returns, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Lucy Cruz, special agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). The tax service establishment she owned closed in March 2012 following her arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Huffman Earl Monk, 52, Brookwood, Ala., was sentenced today to 63 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud and for paying bribes to a U.S. Coast Guard Transportation Officer. Monk was also ordered to pay a fine of $15,000.00 and $779,549.85 in restitution to the U.S. Treasury.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2013
News Release: Pipestone, MN: Glen Livermont, Superintendent, at Pipestone National Monument, announces the fifth presentation in this year's Guest Speaker Series. Guest speakers, Dr. James Calvin Schaap will present lectures on "The Role of Missionaries in the Dakota War of 1862" and "Reflections on Mission Enterprises Among the Navajoand Zuni Indians of the American Southwest" at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center, Pipestone, Minnesota, on Saturday, May 11th, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
