News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, N.J., man was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for using his Blackberry smartphone to distribute images of child sexual abuse, including to a stranger in Nevada, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a man and woman from South Dakota and a woman from North Dakota, convicted of two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance were sentenced on March 28, 2013 by U.S. Magistrate William D. Gerdes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: Todd D. Turner, 26, of East St. Louis, IL, was sentenced in federal district court on April 1, 2013, to 24 months in prison, to be followed by two years supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and a $300 fine, for unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND - Pedro Daniel RODRIGUEZ, 22, a resident of Guadalajara, Mexico, was sentenced to 150 months in prison on March 28, 2013, for his role in an international drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - A San Clemente man pleaded guilty this morning to federal drug trafficking and tax offenses in relation to a string of nine illegal marijuana storefronts that generated millions of dollars in income.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
Release: In the United States, "March Madness" refers to the frenzied college basketball tournaments where teams must win or go home. Culinary masters throughout Asia experienced their own version of "madness" last month by squaring off in the kitchen for a chance to compete in the inaugural "United Tastes of America -- Asian Chef Challenge." The competition will take place at the 2013 Taipei International Food Show 's USA Pavilion in June.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be having a ranger program on the ecology of fire on Saturday, April 6,starting at 10:00 a.m. at the Bandy Creek Visitor Center. Ranger Dustin Beaty will talk about how not all fires are detrimental and discuss the beneficial effects of prescribed fire on the environment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Eugene Freeman, 30, of Temple Hills, Md., has been sentenced to a 13-year prison term on charges stemming from an attack in which he repeatedly stabbed a man who was dating his ex-girlfriend, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Fulton, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for bank robbery after admitting that he had robbed banks in Sedalia, Chillicothe, Cuba, Moberly and Rolla, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
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By USDA Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: Detecting the costly, contagious Johne's disease in cattle is now easier, thanks to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Gurpreet Singh Kohli, age 58, of Potomac, Maryland, late on March 29, 2013, to six months of home detention with electronic monitoring, as part of three years’ probation, for obstruction of agency proceedings, in connection with false...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Jose Alcaraz Palacio, 33, of Torrance, today to five years and three months in federal prison, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced the appointment of Joon H. Kim as the Office’s Chief Counsel.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Foxboro man was convicted today of fraud and tax evasion in connection with the operation of his financial planning service that targeted senior citizens.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: John Muir used to tell his daughters stories around the dinner table at his family home in Martinez.Children and families are invited to join the National Park Service for a new story time program at the John Muir National Historic Site, to help keep Muir's tradition alive!.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A San Clemente man pleaded guilty this morning to federal drug trafficking and tax offenses in relation to a string of nine illegal marijuana storefronts that generated millions of dollars in income.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 32-year-old St. Paul felon was sentenced for possessing a.38-caliber, semi-automatic pistol. United States District Court Judge David S. Doty sentenced Jose Antonio Caban to 84 months in prison on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Caban was indicted on July 16, 2012, and pleaded guilty on Sept. 18, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today DANIEL CARL DEEL, 32, of Henderson, North Carolina pled guilty before Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox to Felon in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - An indictment filed today, charges eight people, including two federal prison inmates, with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that federal inmates Jose Cardenas-Covarrubias and Donaciano Contreras-Monje, imprisoned at FCI McKean, initiated the sale of large amounts of methamphetamine to two law enforcement officers posing as Philadelphia drug dealers.
