News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - A federal grand jury in Montgomery, AL, returned an indictment charging Harvey James for using stolen identities to file false tax returns, announce George L. Beck, Jr, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. The 34-count indictment charges James with mail fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in New Haven has found MYRACHID ELQUAFAI, 51, a citizen of Morocco last residing in New Haven, guilty of defrauding the federal Food Stamp Program while operating a Meriden grocery store. The jury returned the verdict today following a five-day trial before United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: BALTIMORE - According to officials at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland, the growing role of the Internet has dramatically enhanced the opportunities for criminals around the world to sell products that do not belong to them, depriving the legitimate owners of any profit. Intellectual property theft...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today continued its post-Newtown examination of the nation’s mental health system, focusing on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and how its application...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Defendant Oshan Cook was sentenced yesterday to 151 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute MDMA (“ecstasy"), possession with the intent to distribute ecstasy, and possession with the intent to distribute LSD, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Mr. Chairman, I am pleased that we are holding this hearing on Social Security today. Social Security is a bedrock of American Society. In nearly 78 years Social Security has weathered 13 recessions and during that time it has always paid benefits in full and on time. But Social Security will face challenges...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Ted McCall Snow of Wilmer, Alabama, has been indicted on charges of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, and possession of a stolen firearm. The Indictment charges that Snow was previously convicted of eleven cases of burglary, receiving stolen property and theft in Mobile County Circuit...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In recognition of National Healthy Schools Day on April 30, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today continued its post-Newtown examination of the nation’s mental health system, focusing on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and how its application...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Join the National Park Service this spring and summer as we host a series of guest speakers who will explore John Muir's modern legacy. To kick off the series, special guests Peter and Donna Thomas will present "Muir Ramble Route: San Francisco to Yosemite," on Saturday, May 11, at 2 p.m. at the John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) Visitor Center.The series will continue with special programs on Sunday June 23 and Sunday July 14th (separate press releases will follow.).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - JOSHUA ANTONIO MCCLENDON, 27, from Oklahoma City, has been arrested and charged with robbing the First Fidelity Bank located at 700 SW 29th, Oklahoma City, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Patricia Gonzales Renteria, 39, and her son Steven Robert Renteria, 19, both of Cathedral City in Riverside County, were arrested Wednesday in Fresno for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-A federal indictment unsealed yesterday charges a 30-year-old Red Lake man for running a vehicle driven by a woman off the road while on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. The indictment, which was filed on April 22, 2013, charges Tony Lee Lussier with one count of assault with a dangerous weapon. The indictment was unsealed following Lussier’s initial appearance in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Several residents of Montgomery, Ala., were indicted by a federal grand jury for their involvement in a conspiracy to receive fraudulent tax refunds into their bank accounts, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Tarrish Tellis, Bobby Joe...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today continued its post-Newtown examination of the nation’s mental health system, focusing on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and how its application...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Defendant Oshan Cook was sentenced yesterday to 151 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute (“ecstasy"), possession with the intent to distribute ecstasy, and possession with the intent to distribute LSD, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: If spintronics is to become the Next Big Thing, it will be because researchers have learned how to control many extremely small, but hugely significant, things. Now PML scientists have devised a unique method of measuring one of the most important of those: the "damping" properties of individual magnetic nanostructures, or nanomagnets, that store and transfer information for random-access memory and other uses.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: San Francisco, CA--On April 18, 2013, the park received a report of an attack on Canada Goose goslings on the shoreline at Crissy Field by off leash dogs that were not under the control of their owners. The attack reportedly resulted in the death of two of the goslings.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces the unsealing of a three-count indictment charging Camilo Torres-Martinez, aka Fritanga, (41) with conspiracy to import into the United States 5 kilograms or more of cocaine; conspiracy to manufacture and distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Melvin James Jr, a 43-year old resident of New Orleans, Louisiana,was charged in a three-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for his possession with intent to distribute 98 grams of heroin, felon in possession of firearms, and possessing firearms in furtherance of narcotics trafficking.
