News from April 2013
By DOE Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today responded to the Environmental Protection Agency’s release of a revised watershed assessment of Alaska’s Bristol Bay region.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Marty LaRoche, age 20, of Lower Brule, South Dakota appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on April 25, 2013 and pled guilty to the Information that charged him with Assaulting, Resisting and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced the unsealing of a three-count indictment charging Camilo Torres-Martinez, aka Fritanga, (41) with conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Marcos A. Cardenas-Landino, age 24, formerly of Cleveland, with illegal re-entry following deportation or removal.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Brian R. Crowell, Special-Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), today announced that JOSE EVARISTO LINARES CASTILLO was extradited from Colombia on...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Lori A. Schories of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on April 26, 2013, to 71 months in prison by United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf. Schories had previously pled guilty for her involvement in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, including...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Suit Alleges Novartis Paid Kickbacks In The Forms Of Honoraria For Sham Speaker Programs And Expensive Entertainment, Resulting In Millions Of Dollars In Illegal Reimbursements From Federal Healthcare Programs.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The Arizona Department of Transportation will open Highway 67 to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park on Wednesday, May 15 by 8:00 am; and Grand Canyon Lodge North Rim, a Forever Resorts property, and Grand Canyon Trail Rides will commence their 2013 seasonal operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Date: April 26, 2013. Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: (313) 234-4310. PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Jack Conway, Kentucky Attorney General jointly announced today that...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Century City man was arrested this morning by FBI special agents after he was charged with running a Ponzi scheme and then bilking another victim out of millions of dollars that he used to pay back earlier victims after the S.E.C. took him to court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges sentenced Joseph Jerome Smith (32, Ocala) yesterday to 21 years and ten months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Smith pleaded guilty on Feb. 14, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, 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. April 26th is the 13th Annual World Intellectual Property Day, designated to increase...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Branch Sparrow, age 31, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 150 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for armed robbery.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C., April 26- Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), with Senators Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and other members of the HELP Committee, today released draft legislation that would improve the safety of compounded human and animal drugs by making clear the compounding oversight responsibilities of state and federal authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - An Adams woman was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield for embezzlement and other related charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: A Mansfield man was indicted on charges that he embezzled more than $1 million from an customer annuity accounts at an insurance company where he worked, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal criminal complaint was filed on April 24, 2013 against Blessed Marvelous Herve, of San Francisco, charging him with wire fraud, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. Herve told victims that he was son of the President of Congo and needed money to release his riches. He promised repayment plus a bonus of millions.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: JUNIOR RANGER DAY AT LAKE MEAD, APRIL 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Walter Thomas Swartz, 29, of Eugene, Oregon, was sentenced on April 23, 2013, to 48 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methylenedioxymethamphetamine, more commonly known as ecstasy or MDMA, and using the mail to distribute proceeds of that unlawful activity. Swartz was also ordered by the court to perform 300 hours of community service upon completion of his four year prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2013
News Release: Defendant Falsely Claimed To Be An Experienced Investment Advisor And Used The Retirement Funds To Gamble On Sports.
