News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: MAURICE R. PALMER, age 51, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to 5 years probation for one count of tax evasion, announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente. PALMER was also ordered to pay $31,662 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service and a $100 special assessment.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 25, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following statement on the House floor in support on H.R. 527, the Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Christopher Tyrone Cooper, 39, of Huntsville, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for one count of Social Security fraud, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Cooper pleaded guilty Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota man convicted of two counts of Disorderly Conduct was sentenced on April 18, 2013 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Spring Creek, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - David Tallman, 53, a merchant mariner on the USNS Laramie stationed in Norfolk, Va., has pleaded guilty to transportation of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - Federal inmates Donald R. Lafond, Jr., and Jason Robert Widdison, have been indicted for the 2011 murder of a fellow prisoner at the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta, Ga.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces the indictments of two tax return preparers, Fane Dacosta (39, Daytona Beach) and Obnes Latigue (50, Orlando). Dacosta has been charged with 25 counts of aiding in the preparation of false tax returns and 3 counts of failing to file...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Quentin Edward Doerr, age 40, of Bismarck, North Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on April 23, 2013 and pled guilty to the charge of transportation of child pornography. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 20 years in prison with a minimum of 5 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Yesterday in federal court, a 27-year-old Redby man was sentenced for possessing a 12-gauge, sawed-off shotgun. On April 24, 2013, United States District Court Judge John R. Tunheim sentenced Timothy Clarence Stately to 84 months in prison on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Stately was indicted on April 3, 2012, and pleaded guilty on Aug. 23, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Arizona. Thursday, April 25, 2013. U. S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA OBSERVES NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS WEEK. Phoenix - U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo announced that several individuals were honored for outstanding service...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Larren Wade, 55, of Venice, Fl., a former doctor who had a medical practice in Alexandria, Va., was sentenced to 70 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute oxycodone.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: The Flamingo District of Everglades National Park is announcing that annual changes in hours for the summer season are now in effect. The Marina Store has new hours for the summer: 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., on weekdays, and 6:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on weekends. The Buttonwood Café is closed for the rest of the summer season.
By State Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC- Rep. Eliot Engel, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, yesterday called upon the U.S. State Department to seek justice in the case of the Bytyqi brothers, three American citizens who were murdered in Serbia in July 1999 during an attempt to save the lives of a Roma family.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Christopher Brandon Craner, 32, of Buhl, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to two years’ probation for bankruptcy fraud-asset concealment, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Craner to serve two months of the sentence on home detention and pay a $400 fine. Craner, an avid hunter and professional fisherman, is prohibited from owning, possessing or using firearms due to the felony conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: MIAMI - After collecting an average of 400,000 pounds of expired, unwanted prescription medications at each of its previous five events in the past three years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community partners will hold a sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day across the country on Saturday, April 27th. Collection sites are open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
By State Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement concerning recent developments in Syria. The statement follows:
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Recently in federal court, a 59-year-old Minneapolis felon was indicted for possessing a nine-millimeter pistol as well as heroin. On April 22, 2013, Robert Lee Powers was specifically charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin. Earlier today, Powers had his initial appearance in federal court.
