News from April 2013

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo, District of Arizona announced today, that Indalecio Castro-Ponce, 40, of San Luis, Ariz., was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and two...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Yesterday in federal court, a 59-year-old Crystal man was charged with possessing approximately 8,000 images of child pornography. On April 17, 2013, James Richard Darling was charged via an Information with one count of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: SCHELLA HOPE, 47, a licensed dietician whose business, Hope Nutritional Services, was located in Brunswick, Georgia, and ARLENE MURRELL, 65, a licensed dietician whose business, Quality Nutrition Services, was located in Newnan, Georgia, were charged with various health care fraud offenses in a forty-five count indictment returned by a federal grand jury sitting in Savannah, Georgia earlier this month.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: Superintendent Barclay Trimble announced that beginning Saturday, April 20, 2013 the climbing fee for Cape Hatteras Lighthouse will increase for the season.Climbing tickets for Cape Hatteras Lighthouse will be $8.00 for adults and $4.00 for senior citizens (62 or older), children 11 years of age and...

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: On an ordinary day, the United States consumes about 70 billion cubic feet of natural gas - enough to fill a space a mile long, a mile wide, and half a mile high. Every day, that titanic volume flows from producers to consumers through a complex pipeline network totaling more than 300,000 miles in length.

By DOL Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: This discussion draft reflects a yearlong effort to find bipartisan, consensus policy on drug distribution security. Chairman Harkin, Ranking Member Alexander, and Senators Bennet and Burr request that stakeholders provide written responses, including their level of support for the overall proposal in...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that, Eric Hanstein, age 29, of Arnold, Missouri, was indicted by a Grand Jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, East St. Louis Division. The single count indictment charges Hanstein with Theft from an Interstate Shipment for allegedly stealing a Kindle Fire from a warehouse in Mount Vernon, Illinois.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: This year's annual Denali Road Lottery is taking place on Sept. 13, 14, 15, and 16 (Fri - Mon).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury returned two indictments this week charging twelve individuals with methamphetamine and pseudoephedrine related conspiracy offenses. The indictments were announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. These individuals were arrested on federal warrants and made their initial appearances in United States District Court today.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell yesterday sentenced Tina Moore a/k/a Tina Pollard (56, Daytona Beach) to 3 years, 4 months in federal prison for conspiracy and money laundering. Moore was also ordered to serve a two-year term of supervised release, following her release from prison, and to pay $242,981.25 in restitution. Moore pleaded guilty on Jan. 25, 2013.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announced today that John David Baker (29, resident of Celebration, Florida and citizen of the United Kingdom) has pleaded guilty to two counts of production of child pornography using the Internet. He faces a minimum of 15 years, and up to...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: Hammond, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On April 18, 2013, David L. Lopez, Jr., a 40 year old resident of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge James E. Gritzner to 48 months imprisonment for Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Chief Judge Gritzner also ordered Lopez to serve a three year term of supervised release following incarceration.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Jody Brave, age 42, of Mission, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on April 16, 2013 and pled guilty to Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, and Impeding a Federal Officer. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 20 years in custody, a $250,000 fine, or both; 3 years of supervised release; and a $100 special assessment.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: Dr. Joseph L. Dehmer, a 40-year veteran of federal science research and administration, has been named Director of the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Dehmer is a physicist who served most recently as director of the Division of Physics and Senior Advisor for Strategic Planning at the National Science Foundation (NSF). He takes office on April 22, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - Following a jury trial, a New Bedford man was convicted of passport fraud.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that, Faith L. Moran, age 44, of Centreville, Illinois, was indicted by a Grand Jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, East St. Louis Division. The three count...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2013
News Release: Date: April 19, 2013. Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: (313) 234-4310. LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA) jointly announced today that a physician from Prestonsburg, Ky., ...