News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that Christopher Holladay (37, Deland) pleaded guilty today to possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Holladay faces a mandatory minimum term of 15 years in federal prison, up to a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not been set. Holladay was indicted on Feb. 13, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: As markets for miniature, hybrid machines known as MEMS grow and diversify, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has introduced a long-awaited measurement tool that will help growing numbers of device designers, manufacturers and customers to see eye to eye on eight dimensional and material property measurements that are key to device performance.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), announced today that the United States has settled a civil lawsuit against MADISON AVENUE PHARMACY...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Yesterday in federal court in Duluth, a 46-year-old man from the Red Lake Indian Reservation community of Ponemah pleaded guilty in connection with the Aug. 19, 2012, death of Kaishauna Thunder. On April 29, 2013, Gordon Dean Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter. Johnson, who was indicted on January 8, 2013, entered his plea before United States District Court Chief Judge Michael J. Davis.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: Although the harbor and campground on Elliott Key remain closed due to damage sustained during Tropical Storm Sandy, campers willing to brave seasonally heavy insect populations can camp for free on Boca Chita Key. The park waives docking and camping fees annually from May 1 through September 30 due to insufficient revenue to support the cost of collecting and processing fees.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: An old, somewhat passé, trick used to purify protein samples based on their affinity for water has found new fans at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where materials scientists are using it to divvy up solutions of carbon nanotubes, separating the metallic nanotubes from semiconductors. They say it's a fast, easy and cheap way to produce high-purity samples of carbon nanotubes for use in nanoscale electronics and many other applications.*
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that Christopher John Solders, 26, of Twin Falls, and Joseph Anthony Goulart, 42, of Caldwell, were sentenced to federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. A federal grand jury in Boise charged the men in separate indictments last fall.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on April 29, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Leonard Edwards, age 23, was sentenced to 27 months of imprisonment, 2 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: EL PASO - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit United States Attorney Robert Pitman, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Mark Morgan announced today that 16 El Paso, Texas defendants have been arrested, based on a 41-count federal indictment charging violations of federal drug and gun laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Lee’s Summit, Mo., youth soccer coach was indicted by a federal grand jury today on additional charges related to producing child pornography by secretly videotaping...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of grain sorghum to unknown destinations during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today ROBERT BRIAN MINISH, 57, of Henderson, North Carolina, pled guilty before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle to theft of property belonging to the United States, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641, and to making false statements, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, along with Randall C. Coleman, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today that former Arkansas Department of Community Corrections...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A U.S. Army major surrendered to federal agents following his wife’s arrest at their Mount Holly, N.J., home this morning on charges that they abused their children through neglectful and cruel acts, including by breaking their bones, denying them medical attention, withholding water and force-feeding them hot sauce, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) made the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s assertion that he’s “not familiar" with Benghazi whistleblowers being blocked from telling their stories...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department employee to 18 years in prison for attempted child enticement and distributing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced LIONEL THOMAS EASTERLING, 30, of Greenville, North Carolina, to 84 months imprisonment followed by 3 years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington announced that a federal grand jury returned an 18 count indictment against Tam Quang Do, age 36, and Ming Quang Do, age 39. The indictment charges them with Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, Wire Fraud, Odometer...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: A new handbook by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) provides forensic laboratories, law enforcement agencies and the judicial system with state-of-the-art guidelines and recommended best practices for preserving biological evidence so that it is available at any time to solve "cold cases," confirm the guilt of criminals or exonerate the innocent.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces the filing of a criminal complaint charging Wayne Miner (44, Hudson) with transportation, receipt, and possession of child pornography. If convicted, Miner faces a mandatory minimum of five years in federal prison and a maximum penalty of 50 years in federal prison.
