News published on Federal Newswire in April 2013

News from April 2013


Former Fund Manager Pleads Guilty In Connection With Multi-Million Dollar Commodities Fraud Scheme

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that THOMAS HAMPTON, formerly the Managing Director of Hampton Capital Markets, LLC (“Hampton Capital" or the “Fund"), pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to commodities fraud in connection with an investment...


News Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - Sanjeev Bais was charged on April 17, 2013, by a federal grand jury with 14 counts of theft of government property and 14 counts aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Jose M. Martinez announced.


News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On April 18, 2013, Jeffrey Bruce Carrigan, age 44, of Hastings, Iowa, was sentenced in United States District Court in Council Bluffs on the charge of felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Chief United States District Court Judge...


Eliot Engel Statement on Kosova – Serbia Agreement

News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the top Democratic on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the landmark agreement achieved today between Kosova and Serbia normalizing ties. The statement follows...


Chairman Carper Statement on Arrest Of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect

News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement after law enforcement officials took the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings into custody...


News Release: The Outer Banks Group parks--Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial-- are special places with special stories. Superintendent Barclay Trimble invites the public to explore these national park sites during National Park Week, April 20-28.These are some fun facts about the Outer Banks Group parks that you may, or may not, have known?


Yonkers Man Arrested On Charges Of Impersonating An FBI Agent

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that AYMAN RABADI, 52, of Yonkers, New York, was arrested yesterday by agents...


Methamphetamine Transport Coordinator Found Guilty At Trial

News Release: PHOENIX - 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 counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, by a federal jury in Phoenix. The case was tried before U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton between April 4 and April 12, 2013. The defendant is being held after trial. Sentencing is set before Judge Bolton on July 8, 2013.


News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Darrin Joseph Bell, 35, of Montgomery was sentenced yesterday to more than 7 years for the October 5, 2011 armed robbery of the Community Bank and Trust (CB&T) on the Eastchase Parkway in Montgomery, Alabama.


Credit Union Assistant Manager Sentenced To Prison For Embezzling Funds, Evading Taxes

News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Butler County woman has been sentenced in federal court to 30 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on her conviction of embezzlement from an institution insured by the NCUA and income tax evasion, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: The Outer Banks Group parks--Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial-- are special places with special stories. Superintendent Barclay Trimble invites the public to explore these national park sites during National Park Week, April 20-28.These are some fun facts about the Outer Banks Group parks that you may, or may not, have known?


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its schedule for the week of April 22, 2013. Beginning on Wednesday, the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee continues its rigorous oversight of Obamacare with an examination of the health care law’s implementation. On Thursday, ...


West Haven Man Sentenced To Seven Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin

News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Darrell Davis, also known as “Baller," 34, of West Haven, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.


Memphis Tax Preparer Sentenced For Conspiracy To File False Tax Returns

News Release: Memphis, TN - Terry Roberts, 41, of Memphis, TN, was sentenced April 17, 2013, to 27 months in federal prison, announced Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.


News Release: Gateway announces plan to rebuild Nichols Marina at Great Kills.


News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA - Dustin Francisco Struckman, 24, of Peoria, Illinois was sentenced on yesterday by United States District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to 11 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for attempting to distribute child pornography. Struckman will be required to register as a sex offender. At the conclusion of the sentencing, Struckman was returned to the custody of the United States Marshal Service to serve his sentence.


Wind Cave Celebrates National Park Week with Free Tours

News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Free tours of Wind Cave will be offered Monday, April 22, through Friday, April 26, as part of National Park Week. Tours of the cave will be offered at 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. These moderately strenuous tours will last around 75 minutes and start from the visitor center.



Melvin Jeovany Vasquez Indicted For Illegal Reentry

News Release: MELVIN JEOVANY VASQUEZ, age 30, a citizen of Honduras, was charged in a one-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury today with illegal reentry by an alien previously removed, announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its schedule for the week of April 22, 2013. Beginning on Wednesday, the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee continues its rigorous oversight of Obamacare with an examination of the health care law’s implementation. On Thursday, ...