News from April 2013
By Fed News Journal | Apr 18, 2013
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on April 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Robert Chin, 66, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was sentenced today to 150months in prison and a $7,000 fine, followed by a five year term of supervised release, for distributing heroin and oxycodone to numerous young women, including one minor with whom he exchanged narcotics for sex acts.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: FREDERICK TAYLOR, age 33, of New Orleans, Louisiana; JERMEY WILLIAMS, age 29, of Cleveland, Texas; and THIOUGEST WOOLDRIDGE, age 34, of New Orleans, Louisiana, were sentenced today by the Honorable Nannette Jolivette Brown, announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente. TAYLOR was sentenced to 110 months in...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Paula A. Reid, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service (USSS), and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announced that defendant Fednol Pierre, 34, of...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN), along with Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Reps. Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), and Alcee Hastings (D-FL), today sent a letter urging Secretary of Education ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jesse Adams, 26, of Rapid City, South Dakota, was arrested and charged by Criminal Complaint with distribution of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on April 18, 2013, Gavin Leesen Little of Fort Totten, N.D., was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson on a charge of assaulting, resisting, opposing and impeding a federal officer.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today as the Senate considers a motion to proceed to S. 743, the Marketplace Fairness Act, legislation that would allow states to collect online sales taxes...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Are you a teenager looking for a challenging summer job? If so, you may be interested in working for the National Park Service as a member of the Youth Conservation Corps at Fort Sumter National Monument. The Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) was established by Public Law 93-408. It is a summer employment...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Thomas Lee Stanton, 18, whose home address is listed as Lebanon, Illinois, was indicted by a federal grand jury today for unlawfully possessing destructive devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced CARNELL RANDALL WHITE, 24, of Wilmington, North Carolina, to 120 months imprisonment followed by 5 years supervised release.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement regarding the investigation of suspicious mail bound for Senate offices and the White House. Last night, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced an arrest had been made in the case...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A member of the LulzSec hacking group was sentenced today to one year and one day in federal prison for his conviction on federal computer hacking charges related to an extensive computer attack that compromised the computer systems of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: CRISTIAN EDGARDO MEJIA-DIAZ, age 26, a citizen of El Salvador, was sentenced today to approximately five months imprisonment by U. S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown, announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente. In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Brown ordered that MEJIA-DIAZ be placed...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Recent observations of bear tracks in the snow indicate bears are emerging from hibernation and venturing out looking for food in and around Glacier National Park. Both grizzly and black bears live and travel in the park. The bears hibernate during the winter months and begin to emerge from dens when temperatures warm. The bears are hungry and looking for food, especially carcasses of winter-killed animals.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - St. Louis, MO - JACK E. GRAVENMIER, Charleston, West Virginia, was sentenced to life in prison on multiple child exploitation crimes in Missouri and the State of West Virginia. He appeared today in St. Louis for sentencing before United States District Judge John A. Ross.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chester William Bigelow, age 58, of Woodbine, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud relating to the failure to provide contracted-for services to clients of Bigelow’s company, RMS Direct, Inc., resulting in losses of over $628,500.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - An indictment was unsealed today following the arrests of nine individuals who are charged in a drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Timothy Logsdon, 29, of Batavia, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard H. Arcara, to transporting an individual in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in illegal sexual activity. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
