News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: A Bristolville man pleaded guilty today to crimes for his role in a murder-for-hire plot, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that two more individuals in the Aryan Knights investigation were sentenced to serve federal prison sentences for distributing methamphetamine.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack appointed five representatives to serve on the Peanut Standards Board. Each member will serve through June 2015. A sixth nominee has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board through June 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Six Defendants Sentenced Earlier, Three Await Sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a jury found a 41-year-old Brooklyn Park man guilty of participating in a large, multi-state, identity theft ring. Following an eight-day trial, the jury convicted Gordon Lamarr Moore of one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and two counts...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Cori Merklinger, 24, of Reading, PA, and Ambur Ham, 20, of Parkesburg, PA, were charged today by Indictmentwith one count of conspiracy to produce child pornography, and three counts of production of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Merklinger was additionally charged with one count of distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - James Powell, 48, of Bridgeville, Del., pled guilty today to federal charges of traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on House passage of H.R. 624 - the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA)...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: SEATTLE - Jeremy Peter Capodanno, 36, was arrested late yesterday following his indictment last week for manufacturing marijuana, and two counts for discharging and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug crime. On December 6, 2012, Capodanno shot two people who had broken into the garage of his...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - A Salvadoran national captured recently in Santa Clara County who is wanted in his native country for his role in two murders was handed over to authorities in El Salvador Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the latest result of stepped up collaborative efforts to locate Salvadoran criminal fugitives in the U.S. and return them to El Salvador to face justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Former Baltimore Police officer Keith Nowlin, age 39, of Laurel, Maryland pleaded guilty today to accessing a protected computer without authorization, related to his obtaining motor vehicle information for a drug dealer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: JOSEPH C. DELAY, 42, of Metairie, Louisiana, was sentenced today to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente. U.S. District Court Judge Jane Triche Milazzo sentenced DELAY to 5 years incarceration and 3 years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: A Florida man pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court to crimes related to a scheme to defraud investors in the sale of Iraqi dinar currency and two non-existent hedge funds, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Kathy A. Enstrom, Acting Special Agent in Charge, IRS-Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati field office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: DR. DAVID G. MILLAUD, age 52, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Eldon E. Fallon to three years probation, after previously pleading guilty to theft of government funds in connection with a disaster loan that he received from the Small Business Administration, announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente. MILLAUD was further ordered to pay restitution in the amount $56,449.91 to the Small Business Administration.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, April 18, 1013 - Did you know that National Park Week is just around the corner, April 20th - 28th? Did you know that southern West Virginia is home to three National Park sites, including New River Gorge National River, Gauley River National Recreation Area, and Bluestone National...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Latasha Ringo, age 35, pleaded guilty yesterday for her role in a false tax refund scheme, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and IRS-CI Special Agent in Charge Jose M. Martinez, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: Santa Fe, New Mexico -With longer days and warmer temperatures, spring is the time of year when there is a noticeable increase in illegal dumping. In an effort to combat this ugly side of spring, local, state, and federal partners have joined together as the Partners for a Clean New Mexico. Today, the...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado State Director Helen Hankins presented Victoria Atkins, Lead Interpretive Specialist at the Anasazi Heritage Center, with the annual Eric Finstick Stewardship Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2013
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Michael William Joseph, III, 53, formerly an inmate in the Florida Department of Corrections was sentenced to 63 months in prison today for his involvement in an inmate tax fraud scheme and ordered to pay $37,196.27 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.
