News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Nathan Madison Coleman, 19, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Naschitti, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The offense to which Coleman entered his guilty plea requires that Coleman be sentenced to at least ten years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: THOMAS HILLIARD, 22; CHRISTIAN JOHNSON, 23; ALEX LEWIS, 20; JAMES BROWN, 22; and WILLIE HILLIARD, 23; all residents of New Orleans, were indicted by a federal Grand Jury on Friday April 12, 2013 on several counts involving the distribution of cocaine base (“crack") and the illegal possession of firearms...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced that earlier today, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Ramon Alvarado (Age: 29) a resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with threatening to kill his former supervising United States Probation Officer. If convicted, Alvarado faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a resident of Anchorage has been sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for his conviction of possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on April 16, 2013, Chantel Raine Monteith of Grand Forks, N.D., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to a charge of false statements.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), today held a hearing entitled, “Keeping College Within Reach: The Role of Federal Student Aid Programs." During the hearing, members and higher education experts discussed the upcoming reauthorization of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Memphis man was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for causing $141 million in losses to his clearing firm after executing large, unauthorized overnight trades on wheat futures contracts through the Chicago Board of Trade in February 2008. The defendant, EVAN BRENT DOOLEY...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) joined Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) in releasing a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that underscores the importance of providing adequate training to federal acquisition personnel.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - The owner and another senior executive of Sacred Heart Hospital and four physicians affiliated with the west side facility were arrested today for allegedly conspiring to pay and receive illegal kickbacks, including more than $225,000 in cash, along with other forms of payment, in exchange for the referral of patients insured by Medicare and Medicaid to the hospital.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Charleroi, Pa., pleaded guilty on Monday to violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A physician’s assistant who operated a mobile health clinic based in Hesperia was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison for distributing the powerful and widely abused prescription narcotic OxyContin following an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - The day after the annual tax filing deadline United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Gary M. Scott, 61, of Lafayette, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote on one count of tax evasion to two years in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $362,961.65 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service(IRS) in unpaid taxes.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: We are here today to talk about the budget for the Labor Department - an agency that carries out critical missions for working families, from job training to workplace safety. So it is unfortunate that we have seen so many budget cuts for this agency in recent years.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: Twelve Defendants Charged With Racketeering, Others Charged With Crimes Including Money Laundering, Extortion, Fraud, And Operating Illegal Poker Rooms In New York City.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lake Andes, South Dakota man charged with sexual abuse was sentenced on April 15, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier. Ray Flying Hawk, age 43, was sentenced to 48 months in custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Timothy Wayne Bailey, 38, of Corpus Christi, has been handed a 30-year prison term following his conviction of sexual exploitation of a child, commonly known as production of child pornography, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Development of potentially vast and important unconventional energy resources in Alaska - including viscous oil and methane hydrates - could be accelerated under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed today by the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: This Subcommittee’s last hearing focused on criticism of the Administration for offering too much flexibility to the States and today’s seems to focus on the Administration offering too little flexibility for waivers with another program. Sometimes I get the feeling that for our Republican colleagues, the porridge is either too hot or too cold but never just right so long as it is President Obama’s Administration doing the serving.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 38-year-old St. Paul man was sentenced for his role in a large marijuana distribution ring. United States District Court Judge Patrick J. Schiltz sentenced Cesar Sevilla-Acosta to 135 months in federal prison on one count of conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
