News from August 2013
By DOE Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to reduce energy bills for American families and businesses and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Energy Department today announced 12 projects to develop innovative heating, cooling and insulation technologies as well as open source energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted in federal court today of attempting to rob Blue Ridge Bank and Trust at gunpoint, after being foiled by a bank guard and a federal agent who was a customer at the bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: TUSCALOOSA - A federal judge today sentenced a Northwest Alabama man to five years in prison for a December fire at a Marshall Durbin office building in Haleyville, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey L. Fulton.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Robert Allen Montgomery, 46, has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of receiving and possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Montgomery was convicted on both counts as charged after a bench trial on April 19, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A traveling medical worker has admitted infecting six patients in Kansas with Hepatitis C, including one who died, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. -- Jennifer Griswold a/k/a Jennifer Lynn McDaniel a/k/a Jennifer Dubois, age 37, of Channelview, Texas, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to failing to report and concealing wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen. Griswold’s husband, Dustin Griswold, 34, of Coldspring, Texas, pled guilty on August 7, 2013 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 110,000 metric tons of soybeans to China during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: Three men were indicted today on charges that they engaged in a decade-long conspiracy to defraud the food stamp and Women, Infants and Children programs out of more than $780,000 by trading the vouchers for cash and restricted items such as beer and cigarettes from a store in Cleveland, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Utah. Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Firearms Taken During Storage Unit Burglary. SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment Wednesday morning charging five individuals with possession of 31 stolen firearms. The firearms were...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Joel Tillett, 36, of Whitehall, PA, was sentenced today to four years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $979,562.20 in connection with a mortgage fraud conspiracy. Tillett, the former general manager of Madison Funding, Inc., a now-defunct Allentown mortgage loan origination...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Sussex County, N.J., man today admitted luring a teenage boy to Pennsylvania for sex, as well as downloading and receiving child pornography on his home computer, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: A six-count indictment was returned charging a Youngstown man with narcotics and firearms crimes, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding reports of former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Lisa Jackson, intentionally using her personal email to conduct official business, a violation of federal record-keeping laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - - On Aug. 12, 2013, Artemio Pena-Torrecillas, 26, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Boltonto 40 years in prison. Pena-Torrecillas was found guilty by a federal jury on May 30, 2013, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today announced that it will hold a hearing in September on the legal regimes that regulate the delivery of video content to consumers. Increased competition and evolving technology has made for a more robust video marketplace but current laws and regulations vary depending on the technology used for delivery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SHAUN WHITEHEAD, 26, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for using counterfeit U.S. currency to purchase items at five Connecticut stores.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Brock Tyler Beutler, 23, of Twin Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to a federal indictment charging him with one count of possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of New York. Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: BUSHKILL, PA: Superintendent John J. Donahue announced today that park rangers from Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area are assisting New Jersey State Park Police with a search for a missing person. Amjed Hasan, 21, of Clifton, New Jersey, was last seen swimming in the Delaware River near the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Troy Walker, a/k/a ‘Caveman," age 48, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for transporting a minor with the intent to engage in prostitution. Judge Messitte also ordered...
