News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monmouth County, N.J. man pleaded guilty today to his role in a long-running bribes-for-test-referrals scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, N.J., its president, and numerous associates, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARTIN RAOUF BOURAIMA and CORNEILLE DATO were sentenced today in Manhattan federal court for participating in a conspiracy to import narcotics into the United States. Both BOURAIMA and DATO were sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) - - Shedrick D. Hollis, 40, of Phenix City, was sentenced on Aug. 11, 2013 to 35 years in prison for drug trafficking and weapons possession charges.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: Washington -As students across the country prepare to start a new school year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is highlighting a number of Department efforts to promote a healthy and productive learning environment. USDA programs impact students across the country and support the Obama Administration's efforts to improve rural education opportunities, help students grow up healthy and strong, and maintain American competitiveness in the coming years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Ronald Keith Alexander, 38, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing a firearm and transferring a firearm in violation of the National Firearm Registration and Transfer Record, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Alexander pleaded guilty to the two counts on May 2, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Carlos Romero, age 22, a native of El Salvador residing in Baltimore, Maryland, today to 15 years in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for illegal reentering the United States and for being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Louisiana. Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Seyba Diallo, 46, of the Central African Republic, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell to one year in prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Aug, 9, 2013, a federal jury in Tucson found Todd Russell Fries, a.k.a. Todd Burns, 50, of Tucson, guilty of two counts of possession of unregistered explosive devices. The case was tried before U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson. Sentencing is set for Oct. 18, 2013, before Judge...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA News Release. Aug. 12, 2013. Release No.: 2013-58. Contacts: Christie Vanover, 702-283-2344, christie_vanover@nps.gov. BODY RECOVERED AT LAKE MOHAVE, AUG 11. BOULDER CITY, Nev. - The body of an adult male was recovered...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - A Federal Grand Jury has returned an indictment charging Jacobo Feliciano-Francisco, a/k/a “Uriel Castillo-Ochoa", a/k/a “Kiko", age 30, with federal criminal violations related to kidnapping, retaliating against a witness, and transporting an individual in interstate commerce for prostitution. The Indictment was announced today by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 30 years in prison and lifetime supervised release on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws and laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Manhattan man has been sentenced to 42 months for robbing a convenience store in Manhattan, Kan., which set in motion a series of events leading ultimately to a deadly arson in which a Kansas State University researcher died, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monmouth County, N.J., man is expected to appear in federal court today on charges of tax evasion and failing to file federal personal tax returns on income derived from his ownership of a casino in Trinidad, resulting in a $1 million loss to the United States, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Aug. 9, 2013, Walter Scott Fruit, 54 and Sandra Jackson, 48, both from Tucson, Ariz., were sentenced to federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson for their role in a mortgage fraud scheme. Fruit was sentenced to 30 months in prison; Jackson was sentenced to six...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced today that federal charges have been filed against Delenore Lowell McTarsney, age 53, of Speedway. According to a criminal complaint unsealed this afternoon, McTarsney is alleged to threatened the life of a federal judge and other local officials in a series of comments posted online.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Smethport, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: New York City - Ranking Member Eliot Engel, the senior Democratic member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement after meeting with Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama on Friday signed into law H.R. 267, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013. The bipartisan legislation, authored by Energy and Commerce Committee members Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Diana DeGette (D-CO), will help facilitate the development of new...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Maryland General Hospital (“MGH"), an acute care hospital in Baltimore, Maryland that is part of the University of Maryland Medical Systems Corporation, agreed to pay $750,000 to settle allegations under the False Claims Act. The government alleged that MGH overbilled in connection with cardiac testing and failed to repay the overpayments after senior financial managers learned of them.
