News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A paralegal today admitted participating in a long-running, large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that defrauded financial institutions of at least $2 million, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: Defendant Attempted to Produce Sexually Explicit Videos of a Twelve-Year-Old Girl.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A federal grand jury today returned a two-count indictment against two men previously charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: On August 8, 2013, Michael J. Jaimet, 31, and Joshua D. Stacy, 27, both of Percy, IL, were sentenced in United States District Court in Benton on an indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Susan L. Boudreau announced today that a vessel speed limit of 13 knots through the water is being implemented in Whidbey Passage in Glacier Bay to protect numerous humpback whales in the area. In addition, vessels greater than 18 feet in length passing...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: Defendants Produced Sexually Explicit Images of Seven-Year-Old Child.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Martin, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced on Aug. 2, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, John P. Carlin, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and the members of the South Florida Joint...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Alexi Caliz, 50, of Buffalo, N.Y., was convicted of possessing, with the intent to distribute. cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years and a maximum of 40 years in prison, a $5,000,000, fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Louisiana. Thursday, August 8, 2013. LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Dr. Marvette J. Thomas, 60, of Grambling, La., and Carra Sergeant, 60, of Ragley, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: U.S. Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced that on August 8, 2013, 20-year old Shawn Antelope, Jr., an enrolled Northern Arapaho Tribal member, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson to 36 months imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and a $100.00 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Louisiana. Thursday, August 8, 2013. LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Calvin Sanders Sr., 52, of Franklin, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote, to embezzling union...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Addy Villanueva, Special Agent in Charge, Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), announce the indictment...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Dupree, South Dakota, man convicted of First Degree Burglary and Simple Assault was sentenced on August 5, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday, Aug. 22 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the BLM Grand Junction Field Office, 2815 H Road.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: WOBURN, Mass. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI ) presented the Woburn Police Department with funds obtained from a criminal investigation. The funds were shared with the department for its assistance in an investigation into a Boston-area precious metals dealer who attempted to smuggle large quantities of gold into the United States from Canada.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today welcomed Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and James Risch (R-Idaho), co-chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, as cosponsors of the Sportsmen’s Act. The bill recognizes and ensures the rightful place of hunting and fishing on our nation’s public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Juan Antonio Martinez, age 25, of Denver, was sentenced earlier this week by Chief Judge Marcia S. Krieger to serve 135 months (over 11 years) in federal prison for firearm and drug crimes, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and ATF Special Agent in Charge Andrew Traver announced. Following his prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: Mark Nowell Basnight Sentenced to Additional Prison Time for Attempting to Distribute Heroin in Prison and Committing Identity Theft as Part of a Scheme to Defraud Financial Institutions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, announced today that a 28-year-old year-old native and citizen of Mexico has been charged with Illegal Reentry into the United States.
