News from August 2013
By USDA Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Khalid A. Mohmand, d/b/a Green Farms Produce.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: SHANKSVILLE, Pa. - Flight 93 National Memorial will honor the 40 passengers and crew of United Flight 93 on the 12th anniversary of September 11 with two days of special programs, culminating in the annual observance on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Timber Lake, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Uttering Counterfeit Obligations of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Middle District of North Carolina. Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. Lengthy prison term ordered. GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Durham man was sentenced today to 190 months in prison for distribution of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Ripley Rand. Jack...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an update to its federal marijuana enforcement policy in light of recent state ballot initiatives that legalize, under state law, the possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults and provide for the state regulation of marijuana production, processing...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - A former area motorcycle and recreational vehicle dealer and his accountant, together with eight other defendants who allegedly acted as straw buyers in sham vehicle sales, were indicted on federal charges alleging a nearly $74 million fraudulent financing scheme that resulted in approximately...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: Fifty years ago in 1963, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King inspired a nation by declaring a vision of an America where all men were created equal and entitled to the promises of the Constitution. Yesterday, thousands gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington that marked the turning of the tide in the civil rights movement. Following the events, Congressman Conyers gave the following reflections...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Firkon James, a/k/a Roc, a/k/a Maurice Patterson, a/k/a Mark James, a/k/a John Atkins, 38, of New York City, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of 280 grams or more of cocaine base, was sentenced to 25 years in prison, and 10 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Timber Lake, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury today indicted a Huntsville man for 11 robberies or attempted robberies at banks across north central and north western Alabama, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Richard Walker, Special Agent in Charge, United States Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations, and Jesse Panuccio, Executive Director, State of Florida...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A superseding indictment, filed Aug. 21, 2013, was unsealed today charging Joseph Torres, 31, Bertin Sanchez, 29, Euddy Izquierdo, 31, and Frank Felix-Herrera, 49, all of Philadelphia, with membership in a conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, announced United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS -John H. Gregory, 57, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio pleaded guilty to one count of failing to account for and pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO ― A Hillside man was indicted today on federal charges for allegedly soliciting the murder of an undercover FBI agent after the defendant was arrested last September and charged with attempting to detonate a purported bomb outside a bar in downtown Chicago. The defendant, ADEL DAOUD, was charged...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Joseph Anarumo, Jr., Special-Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the United States Bureau...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: It pays to wean calves early when severe weather conditions like drought hinder beef cattle production, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) studies confirm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: “The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado will continue to focus its marijuana enforcement efforts on the investigation and prosecution of cases that implicate the key federal public safety interests highlighted in the today’s Department of Justice guidance. The key federal interests set...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - B. Todd Jones received the ceremonial oath-of-office as Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) administered by Vice President Joe Biden today, 10 a.m., at the White House. With his confirmation, Jones becomes the agency’s first permanent director in seven ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Michael Anthony Almendarez, 31, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of one count of distributing child pornography, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Alemendarez pleaded guilty May 30, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) today released the first paper in a series...
