News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Tavon White, a/k/a Bulldog and Tay, age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland pleaded guilty today to a racketeering conspiracy for running operations of the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) gang inside several correctional facilities.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: The Gateway National Recreation Area Draft General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (Draft GMP/EIS) is now available for public review and comment. A GMP is a strategic document that outlines the future management of a National Park Service site for the long term. Gateway's Draft GMP/EIS outlines a new vision for the future management of the park over the next 15 to 20 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR - Yesterday evening, Allison Gonzàlez-Martínez was convicted of 21 counts of theft of government property, one count of attempted theft of government property and one count of aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez of the District of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -Larry James Kerfoot, age 38, of Dundalk, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to sexually exploiting a minor on at least five occasions to produce images of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced that, following a jury trial, WILLIAM KEITH JAMIESON, (52, of Lancaster, PA) was found guilty in U.S. District Court in Albany, N.Y. of the felony offense of Attempted Enticement of a Minor, in violation of Title 18, United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A coalition of federal, state and local authorities this morning arrested eight defendants named in a federal grand jury indictment that outlines an alliance between the Mexican Mafia prison gang and the La Familia Michoacána drug cartel that sought to protect and expand the cartel’s drug trafficking activities across the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Hartford returned an indictment today charging FRANK D. GOMEZ, 34, of New Haven, with crack cocaine, marijuana and firearms offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: Through its Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to fund a six-month project in support of Alaska's efforts to diversify its manufacturing base. U.S.-based nonprofit institutions or organizations, including state and local governments, are eligible to apply for the $150,000 award.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two pharmacists - twin brothers who previously owned the West Orange Pharmacy - today admitted reaping at least $1.5 million in illicit gains by defrauding patients, Medicaid and insurance companies over the past 15 years, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A federal jury today convicted a Dorchester man for his role in a wire fraud and identity theft scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: A marijuana user who unlawfully possessed two guns pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: A former candidate for mayor of Detroit and for Congress was convicted on August 5, 2013, of three counts of mail fraud, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: Human Trafficking Rescue Project. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Camden County, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges related to the forced sex trafficking of two women. Joshua Kain Smith, 35...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: A Black Hawk County man was sentenced August 5, 2013, to 15 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine in the Mason City area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A 19-year-old South Los Angeles man is scheduled to appear in federal court Wednesday to face charges that accuse him of acting as a pimp for underage prostitutes whose services were advertised online.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio filed 124 illegal firearms indictments in the first half of this year, U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: Cartel Initiated Alliance with Prison Gang that is also Targeted in Second Indictment for Exercising Control Over Large South L.A. County Street Gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Lillian Givens was sentenced today in front of the Honorable Kristi K. DuBose to a term of three (3) years Probation for two counts of violating Title 18, U.S. Code Section 513(a), making counterfeit securities. In addition, the Defendant was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $35,240.61 to the State of Alabama.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: The MMPA allows marine mammals to be removed from the wild or imported for the purpose of public display, and provides a process for issuing permits. This is the first application for a permit to import recently caught wild marine mammals in more than 20 years.
