News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: POCATELLO - Ronald Lee Chaney, 32, and Tyler Zane Clem, 21, both recently of North Little Rock, Arkansas, were indicted on Aug. 27, 2013, by a federal grand jury in Pocatello for failing to register as a sex offender, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Clem appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald E. Bush and entered a plea of not guilty. Chaney’s initial appearance has not been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Aug. 22, 2013, Steven William Bentley, age 53, from Oelwein, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James E. Gritzner to 121 months in prison for attempted enticement of a minor, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Judge Gritzner also ordered Bentley to serve 10 years of supervised release following imprisonment and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives finally has a permanent director. No more temporary, acting Directors.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: Take part in a Rocky Mountain tradition: listening for the bugling of the bull Elk (Wapiti) on an autumn evening. Join a ranger at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument to learn about, listen for and look for wild Wapiti.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Corpus Christi man will be serving a significant sentence in federal prison following his conviction of one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Jerame Cruz, 30, pleaded guilty Jan. 11, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Mills last week sentenced Clay Lewis, 38, of Beardstown, Ill., to 151 months (12 years, 7 months) in prison for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, to be followed by eight years of supervised release. At the time of the offense, September 2012, Lewis was on probation for a prior state felony drug charge.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Ways and Means Committee released draft legislation to extend and improve the Adoption Incentives program. The draft was developed with the goal of producing bipartisan legislation based on testimony received at a Human Resources Subcommittee hearing earlier this year. A detailed summary of the draft legislation can also be found at www.waysandmeans.house.gov/AdoptionIncentives.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession and Sale of a Stolen Firearm and Tampering with a Witness was sentenced on Aug. 26, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Ricardo Omar Hernandez, age 36 of Lincoln, Nebraska, was convicted by a federal jury on Aug. 29, 2013, of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine mixture and 5 grams or more of pure methamphetamine after a trial of three-and-one-half days. The jury also found that Hernandez should forfeit $12,914.00 in cash to the United States.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade today. USDA projects that Fiscal Year 2013 agricultural exports will reach $140 billion, which if realized would be a new record.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Aug. 29, 2013, Larry Shane Morgan, 37, of Greeneville, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 447 months in prison by the Honorable Leon Jordan, U.S. District Judge. Following an October 2012 jury trial, Morgan was convicted of the June 2012 robbery by force of the Stop and Go Market in Chuckey, Tenn.; the July 2012 armed robbery of the Greeneville Federal Bank on the Andrew Johnson Highway; and being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former manager of the Missouri State University bookstore was sentenced in federal court today for embezzling more than $1.1 million by pocketing the money from the school’s textbook buyback program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Beaver County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of union embezzlement, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By State Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: Washington D.C. - Ranking Member Eliot Engel, the senior Democratic member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on Rwanda’s actions to block United Nations sanctions against senior commanders of the M23 rebel group.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: Antonio Smith-Valera, a/k/a “Antonio Smith," 56, and Moise Calzadilla, a/k/a “Cuba," 39, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was charged by Indictment today with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, distribution of cocaine, and attempted distribution of cocaine, announced United States Attorney Zane David...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lida Amin, 39, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Dublin, Calif., was arrested Wednesday in Prague, Czech Republic, by Czech authorities pursuant to a U.S. request for her provisional arrest with a view toward extradition, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Timothy Alan Butterbaugh, 45, of Nampa, Idaho, was arrested yesterday on a federal complaint charging him with distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: Alamogordo, NM. White Sands National Monument will open at 8 a.m. and close approximately one hour after sunset from September 3 through Dec. 31, 2013. The monument will continue to offer visitor services and planned programming within the new operating hours. The new hours reflect changes in monument...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Clay C. Keys, 52, of Pensacola, was arrested late yesterday afternoon on federal charges regarding the distribution of child pornography, the possession of child pornography and the possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. The arrest was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United...
