News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that a special observance will be held on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 pm in remembrance and honor of the hate crimes victims of violence at the Sikh Gurdwara in Oak Creek. This special community gathering will be held in the Ceremonial Courtroom (Room 390) of the Historic Federal Courthouse, located at 517 East Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: Join a park ranger each Wednesday through Aug. 28, 2013, to explore the history of the US Weather Bureau Station on Hatteras Island.Park rangers will provide 45-minute tours of this historic structure at 3:30 pm, highlighting the experience of the weather observers as they lived and worked in this unique building. The station is located in Hatteras Village at the intersection of Kholer and Saxton Cut streets.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Hak Ghun, 62, of Durango, Colo., was sentenced this afternoon to imprisonment for a term of a year and a day followed by two years of supervised release for his tax evasion conviction. Ghun also will be required to pay $249,567 in restitution to the IRS.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement after President Obama announced that he is nominating John Koskinen to serve as the next Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Dejvid Mirkovic, 38, of Lake Worth, Florida, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John Keenan to 24 years in prison for conspiring to murder the U.S. District Judge (the “federal judge") who presided over the boiler room fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KYLE M. LUTRUS, 28, of Brookfield, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing oxycodone. LUTRUS was also ordered to pay a $2,000 fine, and to forfeit $60,000 and a 2005 Honda Accord, which he used to facilitate his drug trafficking activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Jose Armando Bran, aka “Pantro," 30, of Richmond, Va., was sentenced today to 2 consecutive life sentences for his role in a gang related murder and maiming that he ordered while he was leader of a local clique of the transnational MS-13 gang. On May 20, 2013, Bran was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to commit murder, murder, maiming, and use of a firearm during a crime of violence resulting in death.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Robert Benefield (44, Sarasota) pleaded guilty today to a one count information charging him with conspiring with others to distribute Oxycodone. Benefield faces a maximum penalty of thirty years in federal prison because of his prior felony drug convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - Seven residents from Mercer, McDowell and Wyoming counties and one Virginia resident pleaded guilty in federal court this week in connection with an illegal prescription drug distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. The charges against each defendant were brought...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Christine Rahl, 46, a resident of Social Circle, Georgia, was sentenced July 31, 2013 before the Honorable C. Ashley Royal, United States District Judge in Macon, Georgia, to fifty-seven (57) months imprisonment, to be followed by three (3) years supervised release, and a $500.00 mandatory assessment. Additionally, Judge Royal ordered Ms. Rahl to pay $1,586.847.14 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Michael Lawrence O’Donnell, age 63, of Pleasant Grove, Utah, who admitted he distributed prescription pharmaceutical drugs he obtained in Europe to healthcare professionals around the United States without a license, will serve a year and a day in federal prison. U.S. District Judge David Nuffer imposed the sentence Wednesday afternoon in Salt Lake City.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: Fayetteville, West Virginia,Aug. 1, 2013-American Electric Power (AEP) will be upgrading the main transmission line serving Fayetteville and the surrounding communities fromAugust 7-11, weather permitting. The transmission line crosses the river near the Cunard River Access and the Brooklyn Miner's...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: Kenneth Henningson, 63, of Lyman, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on July 29, 2013, for possession of child pornography. Henningson was arrested in Lyman, Wyoming. He received 24 months imprisonment, to be followed by ten years of supervised release and was ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Jose Joaquin Morales, age 37, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 262 months in prison followed by six years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute heroin and marijuana while he was in prison. Judge Titus enhanced Morales’ sentence...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Johnnie Sweet, 19, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 52 years in prison for first-degree felony murder and other charges in the August 2010 kidnapping and slaying of 18-year-old Latisha Frazier, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 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, Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Michael...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: SAN JOSE - Evelyn Sineneng-Smith was convicted of three counts of encouraging or inducing illegal immigration for private financial gain and three counts of mail fraud by a federal jury on Tuesday, July 30th, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag. The guilty verdict followed a 13-day jury trial before The Honorable Ronald M. Whyte, U.S. District Court Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: Four Related Defendants Indicted For Engaging In Prevailing Wage Fraud Scheme To Defraud The NYC School Construction Authority.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: A ranger guided hike to a rock shelter along the Oscar Blevins Trail will take place on Sunday, Aug. 11, near the Bandy Creek Visitor Center in Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. On this moderate two mile hike, visitors will learn about plants and animals in the park, hear about park history, and will be able to view rock shelters along the trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that the U.S. Attorney's Office collected $71,086,677 in the past twelve months, with all such monies coming solely from affirmative civil litigation. This amount - one of the highest ever obtained by the Office - does not include financial...
