News published on Federal Newswire in August 2013

News from August 2013


Florida Man Sentenced To 24 Years In Prison For Conspiring To Kill Federal Judge

News Release: Defendant Paid $22,000 To Undercover Police Officer As Down Payment For Murders Of Federal Judge And Federal Prosecutor.


Centreville Man Pleads Guilty To Failure To Register As A Sex Offender

News Release: On Aug. 1, 2013, Arthur E. Jones, a thirty-one year old Centreville, IL, man pled guilty in United States Federal District Court, in East St. Louis, IL, to failure to register as a sex offender, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2250(a), the United States Attorney for the Southern...


Coon Rapids Man Sentenced For Stealing Prosthetics From Fairview Medical Center And Selling Them Online

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 52-year-old Coon Rapids man was sentenced for stealing prosthetics and related supplies from the Fairview Medical Center and selling them online. United States District Court Judge Ann D. Montgomery sentenced Peter Stasica to two years of probation, to pay...


News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced the sentencing of Deldrick D. Jackson, 37, a resident of metro Atlanta, Georgia, July 30, 2013, in Macon, Georgia, before the Honorable Marc T. Treadwell, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia.


News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Paul Thorpe (43, Brooksville) today pleaded guilty to transportation of child pornography. Thorpe faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years and a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has been set for Oct. 24, 2013.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 16-count indictment has been returned against three Laredo men detailing firearms and multiple methamphetamine trafficking charges, some allegedly occurring within school zones, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming State Office and the Western Area Power Administration (Western) are hosting a series of 13 public meetings/hearings to provide information and to gather public input on the TransWest Express Transmission Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).Each...


Baucus, Hatch Call for Input on Improving Mental Health Care

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called on the mental health care community today to share input on how to improve the mental health system in the U.S.


Eleven Individuals Sentenced During The Month Of July For Federal Supervised Release Violations

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Drug Dealer Sentenced

News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Bacari McCarthren, 37, of Orlando, Florida, was sentenced on July 31, 2013 by Senior U.S. District Judge Hugh Lawson in Valdosta, Georgia to 240 months imprisonment, to be followed by three (3) years supervised release, after pleading guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine.


News Release: CHICAGO -Fourteen defendants are facing state or federal narcotics and/or firearms charges that, again, link drugs and illegal gun possession in Chicago. An investigation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, together with the Chicago Police Department and other state and federal law enforcement...


Chairman Menendez Statement on Edward Snowden Developments

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the statement below regarding the recent developments in Russia concerning Edward Snowden:


Coleen Furthmyre Sentenced In U.S. District Court

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on July 30, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, COLEEN FURTHMYRE, a 46-year-old resident of Helena (formerly Anaconda), was sentenced to a term of.


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SAMUEL RIVERA, 23, of Groton, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by seven years of supervised release, for sex trafficking of a minor.


News Release: ATLANTA - Mary Bridges Clark has pleaded guilty in federal district court to theft of government funds.


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Somali nationals Ahmed Muse Salad, a/k/a “Afmagalo," 25, Abukar Osman Beyle, 20, and Shani Nurani Shiekh Abrar, 29, who were previously found guilty, by jury, of all 26 counts charged, to include: piracy, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, hostage taking resulting in death, kidnapping resulting...


News Release: U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming Christopher A. Crofts announced that on July 24, 2013, Jerry Don Fuller, a 25 year old non-Indian, was sentenced for failing to stop his vehicle or render aid after he accidentally struck and killed Alvin Lee Talksdifferent Jr, a 28 year old member of the Northern...


News Release: Michael J.W. Bryant, 41, of St. Louis, Missouri, pled guilty on Aug. 1, 2013, to Unlawful Possession with the Intent to Distribute Cocaine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Bryant had been indicted by a federal grand jury sitting...


New Report Reveals Doctors Pushing Cancer Patients Toward Expensive Treatments for Financial Gain

News Release: WASHINGTON -A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont), Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-Mich.) and House Energy and Commerce...


News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Deamioune Fransyre Caples, 33, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi to using counterfeit credit cards and other devices to steal thousands of dollars.