News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Aug. 27, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, MICHAEL BEARHILL, JR., a 21-year-old resident of Wolf Point and an enrolled member of a federally-recognized tribe, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Juan A. Valadez, Jr., age 20, of Wakpala, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on Aug. 23, 2013, and pled guilty to a Superseding Information that charged him with Assaulting, Resisting and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO ― A former Chicago commodities trader was charged today with allegedly fraudulently raising more than $10 million and misappropriating a substantial portion of the money for his personal commodities futures trading, to make Ponzi-type payments to investors, and to benefit himself and his family...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Alejandro Mendoza-Delgado, a 35-year-old citizen of Mexico, has been handed a more than two-year federal prison sentence for entering the United States illegally after having been deported, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Mendoza-Delgado pleaded guilty March 12, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Yesterday in federal court, a 34-year-old Delano man pleaded guilty to committing the April 24, 2013, robbery of a McDonald’s in Buffalo. On Aug. 27, 2013, Matthew Dillon Sisneros pleaded guilty to one count of interference with commerce by robbery, pursuant to the Hobbs Act, and one count...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jason Lucas, 30, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to the acquisition of a controlled substance through fraud and deception under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that Steven L. Lantz, 30, of Cleveland, was charged with receiving, distributing and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. DAYTON, OHIO - Mickey Allen Fugate, Jr, 40, of Dayton, Ohio pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of interference with commerce by threats or violence...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: LEKEITH ROBINSON, age 31, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced in federal court today by U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan for filing false claims against the United States, announced U. S. Attorney Dana Boente. The defendant was sentenced to 21 months incarceration, 2 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $93,804.13 in restitution to the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Manderson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly using a blunt object to kill another man at Manderson on Aug. 2, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: Admits Conspiring to File False Claims for IRS Tax Refunds Agreed to Pay Restitution of $1,466,799.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Charles Nickerson, Jr., 35, formerly of Stevensville, Md., was sentenced today to a 10-year prison term on charges of traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: PLANO, Texas - Six individuals have been indicted in connection with a bank fraud scheme operating in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - On Aug. 27, 2013, Shelia Young, 49, and Deane Young, 49, of Overgaard, Ariz., were each sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to five years of imprisonment for submitting false tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service. The Youngs were found guilty by a federal jury on Feb. 21, 2013, of conspiring to defraud the United States and submitting false claims for tax refunds.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: Beginning Sept. 3, 2013, Congaree National Park will begin a 30-day public comment period on the proposed addition of expanded amenity fees at the park. Under the proposed program, fees will be collected for front country camping, picnic pavilion reservations and ranger-guided canoe tours. Fee revenue...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 49-year-old Cameron, LA, man has pleaded guilty to bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announces that the owners of Mon Vert Café and the building in which it is located at 67 Central Street Woodstock, Vermont have agreed to complete specific modifications to come into compliance with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez announced the indictment and arrest of 126 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of controlled substances. Today, FBI agents and officers of the Puerto...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Aug. 28, 2013, before Senior U.S. District Judge Jack D. Shanstrom, MICHELLE RENEE KINDNESS, a 48-year-old resident of Billings, was sentenced to a term of.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: The South Florida Underwater Photography Society's fall exhibition of member work will be on display in Biscayne National Park's Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery from September 6 - Nov. 24, 2013. Florida's Forgotten Reefs will highlight the coral reefs of Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Martin...
