News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. sentenced Brian Deandre Bush, age 43, of Hollywood, Maryland, today to 140 month in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, cocaine and crack cocaine in St.
By State Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement as the Obama Administration considers its response to the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: Copper Center, Alaska - The summer is fast coming to a close and with that park programs and hours of operation will be changing at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: Owners And Managers Allegedly Facilitated And Profited From Drug Distribution And Prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A Dallas-area husband and wife have been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - The chief executive officer of Chicago-based Mobile Doctors, which manages physicians who make house calls in six states, and one of its physicians in Chicago were arrested today on federal health care fraud charges. At the same time, federal agents executed search warrants at Mobile Doctors’...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: An 18th-century British warship that sank in 1748 near present-day Miami is now protected by the National Park Service under terms of an international memorandum.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), today held a field hearing in Lexington, Kentucky to examine the health care challenges facing workers and employers in the Bluegrass State. Representatives Brett Guthrie (R-KY), John Yarmuth (D-KY), and Andy Barr (R-KY) attended the hearing where witnesses described the harmful consequences ObamaCare is imposing on workplaces, such as...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Michael P. McCuskey today sentenced Damos S. Rosenthal, 39, of Bourbonnais, Ill., to a term of 121 months in federal prison for distribution of crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - In El Paso, 36-year-old Manuel Gerardo (aka “Shorty"), an El Paso cell ringleader for the Vicente Carrillo Fuentes drug trafficking organization, will remain in federal custody pending trial for allegedly operating a Continuing Criminal (CCE) responsible for the smuggling and distribution...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney, Deborah R. Gilg, announces the arrests of the following in Ogallala, Nebraska, Brule, Nebraska and surrounding cities in western Nebraska and eastern Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - On Aug. 26, 2013, Lance Buddy Jackson, 27, of Peach Springs, Ariz., and an enrolled member of the Hualapai Nation Indian Tribe, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen M. McNamee to 42 months in federal prison, followed by a term of three years of supervised release. Jackson pleaded guilty on June 4, 2013 to robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Wen Ping Chen, 28, and his brother Wen Qiu Chen, 30, made their initial appearances in federal court this morning on criminal complaints charging them with conspiracy and harboring illegal aliens. Ping Chen and Qiu Chen, both naturalized U.S. Citizens born in China, remain in custody pending detention hearings which are scheduled for tomorrow.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley gave opening remarks this morning to law enforcement officers and prosecutors from across the state who traveled to Lafayette to attend the “Hitting the Mark: Louisiana" course being held at the Clifton Chenier Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - MATTHEW BUCKINGHAM posted an advertisement on Craigslist, in January 2013, indicating he was involved with a veterans charity identified as "Veterans Aid From All Foreign Wars." The advertisement indicated the charity was designed to "help wounded warriors" and "sell raffle tickets [to aid] war veterans." Through the advertisement, Buckingham solicited individuals to help him promote his charitable events and he provided a contact number.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: BOISE - William W. Hanson, 35, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 15 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for passing counterfeit obligations and securities, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Hanson to pay $1,550 in restitution to the victims and pay a $100 special assessment. He pleaded guilty to the charge on June 10, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Aug. 27, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, the following individuals were arraigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced today that Charles C. Martin, 40, and Joseph B. Doyon, 43, of Pace, Florida, and Marquis R. Seals, 34, and Bernard Cook, 39, of Pensacola, Florida, have appeared in federal court on an indictment for mail fraud and false claims related to the BP oil spill.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Las Vegas Sands Corp., which operates the Venetian-Palazzo hotel complex in Las Vegas, has agreed to return $47,400,300 to conclude an investigation into the casino’s failure to alert authorities that a high-stakes gambler, who was later linked to international drug trafficking, made numerous large and suspicious deposits with the casino.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2013
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sean Michael Warner, 28, and Max Raymond Jewett, 36, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage on Aug. 22, 2013. Both Warner and Jewett are charged with participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy that resulted in the death of a minor, as well as distributing heroin...
