News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: -Defendant Fled United States for Four Years After Assault -.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Robert Patrick Hoffman II, 40, of Virginia Beach, Va., was convicted today by a federal jury of attempting to provide classified information to individuals who he believed to be representatives of the Russian Federation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Steve Chavez, 33, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction for structuring currency transactions to avoid a reporting requirement. The court also ordered Chavez, who was a fireman with the Albuquerque Fire Department at the time he committed the offense, to forfeit the sum of $182,000 to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Yesterday in federal court, the former postmaster of the Marble Post Office in Itasca County pleaded guilty to stealing funds from the office. On Aug. 20, 2013, Jill Marie Rousse, age 39, of Calumet, pleaded guilty to one count of misappropriation of postal funds. Rousse, who was indicted on June 10, 2013, entered her plea before United States District Judge Ann D. Montgomery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: Jackson, TN - Craig Elliot Woodward, 48, of Dresden, TN, was indicted today by a federal grand jury for one count of distributing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced HECTOR VALLE, 43, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Norwalk, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 65 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA- Donyel James Fitts, 28, of Sneads, Florida, was sentenced today in federal court to serve 45 years in prison for producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - A 44-year-old Texarkana, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: EVANSVILLE - Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced today that Floyd M. Thompson, age 59, of Evansville, has been charged with possession and receiving child pornography. The United States Postal Service has confirmed that Thompson started working at the Elberfeld office in 2005 and...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Aug. 21, 2013, John Harry Woolsey, Jr., of Warsaw, N.D., was found guilty by a 12-person jury on one count of felon in possession of a firearm and one count of felon in possession of ammunition. The jury deliberated approximately 1 ¼ hours before returning guilty verdicts on both counts. U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson presided over the.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Robert G. Bard, age 47, of Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania, was convicted in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania of 21 counts of fraud-related offenses after a seven-day jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo. No date was set for sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware and Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI") Special Agent in Charge Stephen E. Vogt announced that former Camden Town Manager James O. Plumley, III, age 62, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit mail fraud before United...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Paris Channing Leighton, 41, of Lapwai, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Coeur d’Alene to 12 months plus one day in prison for assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: Des Moines, IA - On Aug. 19, 2013, Paul Kramer, age 43, of Granger, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James E. Gritzner to 90 months in prison for wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Judge Gritzner also sentenced Kramer to five years of supervised release following incarceration.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A woman who worked as an office manager for a Manhattan physician has been indicted on federal charges of unlawfully distributing oxycodone, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - Two Collin County, Texas men have pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a combination foreclosure rescue and drug distribution scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Patricia Bonavito pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in San Francisco to giving false statements in a bankruptcy proceeding, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ - To help all understand and enjoy Petrified Forest National Park, experts in their respective fields are being invited to share their knowledge and enthusiasm in a reinvigorated in-park 'speaker series'. Presentations are scheduled for the first Wednesday of every month, and last approximately one hour.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Eldon Ray Tobacco, age 26, of Oglala, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Veronica L. Duffy on Aug. 16, 2013, and pled guilty to Destruction of Government Property.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The owners of a Wilkinsburg convenience store have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and food stamp fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
