News from August 2013
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: San Francisco Maritime National historical Park celebrates the 25th season of the nation’s longest-running concert series of its kind with three concerts featuring some of the world’s finest performers of seafaring songs. Experience the driving rhythms of shipboard work songs, and the beauty of ballads and instrumentals, aboard the 1886 Glasgow-built sailing ship Balclutha.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced that Dwaine Charles Idleman (66, Jacksonville) pleaded guilty yesterday to receiving images and videos depicting child pornography over the Internet. He faces not less than 5 years, up to 20 years in federal prison, and a potential life term of supervised release. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Idleman was named in a criminal information charging him with the offense on August 5, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Aug. 15, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, CHRISTOPHER PETE TORRES, JR., a 37-year-old resident of Havre, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sioux City, Iowa, man convicted of Kidnapping and Brandishing a Firearm During a Crime of Violence, and a Homeland, California, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and Brandishing a Firearm During a Crime of Violence, were sentenced on Aug. 12, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging former Baltimore Police officer Lamin Manneh, age 32, of Baltimore, with traveling across state lines and using the telephone and internet to operate a prostitution business. The indictment was returned on Aug. 15, 2013, and unsealed today at Manneh’s initial appearance.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: Defendant Had Flash Drive Containing Numerous Images and Videos of Child Pornography in Pants Pocket When Arrested for Traffic Violation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WILLIAM BARBALAT and KIRILL RAPOPORT pled guilty for their roles in the operation of high-stakes illegal poker games in New York City. BARBALAT pled guilty on Aug. 14, 2013 before U.S. District Court Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ROBERT TERDJANIAN was sentenced yesterday to 125 months in prison for his role in a multi-million dollar Medicare fraud scheme, among other offenses including extortion and immigration fraud. TERDJANIAN pled guilty to racketeering in December 2011 before U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe, who also imposed yesterday’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - A September trial date has been set for four local men charged in federal court with conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin in Champaign County. Three of the four charged in the indictment have been arrested: Clifford L. Brown, 34, of the 900 block of S. Lierman, Urbana...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - Mahendra Patel has pleaded guilty to conspiring with former Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Jerome Oberlton to receive kickbacks in exchange for Oberlton using his influence at APS to award a $780,000 computer project to the firm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: A Criminal Indictment Or Information Is A Formal Accusation Of Criminal Conduct, Not Evidence.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: As part of the Obama Administration's strategy to spur renewable energy development on public lands and the President’s comprehensive plan to reduce carbon emissions, the Bureau of Land Management will host the first competitive auction for public lands in two Solar Energy Zones (SEZ) in Colorado on...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that David Flute III, age 23, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Aug. 13, 2013, and pled guilty to Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. This was Flute’s second conviction for failure to register.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
Release: WASHINGTON, DC, Aug. 15, 2013 - Agriculture Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon today released that examines the trafficking rate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and better pinpoints where the vast majority of SNAP trafficking occurs-smaller stores...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: As a special experience for the visiting public and local communities, the National Park Service will offer Full Moon Climbs of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. Two tours will be given; one at 8:00 p.m. and a second at 9:00 p.m. and each tour is limited to 30 people.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Jury Deliberates Less Than One Hour Before Returning Verdict.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today the availability of loan and grant funds to support rural microentrepreneurs and microenterprises.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Secretary Says Future Support Depends on Congressional Action on a New Food, Farm and Jobs Bill Audio WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for 631 projects across the nation - including 45 in North Carolina - that will help agricultural producers and rural ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky David J. Hale and Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Jocelyn Samuels announced that Steven Molen, a Sheriff’s Deputy with the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on one count of violating the civil rights of a victim by using excessive force in August 2008.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: A greater Detroit-area physical therapist who was also an owner of a home health agency pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a $22 million home health care fraud scheme.
