News from August 2013
By USDA Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Sweet, juicy navel oranges owe much of their high quality to the behind-the-scenes work of growers, packers, shippers, retailers and researchers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the arrest of Burson J. Augustin (29, Fort Myers) for distribution of cocaine. If convicted, Augustin faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $1million. Augustin was charged by criminal complaint on Aug. 15, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Eleven members of a heroin and methamphetamine trafficking group have been arrested throughout the Southern District of Texas and elsewhere for their involvement in a large-scale drug conspiracy, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for identity theft and tax fraud committed while operating a tax return preparation business.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Aug. 14, 2013, Loren Kaysang Tahbo, 33, of Parker, Ariz., and a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 265 months in prison, five years of supervised release, and restitution. Tahbo pleaded guilty on Jan. 23, 2013, to second-degree murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Brooks Orchestrated Schemes Involving $200 Million, Used Profits To Finance Extravagant Lifestyle, Including Armor-Plated Luxury Car, Plastic Surgery And $100,000 Belt Buckle.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - Aug. 15, 2013. Merrith Baughman 402-223-3514. Old-Fashioned Spelling Bee to be held. Homestead National Monument of America. Words in the English language come from many languages just like homesteaders came from many countries. This means that many words are not...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. Richard Trepanier, 40, of Gettysburg, Ohio was sentenced to 168 months in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography in a case that began with an...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Washington - 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 small businesses reduce their energy consumption and costs, use renewable energy technologies in their operations...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that LOUIS TOMASETTA, the founder and former CEO of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (“Vitesse"), a publicly-traded company, and EUGENE HOVANEC, the former Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Vitesse...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: PLANO, Texas - The federal government provided nearly $5 million in proceeds to the Plano Police Department after their joint efforts dismantled a major internet gambling operation, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales and IRS Criminal Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge Madie Branch today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - United States 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 by a federal grand jury yesterday 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: LOS ANGELES -- A federal drug task force today arrested 18 people linked to three drug trafficking organizations that smuggled narcotics from Mexico in PVC pipes typically hidden in the axles of commercial trucks that ended up at truck yards located in South Los Angeles and southern Los Angeles County.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - Two East Texas women were sentenced to federal prison today for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Wartburg, TN- The Obed Wild and Scenic River has just released a visitor use study that examines characteristics, trip preferences, and expenditures of visitors of the park. The park partnered with the University of Idaho to conduct a systematic random sample of visitor groups at four locations (Wartburg...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Admitted Snatching Package from Postal Employee Instead of Paying.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: TPANAMA CITY, FLORIDA- Thomas Zachary Breeding, 29, of Panama City, Florida, has been charged by a federal grand jury with the alteration or falsification of an object to obstruct a federal investigation and two counts of making false statements to agents of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announced United States Attorney Pamela C. Marsh, Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: The Robbery Of Dunmore Bank Charged.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Maryland resident has been sentenced in federal court to 27 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on his conviction of conspiracy to transport stolen motor vehicles across state lines, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), James T. Hayes, Jr., the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of U.S. Immigration...
