News from December 2013

By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: SAN JOSE - Thirteen defendants pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose yesterday to charges related to their involvement in the cyber-attack of PayPal’s website as part of the group “Anonymous," United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. One of the defendants also pleaded guilty to the charges arising from a separate cyber-attack on the website of Santa Cruz County.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Roman Salsberry Huerta, 44, and Dean Tommy Cole, 23, both of Rio Rancho, N.M., made their initial appearances in federal court this morning on criminal complaints charging them with synthetic drug trafficking offenses. Both men remain in custody pending detention hearings scheduled for Dec. 9, 2013.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Syrian national was sentenced in federal court today for Social Security fraud.

By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: As part of cutting energy waste and doubling energy productivity by 2030, the Energy Department today announced nearly $10 million to support research, development, and manufacturing of solid-state lighting (SSL) technologies across the country. This funding will help accelerate the development of high-quality...

By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Dear Majority Leader Reid, Republican Leader McConnell, Chairman Baucus, and Ranking Member Hatch...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Indictment Charges Armed Robberies of East St. Louis Pawn Shop and Belleville Liquor Store.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford, Ill. woman pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to federal income tax fraud. ANNA MARTINEZ, 44, admitted that in 2007 she filed a false income tax return with the United States Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting and Impeding a Federal Officer.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: A Tacoma, Washington gang member was sentenced today to 13 years in prison for his role in a violent, take-over style bank robbery ring, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. ANTHONY V. MOSLEY, 46, joined with six other defendants in a series of bank robberies in Washington, Ohio, and Michigan. Sometimes ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Kathleen D. McGrade, age 64, and Brian C. Collinsworth, age 47, of Stafford, Va., were sentenced today to 24 and 18 months incarceration, respectively, by U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady in the Eastern District of Virginia for committing major fraud against the government, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, and engaging in unlawful monetary transactions.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a man from Mexico convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Dec. 2, 2013, by U.S. Chief Judge Jeffery L. Viken.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Derick Wilson To Serve 36 Months In Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Spokane - On Friday, the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Washington filed a civil complaint under the False Claims Act alleging that Washington Closure Hanford LLC (WCH) and others falsely claimed credit for awarding tens of millions of dollars-worth of federal subcontracting...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Two members of the Navajo Nation who reside in Thoreau, N.M., have entered guilty pleas to federal assault charges under plea agreements with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Aldo Jones, 30, entered his guilty plea on Dec. 4, 2013, and his brother Eddie Jones, Jr., III, 23, entered his guilty plea yesterday afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, December 6, 2013. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HENRY J. PAPALE, 62, of Southington, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Thomas Lee Stanton, 18, of Lebanon, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis to 30 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, a $200 fine, and a $100 special assessment for the charge of unlawfully possessing destructive devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: California Based Gang Committed Robberies In Michigan, Ohio, And Washington.

By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The National Park Service (NPS), in collaboration with partner CyArk, a nonprofit company dedicated to the preservation of historical sites, will be using cutting edge technology to create 3D images of the Lincoln Memorial, which can be used to create virtual tours of the memorial...