News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man who has been convicted twice for possessing child pornography was sentenced in federal court today. Lattrell Anthony Morris, 30, of Springfield...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Philadelphia - The Pennsylvania National Guard traces its roots to Benjamin Franklin. A 2pm ceremony hosted by Independence National Historical Park, the Pennsylvania National Guard and the Philadelphia Flag Day Association will include a procession of military units from past and present. Participants...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Maria Stovall, 49, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to an indictment charging her with bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An individual residing in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy, food stamp fraud, theft of government funds and money laundering, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Gary Edward Larock, Jr., 35, most recently a resident of Eden, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, to 37 months in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: In Del Rio today, 41-year-old Jose Flores, III, owner of Eagle Pass-based N5 Group, LLC, (N5) pleaded guilty to a bank fraud scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: “Operation Gas" Takes 15 Firearms And Over 23 Kilograms Of Heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Holiday events at Wind Cave National Park begin Sunday, Dec. 15, with the park's 18th annual Christmas Bird Count and continue the following Tuesday, December 17th, with the park's holiday open house.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury has indicted 52-year-old DTS Medical Supply Company owner Daniel Thomason Smith and two employees, in connection with an estimated $3.5 million Health Care Fraud scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, FBI Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Sandia National Laboratories have added something new to a family of engineered, high-tech materials called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): the ability to conduct electricity. This breakthrough-conductive MOFs-has the potential to make these already remarkable materials even more useful, particularly for detecting gases and toxic substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that James C. Howard, III, 54, of Parkland, FL, the founder of Commodities Online LLC (COL), was sentenced on Dec. 3, 2014 for his participation in a $21 million investment fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: DURANGO, Colo. - Annual winter closures will go into effect Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, within the Grandview Ridge and Animas City Mountain areas managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the Twin Buttes open space managed by the City of Durango Parks and Recreation Department (City) to protect critical wildlife habitat on public lands surrounding Durango. This closure will remain in place until at least March 1, 2013, but no later than April 15, 2013.
By State Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the senior Democratic Member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the passing of former South African President Nelson Mandela.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Portland, Ore. - Anthony Dennell Armstrong, 25, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced to 200 months in prison today by United States District Judge Michael W. Mosman, for transporting a 14-year-old girl from Oregon to Arizona for the purpose of prostitution. On Aug. 15, 2013, Armstrong pleaded guilty...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - The westbound lane fronting Steam Vents will be closed for up to 10 weeks while crews replace a deteriorated water main, beginning Mon., Dec. 9.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NOAH SIEGEL pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to transmission of wagering information in interstate commerce. His co-defendants MOSHE ORATZ and JONATHAN HIRSCH pled guilty to the same offense earlier...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - A former resident of Pacific City was sentenced in federal court on Dec. 3, 2013, for stealing more than $78,000 from the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS), and Medicaid. Peter C. Byrne, 88, was sentenced to a three year term of probation...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - James Patrick Campbell, 26, has been ordered to federal prison for conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Campbell pleaded guilty Oct. 3, 2012, to the conspiracy to rob an armored car operated by Loomis Armored US Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Thursday, December 5, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. DAYTON -George J. Daoud, 65, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 14 months in prison and ordered to repay the government $131,000 for illegally swapping...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, December 5, 2013. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Cynthia Giles, Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, and Commissioner...
