News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Gregory Fresta, 45, of Cherry Hill, NJ, was charged today by Indictment with mail fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud a family trust, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. A $1 million testamentary trust was established in a Will created by Fresta’s father for the benefit of Fresta’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Sold Investors On Real Estate In Peru; Money Used For Extravagant Lifestyle.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Join the National Park Service for a free winter solstice-themed campfire program on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013 at John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) in Martinez, CA. The program begins at 3 PM with crafts and games in the park orchards and continues with a campfire from 5-7 PM. Rangers will lead...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Vanda Maurice Gilmore, 30, of Mobile, was sentenced in federal court today on charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking felony. Judge William H. Steele imposed a sentence of 27 months imprisonment...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement regarding this morning’s release of a new White House Council of Economic Advisers report : “The Economic Benefits of Extending Unemployment Insurance," which highlights the urgent economic need...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing on “Evaluating the Role of FERC in a Changing Energy Landscape." The subcommittee examined the legal and regulatory authorities of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the challenges...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: POCATELLO - Two members of an Eastern Idaho drug trafficking organization were sentenced in United States District Court this week, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Three co-conspirators were sentenced in October 2013 to serve a combined total of over 46 years in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing on “Evaluating the Role of FERC in a Changing Energy Landscape." The subcommittee examined the legal and regulatory authorities of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the challenges...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Peabody investment advisor was arrested today after being charged with defrauding several Boston-area residents out of their retirement savings.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Brenda Council, 60, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Omaha for the felony offense of wire fraud. The Honorable Lyle E. Strom, Senior United States District Court Judge, sentenced Council to a 3 year term of probation and imposed a $500 fine. No restitution was ordered as the funds have been repaid.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of New York. Thursday, December 5, 2013.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing on “Evaluating the Role of FERC in a Changing Energy Landscape." The subcommittee examined the legal and regulatory authorities of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the challenges...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: GALVESTON - Kimberly Fontenot, a Brazoria County resident, has been convicted of defrauding clients of her so-called investment advisory firm, Stellar Grants Inc., announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Manuel Torrez, 33, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to an indictment charging him with carjacking. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Torrez will be sentenced to 84 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - A hearing of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, chaired by U.S. Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI), will examine demands on the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) New Starts program.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: In El Paso this morning, United States District Judge Kathleen Cardone sentenced 46-year-old habitual drug trafficker Benito Martinez, Jr., (a.k.a. “Benny") to three concurrent life imprisonment terms on federal drug trafficking charges announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent In Charge Joseph Arabit.
By State Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, NJ - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued this statement regarding ongoing unrest in Ukraine:
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Crystal Barner, age 28, of Baltimore, today to 37 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a scheme in which Barner and her co-conspirators stole wallets from women’s purses, removed the cash, credit cards...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Jacob Alan Powell, 28, of Abilene, Texas, was sentenced this morning, by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, to 188 months in federal prison for committing the July 8, 2013, aggravated bank robbery of a Citibank location in Abilene. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A federal jury, yesterday, convicted Francis Aponte, 47, of Philadelphia, of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On June 17, 2012, Aponte was standing on the sidewalk near Indiana Avenue and 4th Street when two Philadelphia Police Officers spotted him shooting a gun into the...
