News from December 2013
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: Candlelantern Tours on December 13 and December 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 14 years in prison to be followed by five years supervised release, on his conviction of violating the federal narcotic laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Owners of a Wilkinsburg convenience store have been sentenced to two years of probation, five months home detention and ordered to pay restitution of $119,871.00 on their conviction on a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and food stamp fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault by Striking, Beating or Wounding was sentenced on Dec. 2, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO ― A south suburban Midlothian police officer was indicted on federal civil rights charges alleging that he used excessive force against two different victims in separate beating incidents in 2010 and 2011. The defendant, STEVEN G. ZAMIAR, was indicted on two counts of violating the victims’ civil...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, December 4, 2013. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CRAIG CAFFRO, 48, of Florida, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: Scheme involving thousands of prescription pain pills ends in jail time for Logan brothers.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA will take new steps to save consumers money on their energy bills in partnership with rural electric cooperatives. USDA plans to provide rural electric cooperatives up to $250 million to lend to business and residential customers for energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: Welcome to all of our witnesses and especially to my fellow Washingtonian, Commissioner Kreidler.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former medical doctor was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors in Kenya, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., and Assistant Director in Charge Valerie Parlave of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, N.J., woman was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for trying to hire a hitman to kill a romantic rival by shooting her in the head, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: Arvita Phillips-Henderson, 68, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged yesterday by Information with one count of theft of government funds, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the Information, the defendant applied for Supplemental Security Income from the Social Security Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Wanblee, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Felony Child Abuse and Neglect.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jose Jesus Reyes-Gallaga Vargas, 25, of Modesto, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 10 years in prison for possessing, with intent to distribute, methamphetamine and dealing firearms without a license, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Hendrick Dwayne Lynn, 30, of Houston, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction in the robbery and attempted robbery of two armored cars operating in and around Houston, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita restaurant owner has been charged with drug trafficking, firearms violations, bank fraud and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A Childersburg City Councilwoman pleaded guilty today in federal court to bank fraud and laundering nearly $1 million from SouthFirst Bank in Childersburg, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Craig Caldwell, and IRS Criminal Investigation Supervisory Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for projects in 40 states to finance investments in improved water and wastewater systems for more than 200,000 rural residents.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Shawn Nelson, 39, of Houston and a former vice-president at Members Choice Credit Union (MCCU), has been ordered to serve more than three years in prison for embezzling approximately $340,000 from the bank, announced United States Kenneth Magidson. Nelson entered a guilty plea on June 27, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: A patient recruiter of a Miami health care company was sentenced to serve 108 months in prison today for his participation in a $48 million home health Medicare fraud scheme.
