News published on Federal Newswire in December 2013

News from December 2013


Jury Convicts Man Of Second-Degree Murder While Armed In 2010 Killing Of Acquaintance-Defendant Chased And Stabbed Victim After Argument At Gas Station-

News Release: WASHINGTON - Richard Williams, 43, was found guilty by a jury today of second-degree murder while armed in the slaying of an acquaintance along the border of the District of Columbia and Prince George’s County, Md., U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.


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 DEREK JACKSON, 36, of Waterbury, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before...


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Idelfonso Garcia-Benitez, 20, of Michoacan, Mexico, has been ordered to prison for smuggling of a group of 14 Illegal aliens that left seven dead, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson today along with Brian M. Moskowitz, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).


Celebrate an Old Fashioned Christmas and Open House at  Alley Spring Mill and General Store

News Release: Eminence, MO- On Saturday, December 7th beginning at 10:00 a.m., Ozark National Scenic Riverways is hosting an old fashioned Christmas celebration for the public at the Alley Mill and General Store.


News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- The owner of Jubilee Joe's Restaurant in Hoover faces federal drug trafficking, firearms and money laundering charges, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey L. Fulton.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Daniel Frias Gomez, 22, a legal permanent resident born and raised in Jalisco, Mexico, has entered a guilty plea to possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.


North Dakota Woman Sentenced For Conversion Of Tribal Funds

News Release: U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming Christopher A. Crofts announced that on Dec. 3, 2013, former Executive Director of the Eastern Shoshone Housing Authority, Joanne Lynn Seesequasis, a 45 year old Eastern Shoshone Tribal member, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Nancy D.


Childersburg City Councilwoman Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud And Money Laundering

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.


Austin Attorney Marc G. Rosenthal Sentenced To Federal Prison In Connection With South Texas Bribery Scheme

News Release: In Brownsville last night, United States District Judge Andrew Hanen sentenced 51-year-old Austin attorney Marc Garrett Rosenthal to 20 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $13,288,984.00 restitution for his role in a South Texas bribery scheme...


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Bradford Mullane, 32, of Nashua, New Hampshire, has entered a guilty plea in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to one count of bank robbery, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.


San Antonio Bookeeper Sentenced To Federal Prison In Connection With A Million Dollar Bank Fraud And Identity Theft Scheme

News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, 50-year-old Sandra Sanchez Gonzalez was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $1,074,096.36 in restitution for her role in a bank fraud and identity theft scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-A federal grand jury in the District of Minnesota, sitting in St. Paul, recently returned the following indictments. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation, and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. Any sentence is determined by a federal district judge.


Construction Executive Steven Pumper Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Paying Bribes To Public Officials

News Release: A Cuyahoga Falls man was sentenced to more than eight years in prison and ordered to pay more than $2 million in restitution for paying bribes to public officials as part of the Cuyahoga County corruption investigation, law enforcement officials said.


Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for Mexico

Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 165,750 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico. Of the total, 132,600 tons is for delivery during the 2013/2014 marketing year and 33,150 tons is for delivery during the 2014/2015 marketing year.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Homestead resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotic laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Mission Man Charged With Simple Possession Of A Controlled Substance

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Simple Possession of a Controlled Substance.


Louisville Physician Charged With Multiple Counts Of Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled Substances

News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: (313) 234-4310. LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Louisville physician was charged today, by a federal grand jury, with multiple counts of unlawful distribution of controlled substances, healthcare fraud and money laundering. The charges were announced...


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal Indictment charging Michael Thomas Hamilton, a/k/a Thomas Smith, with 22 counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering was unsealed today in federal court, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag.


News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Pamela C. Marsh announced today thatthreemen have been convicted of conspiring todefraud the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), as well as other charges. SNAP is also known as the food stamp program. Rodrigue Bissainthe, 26, pled guilty to...