News published on Federal Newswire in December 2013

News from December 2013


Pair Sentenced For Narcotics And Firearm Charges

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Keith B. Carver, 28, of Columbus, Georgia was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, to serve 228 months imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession...


News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Keith B. Carver, 28, of Columbus, Georgia was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, to serve two hundred twenty eight (228) months imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and...


Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for Japan

Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 180,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Japan during the 2014/2015 marketing year.


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Michael B. Steinbach, Special...



News Release: ATLANTA - Tremain Hutchinson, who coerced minors to produce child pornography, has been sentenced to life in prison.


Woman Sentenced For Commercial Robberies & Weapon Offense

News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced NICOLE ESTELLA JONES, 21, to 192 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Ways and Means Committee released draft legislation to prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care. This legislation would also improve the lives of youth in foster care by ensuring they have more normal teen opportunities and experiences, while also providing...


News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JOSEPH RUTIGLIANO, a former LIRR conductor and president of a union local, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to eight years in prison for his role in the massive fraud scheme in which Long...


Grand Jury Returns Indictments

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-A federal grand jury in the District of Minnesota, sitting in Minneapolis, 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.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Eduardo Miranda M.D., 55, of Laredo, has pleaded guilty to one count of introducing misbranded drugs into the country, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Royce DeWeese, 26, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for travelling to Virginia intending to have sex with a minor. After fulfilling his sentence, he will serve a lifetime term of supervised release.


News Release: Travis And Sandra Bugg Sentenced; RN Pleads Guilty In Related Case.


News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The mastermind of a Las Vegas mortgage fraud scheme that caused approximately $15 million in losses to the lenders and financial institutions, has been sentenced to just over 11 years in federal prison for his guilty pleas to conspiracy and fraud charges, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.


News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement regarding reports that healthcare.gov enrolled 29,000 Americans in coverage the first two days of December.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Eliot Engel, the senior Democratic Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the Ugandan parliament’s approval of a bill which would criminalize consensual behavior between adults and outlaw the promotion of LGBT rights.


Defendant Sentenced For Possession With Intent To Distribute Cocaine

News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Darrin Scott, 42, of Columbus, Georgia, was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, by the Honorable Clay D. Land, United States District Court Judge in Columbus, Georgia to serve sixty three (63) months imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute cocaine.


DEA Statement On 2013 Monitoring The Future Study

News Release: WASHINGTON - - "Those who aspire to see their own or others' children accomplish great things in life or who want to live in a nation of increasing prosperity should be very concerned about the increase in marijuana use by teenagers, including the fact that a staggering 12 percent of 13 and 14-year-olds...


Mortgage Company Employee Charged In Fraud Scheme

News Release: Princess Rosario, 37, a former employee of Mortgage IT in Allentown, was charged today by Information with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, wire fraud affecting financial institutions, and the making of false statements to obtain loans insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.


CMS Officials Launched HealthCare.gov Against Warning of Agency’s Top Cybersecurity Official

News Release: WASHINGTON - “High findings," the highest level of identified security vulnerabilities, are still being found in HealthCare.gov, according to the top security expert at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Teresa Fryer, the Chief Information Security Officer at CMS, told the House Oversight...