News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact with a Minor was sentenced on Dec. 16, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Waltham man was sentenced today for a tax evasion scam in connection with his drywalling and plastering business.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Carrolltown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to two years probation on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Brooklyn, N.Y., man was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for his involvement in a plot to burglarize a pharmacy in Englishtown, N.J., and distribute stolen narcotics, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in returned an indictment charging Justin Michael Krueger, age 23, whose last known address was Cleveland Heights, Ohio, with two counts of threats to another by interstate communication, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Edgar Benitez Hernandez, also known as “Shadow," 25, of the District of San Miguel, El Salvador, was extradited from El Salvador to the United States on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. Benitez Hernandez was previously indicted by an Eastern District of Virginia grand jury on June 13, 2010, on multiple racketeering charges, including attempted murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Billings, Mont. man who worked as a loan officer in Las Vegas during 2006 and 2007 was sentenced today to 11 years in prison, five years of supervised release and ordered to pay over $2.2 million in restitution for his fraud and identity theft convictions related to a mortgage fraud...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: During the coldest winter days, from January 12th through March 22nd, visitors walking the grounds at Fort Stanwix National Monument will notice new operational hours for the Willett Center and the fort. These structures will now be open Wednesdays through Sundays from 9 am to 5 pm. Though they will...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Dec. 19, 2013, Autumn E. Skelton, age 38, of Port Byron, Illinois, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James E. Gritzner to 18 months imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute at least 50 kilograms of marijuana, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Skelton was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following the imprisonment and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an aircraft restoration company based in Douglas, Georgia, reached a settlement agreement for unauthorized use of public lands in Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Buffalo, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to receiving and distributing child pornography over the Intenet. Emilio R. Haro, 30, of Buffalo, pleaded...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Energy Department released three new reports today showcasing strong growth across the U.S. fuel cell and hydrogen technologies market - continuing America’s leadership in clean energy innovation and providing U.S. businesses more affordable, cleaner transportation and power options.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - On Dec. 17, 2013, six people were arrested after search warrants were served by federal, state, and local law enforcement in a concerted effort to reduce the distribution of heroin in Tulsa County. Five of the six arrested were found to be unlawfully in the United States. The multiagency...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Thao “Nina" Nguyen, 36, and Luan Tran, 37, a married couple, both of San Bernardino, were sentenced today for their role in a scheme to defraud the state of California of approximately $1.6 million in state tobacco excise taxes, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Riehl announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Following a two-day trial, before U.S. District Judge John McBryde, a federal jury convicted Caleb Deason, a 34 year old Fort Worth resident, late yesterday on an indictment charging one count each of wire fraud and money laundering. Following the verdict, Judge McBryde remanded Deason into custody. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: A Dearborn man was sentenced today by United States District Judge Denise Page Hood to 41 months in federal prison after having been convicted by a jury in September of extortion by threatening employees of DTE Energy, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway today sentenced Jeffrey Alan Barnett (46, Orlando) to 12 years, 11 months in federal prison for distribution and possession of child pornography. The court also ordered Barnett to serve a 10-year term of supervision, following his release from prison, and to register as a sex offender.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Member Peter DeFazio released the following statement on the the draft of Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: A federal criminal complaint was unsealed today that charges 23-year-old U.S. Army soldier Tyler Glen Patrick with possession and transportation of stolen explosive material announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James T. Hayes, Jr., the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of the United States Department of Homeland Security (“DHS"), Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), announced today the arrest of RICKY PATRICK...
