News from December 2013
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: Congaree National Park recently hosted its first-ever Artists-in-Residence, James and Jenny Tarpley, owners of Visio Photography in Marion, North Carolina. Formally trained in fine art, James and Jenny started their photography business 9 years ago, specializing in portraits, weddings, and fine art prints.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: WICHITA FALLS, Texas -Louis Griego, Jr., aka “Big Lou," 44, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was sentenced on Monday, by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, to 168 months (14 years) in federal prison following his guilty plea in July 2013 to an indictment charging conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: Former Cuyahoga County employee Daniel Gallagher was sentenced to four years in prison today for engaging in a series of bribery conspiracies involving public officials, federal law enforcement officials announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A Jasper man pleaded guilty today in federal court to armed robbery of a Walker County bank, calling in bomb threats on a hospital and a highway bridge before the robbery, and possessing guns as a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge John Antoon II today sentenced Magda Raphael (35, Orlando) to 15 months in federal prison for theft of government property. As part of her sentence, the court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $63,169.00, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct. Raphael pleaded guilty on Sept. 30, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Marvin L. Thompson, 37 of Ferriday, was sentenced Thursday(Dec. 12, 2013) by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell to 120 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. He was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine. Thompson pleaded guilty July 18, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: Hammond, Indiana- The United States Attorney’s Office announced that the following Indictments were returned on Dec. 18, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - Three Rowan County men have entered guilty pleas related to a Salisbury train robbery that occurred in 2012, announced United States Attorney Ripley Rand.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging two women with allegedly engaging in an immigration document fraud scheme for financial gain announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent In Charge Armando Fernandez, San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: 10:00 AM Raising of the Georgia Flag of Secession above Fort Pulaski.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), ranking members on the House Committee on Natural Resources and House Committee on Energy and Commerce, respectively, requested a joint hearing on the issue of seismic activity induced by the underground injection...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that Filippo Inglima, 47, of Wheatfield, N.Y., an Italian citizen, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute a thousand kilograms or more of marijuana and five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 121 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant will also forfeit $39,456,00 in United States currency, a rifle and ammunition, and a sport utility vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Marina Del Rey man is expected to make his first court appearance this afternoon after being arrested yesterday by FBI agents on federal charges of laundering $50,000 out of approximately $370,000 he allegedly embezzled from the Girl Scouts.
By State Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - The bipartisan Egypt Assistance Reform Act of 2013 authored by Chairman Robert Menendez and Ranking Member Bob Corker passed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced that Marshall D. Tourtillott, (age: 26), of Neopit, located on the Menominee Indian Reservation, in the State of Wisconsin, was sentenced on Dec. 13, 2013, to 37 months imprisonment, followed by five years on supervised release. The sentence was the result of a guilty plea by Tourtillott on Sept. 12, 2013, to a federal indictment charging him with sexual abuse of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.? U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Juan Lopez, 30, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking activities and being a felon in possession of firearms before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio. The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: WICHITA FALLS, Texas -Louis Griego, Jr., aka “Big Lou," 44, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was sentenced on Monday, by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, to 168 months (14 years) in federal prison following his guilty plea in July 2013 to an indictment charging conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - Nicholas A. Klinefeldt, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, announced the conclusion of a multi-agency investigation of internet-related child pornography crimes in the Southern District of Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: COLUMBUS - Darnell J. Harris, 26, of Canal Winchester, Ohio, was sentenced to 171 months in prison and his sister, Mariah Harris, 20, was sentenced to 108 months in prison for committing a takeover style armed robbery of a Reynoldsburg jewelry store in May, 2012. They were also ordered to pay $58,519.31 in restitution to the business, the victims and the business’s insurance company.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: The study, led by scientists at National Ocean Service’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), evaluated the environmental effects of finfish aquaculture, including interactions with water quality, benthic habitats, and marine life across various farming practices and habitat types.
