News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Kelly P. Uebinger was recognized by Attorney General Eric Holder and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director H. Marshall Jarrett, with a 2013 Director’s Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican doctor and his assistant were charged today for their roles in altering the fingerprints of illegal aliens through a surgical process.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: The wooden staircase at the Sea Lion Overlook will be closed for repairs from January 6 through March 1, 2014. National Park Service (NPS) staff will replace the stairs using non-leaching materials in order to reduce potential delivery of pollutants to the Point Reyes Headlands Area of Special Biological Significance (ASBS), a State Water Quality Protection Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Bozhidar Lazarov, age 40, a Bulgarian national residing in Chicago, Illinois, today to 39 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with an ATM skimming scheme. Judge Blake also ordered Lazarov to pay restitution of $54,883.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - United States Attorney David Capp announced that Rita Law, 55, of Chicago, Illinois was charged in a sealed Complaint filed on Oct. 17, 2013, now unsealed, with transporting an individual for the purposes of prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Sandra J. Timm, 44, Wausau, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Lynn S. Adelman to 22 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine. Timm pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 3, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging James Dee Jaeger (62) and Lora Anne Jaeger (50), both of North Port, with one count of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS") and seven counts of causing false and fraudulent...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - On Dec. 16, 2013, Ralph C. Moreno, 53, of Phoenix, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver to 300 months (25 years) in prison followed by 10 years supervised release, and a $3000 fine. Judge Silver further ordered forfeiture of Moreno’s interest in a Stoeger.40 caliber...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that James A. Ladio, entered a guilty plea before the Honorable Richard G. Andrews to a four-count felony information charging him with bank fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344 (Counts 1 and 3); and money laundering, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1957 (Counts 2 and 4).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man has been sentenced for possessing a pipe bomb, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: Mohammad Hamdan, a/k/a "Alex Hamdan," 36, of Raleigh, North Carolina and Mohammad Sabbar, a/k/a "Ali," 31, of Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, are charged by indictment, unsealed today, with conspiracy to commit extortion, extortion, and aiding abetting have been arrested, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The defendants were arrested today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A former senior executive at Merrimack Education Center (MEC) was charged today in federal court in connection with a fraud on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ pension system.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman along with U.S. Border Patrol Agent in Charge Sabri Dikman, and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Dawn Mertz today announced the arrests of 11 of 13 suspected members of the Luis Armando Cruz drug...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Today, a federal complaint was filed charging JEANIE SHOULDERS (a/k/a Laura Jean Shoulders), 46, of Burns Flat, Oklahoma, with three counts of producing child pornography, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: An Olmsted Falls man was sentenced to two years in prison today, the fifth person sentenced to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to steal copper from two dozen substations in Northeast Ohio owned by First Energy or Cleveland Public Power, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cleveland office.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a floor speech today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, said that Congress has a duty to make sure the people who do the work that makes our country run get a fair chance to aspire to the American Dream. He highlighted...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: RENDON CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a New Orleans-based house raising, leveling, and foundation repair company, and its owner, RAMON SANTOS, age 43, a resident of Kenner, were sentenced today in federal court today before U. S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey for conspiring to commit money laundering, announced U.S.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and colleagues have shed light on the molecular differences between raw and heat-treated nuts in terms of their inherent peptides that trigger a human allergic reaction. The study has helped to account in part for the increased allergenic properties observed in roasted peanuts, according to the researchers.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: The Energy Department today announced that the General Services Administration’s (GSA) United States Court House in Wichita, Kansas is the winner of the 2013 Better Buildings Federal Award. The Better Buildings Federal Award challenges agencies to achieve the greatest reduction in annual energy intensity, or energy consumed per gross square foot. This year’s winner cut its energy intensity by 20% and saved over $40,000 in utility costs in the 12 month competition period.
