News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Nicholas Calamaras, 30, of New Fairfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 63 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the owner and manager of rental apartments in Jaffrey, N.H., for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against families with children.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. sentenced Philip Whitehurst, a/k/a Lil Phil, age 32, of Bowie, Maryland, today to 294 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute between 2.8 and 8.4 kilograms of crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - DAVID L. CATHEY of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment on two felony charges for producing child pornography. He appeared before U.S. District Judge John A. Ross in Cape Girardeau. Upon completion of that sentence, he will be placed on supervised release for the remainder of his life.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: (313) 234-4310. DETROIT - Marc R. Kamp of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan has agreed to pay $125,000, to settle civil claims against him under the Controlled Substances Act, announced Barbara McQuade, United States Attorney for the Eastern District...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey attorney and a tax preparer today admitted their roles in a long-running, large-scale mortgage fraud that caused losses of more than $30 million, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: Alan Jones, Mark Bernardo, Kelly McPhee Have Admitted To Producing, Selling Fraudulent Driver’s Licenses Nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CRAIG L. BERKMAN was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to six years in prison for securities fraud and wire fraud in connection with a more than $13 million scheme to defraud investors through false...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service, in partnership with the Friends of Whiskeytown and San Francisco's de Young Museum of Fine Arts, is pleased to announce the eleventh year of hosting an Artist-in-Residence program. The park is seeking established professional Plein Air artists with a history of exhibiting work...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - The National Park Service killed 6,433 crown of thorns starfish over three weeks in an effort to protect the territories coral reefs. Known as alamea in Samoan, the starfish can quickly consume a coral reef, leaving a field of coral skeletons in its wake. Outbreak levels of...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Hugo Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), announce that defendant Samuel George Brown, 49, of Fort Pierce, pled guilty today to charges of possessing a firearm in...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: 91,000 Plants Found Encompassing a Stretch Over A Mile and a Half.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: HONOLULU - Kyle Tom Kamaiopili, 40, a resident of Pearl City, was sentenced in federal court on Dec. 13, 2013 to a jail term of 13 years for five federal child pornography offenses. Kamaiopili previously pled guilty to four counts of distributing child pornography over the Internet, and to one count of possessing approximately 4,300 still images and 125 videos of child pornography at his residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Attorney Kiran Dewan, age 59, of Woodbine, Maryland pleaded guilty late on Dec. 13, 2013, to bribery, and one of his clients, Mohammad Khan, age 58, of Baltimore, also pleaded guilty to immigration fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and George Venizelos, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: During 2013, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Republicans, and ranking member U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), challenged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on several items related to the Agency's implementation of the Clean Water Act (CWA).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Rex D. McBride, 44, has been ordered to prison for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. McBride pleaded guilty Sept. 18, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: Despite Promise to Lower Costs By $2,500, Americans are Learning Harsh Reality of Health Law’s Sticker Shock
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Providence man was charged today with escaping from a halfway house.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Susan Wells, 40, of Colchester, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington following her guilty plea to a charge that she distributed oxycodone. U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III sentenced Wells to two years of probation. As one condition of probation, Wells must perform 100 hours of community service.
