News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: Mark R. Trump stole $90,000 in rental fees owed to the company.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a 58-count indictment on Dec. 3, 2013, against Jesus Hernandez, a.k.a. “Chucho," 31; Juan Julian Felipe, 26; Alfredo Casteneda, a.k.a. “Boludo," 20; Faustino Ramirez Ponciano, a.k.a. “El Toño," 18; Fernando Amayo Gonzalez, a.k.a. “Zeta," 26;...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Another man has been sentenced in a mortgage fraud case in Wichita, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that, on Dec. 12, 2013, Troy McIlwain, 25, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Burlington, Vermont, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison after his guilty plea to a charge that he possessed two firearms as a convicted ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - DEA Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne today announced the arrests of six members of the Sanchez Money Laundering Organization in Tucson and New York. Armando Robles Urrea, Gladis Celaya-Reuelas, Noemi Suarez-Montijo, Frank Babcock, Concepcion Suarez-Montijo, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: “This is a major effort in reform. For any of us who have tried to work through the present system whether we’re physicians, patients, or families of patients, I think all of us would join together in determination to change the payment system and its structure. This is a bipartisan bicameral effort...

By State Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: Dear Mr. Dodaro: The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), enacted in 2000, seeks to encourage African countries to further open their economies and build free markets in hopes of achieving economic development, increasing new investments, trade and job creation throughout the continent. The original,...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: Raul Ramirez-Bravo, a/k/a Javier Bravo Refugio Servin, 44, of Mexico, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on Dec. 12, 2013, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Ramirez-Bravo was arrested in Gillette, Wyoming. He received time served...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: Roman Vega Co-Founded CarderPlanet, One Of The First Online Marketplaces For Stolen Financial Data.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: A Perry County, IL, man pled guilty in federal district court to an indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Carlito Bailey and Rickey Watkins, both 22 and from Washington D.C., were sentenced today to more than a decade in prison on charges stemming from a shooting last year in Northwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: Park Superintendent Cicely Muldoon announces the 16th year of shuttle bus transportation beginning Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, and running through late March 2014. "Winter is a wonderful time not only to watch the annual Pacific gray whale migration from Alaska to Mexico but also to celebrate the recovering populations of northern elephant seals as they return to breed at Point Reyes.".

By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore plans to open Great Island and Long Point cabins on Sunday, March 16, 2014, and operate them through the night of Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014. Visitors can start making reservations on January 6, 2014 at 10 a.m. (EST). The National Park Service will continue utilizing recreation.gov for reservations this season.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. December 13: Live Webinar on Engaging Students in Energy. Webinar Sponsor: EERE’s Education and Workforce Development. The Energy Department will present a live webcast titled “Engaging Students in Energy" on Friday, Dec. 13, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: The maintenance phase for managing the elk population in Theodore Roosevelt National Park has been completed for this year. A total of 46 elk were removed by park staff in the park's South Unit between November 5 and December 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Walt Green announced the indictment of another defendant in connection with a wide ranging and ongoing investigation into corruption and fraud involving compliance with federal environmental laws.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: The 2014 Glacier National Park Annual Pass is available for purchase and features the winning artwork from the recent annual art contest sponsored by the park and the Glacier National Park Conservancy.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced today that Demetrius Worley, age 24, of Indianapolis, was sentenced this morning to 126 months (10 years, 6 months) by U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson. This follows Worley’s guilty plea to charges related to an armed robbery of the State Bank of Lizton branch in Plainfield.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of a six-count superseding indictment charging Michael Moshe Shimshoni (56, Tierra Verde) with four counts of failing to provide approved Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA") lead paint warning notices and brochures...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SHABARI FISHER was sentenced in White Plains federal court to 15 years in prison for his leadership role in a drug conspiracy that distributed heroin across the City of Poughkeepsie, including out of...