News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that Janelle Hawkins, 36, of Lockport, N.Y., a registered nurse, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio to misprision of felony. The charge carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Tampa, Fla., was indicted on Dec. 3, 2013, by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: MONROE, La. - U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Randy A. Powell, 33, of Downsville, La., pleaded guilty Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen L. Hayes to receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Three individuals have been charged in federal court in Providence and are detained for allegedly conspiring and setting fire to an occupied multi-family dwelling in Providence in an alleged arson-for-profit scheme, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); and Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven M. Paré.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida - Due to current budget realities, Everglades National Park will not be reopening the Chekika Day Use Area as previously announced, and it will remain closed indefinitely. This popular part of Everglades National Park is located in the northeast part of the park, off Krome Avenue at...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Rodger Kent Williams, age 41, pleaded guilty Tuesday before U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann in Williamsport to interference with commerce by violence, and use and possession of a firearm during a crime...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Dennis Lewis, age 43 of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was sentenced for transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Lewis to 10 years in prison. After his release from prison Lewis will begin a 5 year term of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) are vanishingly small: NWs from a recent batch made by scientists in PML's Quantum Electronics and Photonics Division measure about 200 nanometers in diameter (less than 1/500th the thickness of a human hair) and 6 to 10 micrometers long, with embedded layers as thin as 3.3 nm. But despite their size, semiconductor NWs are poised to play a very large role in solid-state lighting, chemical sensors, and nanoscale scientific probes.
By State Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the below statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s nomination hearing:
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: Six co-defendants have been convicted and sentenced to prison time in Bluefield Pill Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: On Dec. 3, 2013, George G. Oliver, 55, of Makanda, Toni J. Johnson, 32, and Sommer C. Koons, 30, both of Murphysboro, were charged by superseding indictment with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: David Kevin Schultz, age 54, of Laurel, Delaware, was sentenced today to 210 months in prison for receipt of child pornography. Schultz also was sentenced to 10 years of supervised release following his prison sentence. He also will be required to register as a sex offender in any jurisdiction in which...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former claims manager for the N.J. Turnpike Authority today admitted devising a scheme which led to the theft of at least $1.5 million from the authority and various insurance companies, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today kicked off the conversation to begin laying the groundwork for Congress’ next reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration and federal aviation programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 54-year-old Plano, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: In San Antonio this morning, United States District Judge Xavier Rodriguez sentenced 31-year-old Luis Moreno to 95 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for the sexual exploitation of a child announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent In Charge Armando Fernandez.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Canadian man who served as an executive of two public companies, both of which traded on the over-the-counter securities market, was sentenced today for his role in a securities fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Tammy Schuck was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp to 33 months imprisonment. Ms. Schuck was also ordered to pay a forfeiture judgment of $235,213.88, representing proceeds and facilitating property of the offenses. Ms. Schuck will also be placed on five years of supervised release following her release from incarceration.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Overland Park, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a $1.8 million conspiracy to traffic in contraband cigarettes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - - United States Attorney Pamela C. Marsh announced that Jeffrey B. Richards, age 63, of Milton, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with the distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography.
