News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Federal felony drug charges have been filed against six men and one woman for growing marijuana in homes in Henderson and Las Vegas, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. convicted Corey Moore, age 37, of Takoma Park, Maryland, today after a one week bench trial, of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, specifically cocaine and phencyclidine (PCP); possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and being a felon in possession of guns and ammunition.
By State Newswire | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that he will convene a hearing on Thursday, February 14 entitled, “The Crisis in Mali: U.S. Interests and the International Response.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin today announced that a Huntington man was sentenced to a total of seven years in federal prison for possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime and possession with intent to distribute heroin. Gregory Donearl Easterling also known as “Smoke" and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Former Newark, N.J., Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Ronald Salahuddin was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for conspiring to commit extortion by using his official position to steer demolition work to co-defendant Sonnie L. Cooper, a Newark businessman, and obtain contributions to organizations favored by Newark officials, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Attempted To Steal Over $3 Million From Over 6,000 Bank Accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Masai Skief, 32, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for abusing his leadership positions at a Philadelphia charter school in order to enrich himself. Skief pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in August 2013. He was the chief executive officer of Harambee...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2013
News Release: White-nose syndrome (WNS), a condition deadly to bats, has now been confirmed at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (NHP) according to Park Superintendent Mark Woods. Woods details that laboratory histopathology tests on three bats, from three of the park's more than 30 caves, tested positive for the disease; two of these bats also showed visible signs of WNS.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2013
News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its second annual Winter Film Festival by showing a documentary film about New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park on Friday, Feb. 15, and Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 “I want to thank David V. Aguilar for his time as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and 31 years of service with the U.S. Border Patrol. A native of South Texas, David began his remarkable CBP career as a Border Patrol agent in 1978, working tirelessly to secure our border.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, February 8, 2013- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today reminded Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers who allege discrimination by the USDA in past decades that there are 45 days remaining in the filing period closing March 25, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC, which does business as Macmillan, and will continue to litigate against Apple Inc. for conspiring with Macmillan and four of the other largest U.S. book publishers to raise e-book prices to consumers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Granite Construction Company, a California-based construction company specializing in roads, tunnels, bridges, airports and other infrastructure-related projects, reached a settlement with the United States following an investigation of alleged false claims in connection with federal construction projects across the country, the Justice Department announced today. Granite has agreed to pay the United States $367,500.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department reached a settlement agreement today with Avant Healthcare Professionals LLC, a healthcare staffing company based in Casselberry, Fla. , resolving allegations that the company posted discriminatory job advertisements on the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury has indicted two members of the Compton 155 street gang on federal hate crime charges related to a racially motivated attack on four African-American juveniles at a residence in the city of Compton, Calif., on New Year’s Eve.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: A federal district judge in Florence, S.C., permanently barred Rachel D. Watson, of Florence, and Susann Allen of Darlington, S.C., from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The injunctions bar Watson and Allen from preparing returns for others and require them to send copies of the injunction to any employers for whom they prepared returns since Jan. 1, 2008.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Sixteen people were sentenced to prison today for hate crimes arising out of a series of religiously-motivated assaults on practitioners of the Amish religion, announced Thomas E. Perez, the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division; Steven M. Dettelbach, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio; and Stephen Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI – Cleveland Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Michael Farnell and James Farnell, residents of Boca Raton, Fla., were sentenced to prison terms today for income tax evasion, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Michael Farnell and James Farnell were previously indicted on Apr. 19, 2012. Judge William P. Dimitrouleas ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Antoinette Djonret was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for her involvement in two separate tax fraud schemes, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. She was also ordered to pay $1,291,658 in restitution. In October 2012, Djonret had pleaded guilty to charges ...
By Commerce News Now | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Today U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank issued a statement announcing that U.S. goods and services exports reached an all-time record in 2012, totaling $2.2 trillion. Export records were seen across the board, including in: capital goods, automotive vehicles, parts, and engines; consumer ...
