News from February 2013
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: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington announced that Martin Murillo-Barriga, age 36, of Moses Lake, Washington, was sentenced today after being convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and other offenses relating to the operation of a...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana- The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced charges filed Thursday against Calvin L. Green, age 59, of Harrisburg, for failing to properly register in Pennsylvania as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Rider Sheard, age 18, of Pierre, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on February 6, 2013 and pled guilty to the Superseding Information that charged him with Possession of a Controlled Substance. The maximum penalty...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Steven Thomas Stancil, 52, of Magnolia, has landed in federal prison following his conviction for attempted theft of trade secrets, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Stancil entered a plea of guilty Nov. 8, 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park's Artist-in-Residence (AiR) program is now accepting artist applications for the upcoming North and South Rim AiR seasons. The artist opportunities are for May - October 2014 on the North Rim, and for October 2013 -.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Superintendent Barclay Trimble announced today the National Park Service is accepting public comment for thirty days on the proposed fee for guided tour climbs of the planned 2013 spring opening of the Bodie Island Lighthouse and for the proposed fee increase for the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Cape...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Defendant Sold Used Firearms for Resale from His Print Screen Shop in Garland, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: ROCKFORD C A Rockford, Ill. man was sentenced yesterday in federal court on drug conspiracy charges. STEVEN T. McDOWELL, 38, of Rockford, also known as “Ty," was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to 315 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute at least one...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Four Richland County residents were charged in separate indictments returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: MIDLAND, TX - -In Midland today, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging 38-year-old former Odessa Police officer Jackie Lynn Thompson and five other Odessa, Texas, residents in connection with a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy announced Joseph M. Arabit, Special Agent in Charge...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold its first hearing of the 113th Congress next week entitled “The Federal Role in America’s Infrastructure."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Antoinette Djonret was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for her involvement in two separate tax fraud schemes, announced George L. Beck, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Djonret was also ordered to pay $1,291,658 in restitution. In October 2012, Djonret had...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida:Everglades National Park is pleased to host a "Bicycle Rodeo and Safety Fair." The bike rodeo is a one-day training event for young bicycle riders designed to prevent bicycle-related accidents and injuries.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Victor T. Williams, 28, of Tampa, Florida, pled guilty yesterday to charges of conspiracy, theft of public money, and aggravated identity theft based on his participation in a scheme to obtain fraudulent federal income tax refunds. The plea was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - U.S. Attorney George L. Beck, Jr., announced today that Kevin Darcy Golden, age 45, of Auburn, Alabama, was sentenced yesterday to 35 years in federal prison for making child pornography. If Golden is released from prison, he will be on supervised release for the remainder of his life.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the statement below on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) response to the letter that they sent requesting that safety concerns at the San Onofre nuclear power plant be fully evaluated.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Syracuse, NY-United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced that four individuals entered guilty pleas yesterday in U.S. District Court in Syracuse to conspiring to distribute a controlled substance analogue, known on the street as “Molly." The pleas were in connection with a large scale drug...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Gunnison, Colo. - A generous donation of public access easements by Vincent Woodward secured public access to a popular trail and road managed by the Bureau of Land Management near Gunnison, Colo.
