News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced an additional defendant in a large drug trafficking conspiracy. JEREMY RICHARDSON, 28, of Greenville, North Carolina, received 150 months imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. RICHARDSON received an enhanced sentence due to his status as a career offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: LONDON, KY - A federal jury found a London, KY., couple guilty of photographing two children engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Evelyn Roberson, 61, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of obstruction of justice, was sentenced to 10 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on February 7, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, JASON OWEN GIERKE, a 51-year-old resident of Miles City, appeared for sentencing. He was sentenced to a term of.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Sandy Springs: A colorful new exhibit has just opened at the Island Ford Visitor Center of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CRNRA.) The eye-catching drawings, writings and photographs document children's experiences during a series of grant-funded field trips to the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Albert Craft, Jr., 29, of Gulfport, was found guilty by a jury in U.S. District Court today of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today outlined a number of the panel’s priorities for the 113th Congress. In an ongoing effort to improve the quality of our nation’s health care system, Pitts announced the subcommittee will continue to monitor the implementation...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A former employee of the Illinois Department of Corrections, Mary Ann Bohlen, 46, of Edinburg, Ill., admitted today that she embezzled approximately $77,000 from various department funds over a period of four years, from 2007 to 2011. During her appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee is continuing its investigation into the Environmental Protection Agency’s management of fraud in the production and trade of Renewable Identification Numbers, which serve as renewable fuel credits under EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard regulations. Since November 2011, the agency has identified over 140 million invalid or fraudulently created RINs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Michelle Matney, 38, of Greensboro, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to persuade others to travel in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution for her role as the leader of an interstate prostitution organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota woman convicted of Sexual Abuse was sentenced on February 4, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Ina Crow Dog, age 48, was sentenced to 72 months in custody, 5 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Victim Assistance Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - A Mexican woman who was smuggling nearly two kilograms of heroin in her luggage as she arrived at George Bush-Intercontinental Airport (IAH) from Ecuador has entered a plea of guilty, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: A serial bank robber was sentenced today to 45 years in federal prison after having been convicted of four counts of bank robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Barbara McQuade.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today outlined a number of the panel’s priorities for the 113th Congress. In an ongoing effort to improve the quality of our nation’s health care system, Pitts announced the subcommittee will continue to monitor the implementation...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sought information on steps taken by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to assess and improve upon our nation’s mental health system following previous incidences of mass violence. Following the tragedy in Newtown, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Defendant Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Meth.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Calling all teens living near Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore! Reduce your "screen time" and join the National Park Service in doing some "green time" with the ParKids Youth Volunteer Corps.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Brian Anthony Bjork, 43, of Missouri City, has been charged in an one-count Information with running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded nearly a dozen investors of more than $1 million, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Bjork was formerly employed by deceased Friendswood investment advisor Joel David Salinas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota man convicted of Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender was sentenced on Jan. 14, 2013 by Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken. Daryl Lee Goings, age 46, was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release and ordered to pay $100 to the Victim Assistance Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2013
News Release: Baltimore Maryland - Margaret Ellen Jones, age 37, of Parkville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to produce child pornography.
