News from February 2013
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: Chamizal National Memorial regrets to announce that this month's Saturday morning Junior Ranger Crafts Program at 11 a.m. on February 16th is cancelled.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin today announced that a Mingo County man was sentenced to four years and two months in federal prison for oxycodone possession. Terry Kevin Steele, 42, of Mingo County, W.Va., previously pleaded guilty in May 2012 to possession with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Arizona man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Jan. 29, 2013 by Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken. Ronald Eugene Stocker, age 73, was sentenced to time served, 2 years' supervised release and a $100 special assessment to the Victim Assistance Fund.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: Philadelphia - AmyBrooke Bracewell has been selected as the new site manager for Cedar Creek andBelle Grove National Historical Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Firearm Offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - The leader of a drug trafficking organization based in the Inland Empire was sentenced today to 168 months of imprisonment by United States District Judge Virginia A. Phillips.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Tyran Mcelrath, 18, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to charges stemming from an attack he carried out against an elderly woman during a burglary last fall of the victim’s home in Northwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly making a false report to law enforcement authorities that an attempt was being made to hijack an aircraft in Pennington County on Jan. 3, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Fayette County man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for distribution of oxycodone. Kenneth James Taylor, 32, Page, Fayette County, W.Va., previously pleaded guilty in November 2012. Taylor admitted that on March 21, 2012...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: Wilmington - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court on Jan. 31, 2013 Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox, sentenced DAVID CRUMMY, 50, of Wilmington, North Carolina, to 180 months imprisonment followed by 5 years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A former U.S. Postal Service highway contract route driver was sentenced in United States District Court by Chief Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr. today to 33 months in federal prison followed by a term of three years supervised release, for theft of mail and possession with intent to distribute Oxycodone announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - A federal jury found Michael James Harrell (33, Fort Myers), Matthew Rollins (27, Fort Myers), and Maurice Andre Colbert (28, Fort Myers) guilty of armed bank robbery, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, attempted bank robbery, conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: Two patient recruiters for a Miami home health care company have pleaded guilty for their participation in a $20 million home health Medicare fraud scheme. The guilty pleas were announced today by U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida; Assistant Attorney General Lanny A.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - Steven Metheny, 42, of Central Point, Oregon, and Levi Phillips, 45, of Grants Pass, Oregon, were indicted last week by a federal grand jury sitting in Medford, Oregon. Metheny was a former Vice President of Carson Helicopters Inc. in Grants Pass, Oregon. Both Metheny and Phillips were...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Gerard Germaine Jackson, 34, of Houston, TX, entered a guilty plea this morning in United States District Court to conspiring to supply up to fifty kilograms of cocaine for distribution in the Pensacola area. Jackson also admitted supplying more than 500 grams of cocaine to Pensacola...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Jacob Custodio, 31, of Apple Valley, California, was sentenced today in federal court in Coeur d’Alene to 48 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Custodio to serve four years of supervised release following his prison term and perform 120 hours of community service. He pleaded guilty to the charge on July 16, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: “Holly not only brings strong scientific credentials to this position, but she also has significant leadership and management expertise. She is particularly well qualified for this position and I'm confident in her ability to lead NOS as it works to support healthy communities and economies," said Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: BOSTON, MA - Torromeo Industries, Inc. will pay a $135,000 civil penalty and implement a compliance program to resolve numerous violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) at its Kingston, N.H. sand, gravel and stone mining and ready-mix concrete plant. The settlement is pursuant to a consent decree lodged today in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, between the company and the U.S. Government.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Barbara Jeanne Willoughby, 23, of Paramount, California, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Coeur d’Alene, to 18 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Willoughby to serve three years of supervised release. She pleaded guilty to the charge on June 18, 2012.
