News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - A ringleader of a firearms conspiracy involving more than 30 firearms, six of which were seized from crime scenes in the territory, was found guilty in Texas, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - The owner of a cemetery monument business in Skokie was charged with federal tax evasion for allegedly failing to report all of his income, including money he held in a secret offshore financial account with UBS, a global financial services firm headquartered in Switzerland. The defendant, PETER TROOST, was charged in a felony information filed late yesterday in U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: In Del Rio, 40-year-old Eagle Pass police officer Eriberto Leija faces up to ten years in federal prison and a.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: Michael Winans, Jr., 30, of Jessup, Maryland, was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison for defrauding investors out of approximately $8 million dollars, United States Attorney Barbara McQuade announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: Mr. President: America’s first Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton, once said: “The confidence of the people will easily be gained by a good administration. This is the true touchstone.".
By USDA Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that Green Thumb Commodities Inc., Oldham, S.D., has paid $2,700 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Mohamed Ali Said,a/k/a Maxamad Cali Saciid; Mohamed Abdi Jama, a/k/a Mohammed Abdi Jamah; Abdicasiis Cabaase, a/k/a Ahmed Mahomood; Abdirazaq Abshir Osman, a/k/a Abdirasaq Abshir; and Mohamed Farah, a/k/a Mohamed Farraah Hassan, were found guilty by a federal jury of engaging in piracy and committing other offenses pertaining to the attack on the Navy ship, the USS Ashland.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: RICHARD S. HARTUNIAN, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York, announces that a three-count Indictment was returned today in United States District Court charging TERRELL WRIGHT, age 28, of Syracuse, with: (1) assaulting two detectives from the Syracuse Gang Violence Task Force (“GVTF") (Count One); (2) use and carry of a handgun during the assault (Count Two); and (3) being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun (Count Three).1.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Timothy Ignacio Duboise, 28, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Chichilta, N.M., pled guilty this morning to an aggravated child sexual abuse charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: Enters Guilty Plea To Charge Of Making False Statements In Connection With A Health Care Matter.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 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 Child Abuse.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: Part of $30 Billion Impact that Supports 252,000 Jobs Nationwide.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: The head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today could not provide information to support claims that the nation may expect 90-minute flight delays due to the sequester cuts.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: Savannah, GA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows that the 408,104 visitors to Fort Pulaski National Monument spent $21,605,000 in communities surrounding the park. This spending supported 312 jobs in the local area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With Intent to Commit Murder, Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas- A sealed indictment charging numerous defendants with racketeering violations has been unsealed following their recent arrests throughout the Southern District of Texas and elsewhere. The arrests include 17 former Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) correction officers and 12 others in relation to the case.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rejecting Senate Democrats’ efforts to replace the President’s sequestration with higher taxes, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today filed a Motion to Commit S. 388, the Democrats’ Sequester replacement bill, back to the Finance Committee to strike the bill’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court on Feb. 22, 2013, in Wilmington, North Carolina, CATINA MARTELL, 38, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James C. Fox to 360 months imprisonment followed by a lifetime of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE -Adrienne Alexandra Skeets, 24, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Rocky Point, N.M., was sentenced to 33 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her conviction on involuntary manslaughter and assault charges. Skeets also was ordered to pay $5,754.70 in restitution to the victims of her offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida - A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows that the 934,351 visitors to Everglades National Park spent approximately $146.8 million in communities surrounding the park. This spending supported 2,408 jobs in the local area.
