News from February 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 1, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today issued the following statement regarding U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s proposal to list the wolverine as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The wolverine was one of hundreds of species included in a 2011 settlement agreement between the Department of the Interior and litigious environmental organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on today’s terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy in Turkey...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Dianne Handy, 43, of Alexandria, La., pleaded guilty Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell to defrauding more than $57,894 from Leglue Nissan where she was office manager.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 46-year-old Maypearl, Texas podiatrist has been sentenced to federal prison for health care and income tax fraud in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that two Rapid City women have been indicted by a federal grand jury for harboring a fugitive and lying to a federal law enforcement agent.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Superior Tomato Avocado Ltd.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Donnie Wright, 53, of Lubbock, Texas, appeared yesterday in federal court and pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, to one count of embezzlement of funds by a bank employee. Wright, who remains on bond, faces a maximum statutory penalty of 30 years in federal prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Five family members have been charged in an eight-count indictment alleging a tax fraud scheme that involved filing false tax returns on behalf of deceased individuals, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Internal revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Lucy Cruz.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
Release: Washington, DC, Feb. 1, 2013 - USDA today announced it will seek public comment on proposed new standards to ensure that children have access to healthy food options in school.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: A former East St. Louis police officer was sentenced in US District Court on Jan. 31, 2013, for making false statements to federal investigators, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Ramon Carpenter, 40, was sentenced to 30 months...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Ashley Cottier, age 36, of Martin, South Dakota appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken on Jan. 28, 2013 and pled guilty to distribution of a controlled substance. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 20 years' imprisonment and/or a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd announced today that a year-long undercover investigation resulted in 15 people being charged for distributing cocaine and methamphetamine in the Mansfield area.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service plans to award a contract within days to make improvements to the Elwha Water Treatment Plant (EWTP.) Work is expected to begin in early February.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Westmoreland County has been sentenced in federal court to six months imprisonment, $80,000 in restitution and three years supervised release on his conviction of wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - The owner and operator of Lighthouse Financial Partners, LLC, an investment advisory service in Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Steven C. Jones to a charge of defrauding more than 50 of his clients. Benjamin Daniel DeHaan, 37, of Decatur, Georgia stole more than $2.5 million from his clients, and then used the money to purchase a home and partial ownership in a restaurant and bar in Memphis, Tennessee.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement on the announcement that U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan will retire at the end of the month...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA- United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr., announced that WAYNE A. LEEPER, III, age 44, of Metairie, Louisiana, was sentenced on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 by United States District Court Judge James J. Brady to forty-eight (48) months of imprisonment. LEEPER was also ordered to repay the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) $96,966 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Ana Lissa Reyes, of San Lorenzo, Calif., was arraigned yesterday on an information charging her with multiple counts of mail fraud and tax evasion, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Jose M. Martinez announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: Stole the Identities of Doctors Who Applied for Fellowships at Johns Hopkins Hospital Where His Girlfriend Worked.
