News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A Florida couple who owned a military contracting company pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Salt Lake City for their roles in a bribery and fraud scheme involving federal procurement contracts, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David B. Barlow for the District of Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A former program director for the Chicago Chapter of the National Black Nurses Association, Margaret A. Davis, 62, entered pleas of guilty this afternoon to mail fraud and money laundering in a scheme that defrauded state grant programs from 2005 to 2009. Davis appeared before U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Mary Jo Flammond, a/k/a Mary Jo Waln, age 32, of St. Francis, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Feb. 21, 2013 and pled guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 8 years in custody, a $250,000 fine, or both; 3 years of supervised release; and a $100 special assessment.
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 Third Degree Burglary.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and Child Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - A McCracken County, Kentucky man pleaded guilty to a four count federal superseding indictment yesterday, in United States District Court, before Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell, charging him with possession and distribution of child pornography announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Brian C. Crowell, the Special-Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), announced today that FELIX RODRIGUEZ, a licensed medical doctor, pled guilty to a one-count Information...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing entitled “Protecting Students and Teachers: A Discussion on School Safety." Members examined ways school leaders and local officials can help students feel more secure in the classroom.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: In Waco this afternoon, United States District Judge Walter S. Smith, Jr., sentenced 27-year-old Jerome.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: Carlsbad Caverns National Park Tourism Creates $20,000,000 in Local Economic Benefit Part of $30 billion impact that supports 252,000 jobs nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. CINCINNATI - Todd William Klein, 49, of Cincinnati was sentenced in U.S.District Court to 36 months in prison for obstruction of justice for using bogus checks...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - After Shell Oil's attempts to drill in the Arctic encountered multiple troubling incidents, the company announced today that it will not be drilling in the Arctic in 2013. Among the incidents were catastrophic failures of proposed containment systems, one of two drilling ships running aground while being towed through a storm to avoid tax considerations, and another ship receiving 16 safety and performance violations.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: Part of $30 billion impact that supports 252,000 jobs nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: Lafayette/Shreveport/Lake Charles/Alexandria/Monroe, La: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana recognized Black History Month with programs in their Shreveport and Lafayette offices and other community events. These celebrations included recognizing the culture, social, scientific...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Luis Ivan Nino-Duenes, 28, of Control, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been sentenced to prison following his convicted of being an alien in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Nino-Duenes pleaded guilty on June 19, 2012, immediately prior to jury selection in his trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that four more co-defendants-members of a southwest Idaho drug trafficking organization-were sentenced in United States District Court in Boise this week for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. This brings to 11 the number of defendants sentenced in the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kenneth Espinosa, 46, of Ruidoso, N.M., was sentenced this morning to a year of probation and ordered to pay a $2,500 fine for trespassing on the San Andres National Wildlife Refuge. Espinosa’s sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales and Nicholas E. Chavez, Special Agent in Charge of the Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: "We are pleased to announce that the Trail Development Plan - Phase One/Environmental Assessment (plan/EA) is now available for public review and comment," explained National Park Service Acting Superintendent Debbie Darden. "The public has expressed a great deal of interest in developing additional...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: Mineral, CA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows that the 351,269 visitors to Lassen Volcanic National Park spent $15,807,000 in communities surrounding the park.This spending supported 178 jobs in the local area.
