News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today the filing of criminal charges against Frank Suriano, age 44, of Pittston, Pennsylvania, with conspiring to distribution of more than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride, and with distributing cocaine on numerous occasions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Greenfield attorney was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: Larry Murphy,54, of Antioch, Tenn. and Anny Castillo, 30, of Madison, Tenn., were sentenced on Feb. 15, 2013, on federal bribery charges stemming from the fraudulent issuance of Tennessee driver licenses, announced Jerry E. Martin, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the return of an indictment charging Emir (31, Seffner) and Roger Gary (60, Lakeland) with conspiracy to...
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: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Lawrence County has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months imprisonment, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction of failure to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: The impact of budget cuts rear their head many years after they actually happen - when researchers find incomplete information and Members of Congress receive inadequate services.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Colorado United States Attorney John Walsh this morning appeared before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, where he testified on behalf of the Department of Justice in support of the proposed Assault Weapon ban and High Capacity Magazine Ban. The hearing was entitled “Hearing on the assault weapon ban of 2013.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on Feb. 27, 2013, an Information was filed in United States District Court for the District of Nebraska charging Michael D. Haffke age 50 of Omaha Nebraska, with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States in violation of Title 18, United...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: Today, civil rights icon Rosa Parks was honored by having a statue dedicated in her honor within Statuary Hall inside of the United States Capitol. Following his participation in the ceremony, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement...
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: This morning in El Paso, 49-year-old Hector Ayala, former owner of Uniforms of Texas, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to smuggle ammunition and other prohibited items into the Republic of Mexico announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Dennis Ulrich in El Paso.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
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By USDA Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 26, 2013 – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced the release of a report which provides a comprehensive look at the economic role, challenges and opportunities for food hubs in the nation's growing local food movement. The announcement was made during ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: Two former owners of a Los Angeles-area medical equipment wholesale supply company pleaded guilty today to conspiring with their customers to defraud Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: A federal court in Los Angeles permanently barred a Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., married couple – Henock Teferi and Ruth Berhane – and their company, Plover Financial Services LLC, from engaging in certain abusive tax-preparation practices, the Justice Department announced today. The defendants are former ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: A federal judge sentenced House of Raeford Farms Inc., a poultry slaughtering and processing facility located in Raeford, N.C., to a fine of $150,000, a two year period of probation and to pay a special assessment of $4,000 on Feb. 26, 2013, for 10 counts of knowingly violating the Clean Water Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced that it has reached a comprehensive settlement agreement with the School District of Palm Beach County, Fla., the nation’s eleventh-largest school district, to prevent and address discrimination in school enrollment and student discipline. The agreement resolves the department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: Patrick Scott, 47, of Tuba City, Arizona, was sentenced in Phoenix today to 30 days in prison, five months home confinement, one year supervised release and a $2,000 fine for illegally selling golden eagle and other migratory bird parts, a felony criminal offense, announced Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, and John S. Leonardo, U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: A Florida couple who owned a military contracting company pleaded guilty today 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.
