News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - James Rodney Grant, Jr., 36, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael W. Mosman to 70 months in prison and three years supervised release following his plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Dr. ROBERTO AYMAT, a medical doctor, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to participating in a scheme to defraud Medicare out of approximately $8.5 million through the use of fraudulent HIV/AIDS clinics...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: Chairman Kline will convene a full committee hearing on Wednesday, February 27 at 12:30 p.m. to discuss school safety issues in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. The hearing, entitled “Protecting Students and Teachers: A Discussion on School Safety," will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston man indicted for a string of bank robberies in Houston during the summer of 2012 has been ordered to federal prison, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Kyle Lee Puglisi, 27, was charged with multiple counts of bank robbery after allegedly robbing five banks located in various grocery stores throughout the Houston area between July and September of this year. He pleaded guilty Monday, Dec. 10, 2012.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report on the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure control systems...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Julio Cesar Flores-Martinez, 47, and Francisco Padilla-Perez, 41, both Mexican nationals living in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, have been ordered to prison for their roles in attempting to smuggle 652 assault rifle magazines into Mexico, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: SAN JOSE - Suibin Zhang was sentenced this morning following his conviction on five felony counts of Theft of Trade Secrets by a federal district judge, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Jakari Tywann Lewis, 38, of Mobile, was sentenced today in federal court to 15 months imprisonment on the charge of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. Lewis entered a guilty plea to the charge in October of 2012. Senior District Court Judge Charles R. Butler, Jr., imposed...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Feb. 25, 2013, Leslie Wade Hardin, age 42, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced to 147 months imprisonment for conspiring to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine, and for possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. United States District Judge Stephanie M. Rose also sentenced Hardin to 5 years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Joseph Taylor, 53, of Thousand Oaks, and Dustin York, 35, of Newbury, were sentenced to prison today for their involvement in a conspiracy to cultivate marijuana in a warehouse on South Union Avenue in Bakersfield, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neil sentenced Alejandro Uriostegui Rodriguez, aka Jose Salgado Valladares, aka Guerrero, aka Alejandro Basave Uriostegui, 40, an undocumented alien from Guerrero, Mexico, today to four years in federal prison for conspiring to cultivate, distribute, ...
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: Dear President Morsi: We are writing with concern to the Civil Associations and Institutions Act, or “NGO Law," recently drafted and distributed by your cabinet. In countries all over the world, including here in the U.S., independent civil society organizations are integral to the creation and maintenance...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: The Obed Wild and Scenic River will host a reception for Penny Otwell, the first artist-in-residence for the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and Obed Wild and Scenic River. The reception will offer visitors the opportunity to meet and talk with the artist while viewing some of the painting she has created during her stay in the parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Patrick Cody Morgan, 46, of Alvin, has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for his convictions on multiple counts of bank fraud, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. A federal jury sitting in Houston found Morgan guilty on Oct. 30, 2012, of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and nine counts of bank fraud following two days of trial and less than three hours of deliberation. .
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: Sean J. Redd, Jr., 23, of Washington Park, IL, was sentenced in United States Federal District Court, in East St. Louis, IL, for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Previously Convicted Felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today made the following statement regarding the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals who will consider an appeal by Drakes Bay Oyster Company in Point Reyes, Calif., an oyster farm who was recently denied an extension of their 40-year operating permit by the U.S. Department of Interior (Interior).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: A co-owner and operator of three Miami discount pharmacies was sentenced today to 168 months in prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme that submitted more than $23 million in false claims to Medicare.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and university scientists have found that cattle temperament influences how animals should be handled, how they perform and how they respond to disease.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Louis Fazzini, 46, of Caldwell, N.J., was sentenced today to.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2013
News Release: Stole the Identities of Doctors Who Applied for Fellowships at Johns Hopkins Hospital Where His Girlfriend Worked.
