News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Feb. 21, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, ROSS T. PATTISON, a 49-year-old resident of Hardin, appeared for sentencing. PATTISON was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced today that Justin Lamar Sternad, 35, was charged with having violated the Federal Election Campaign Act (Election Act) in connection with the 2012 Democratic Party primary election for Florida’s 26th Congressional District.
By State Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - As part of a regional tour that began in Afghanistan earlier in the week, Senator Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited Pakistan yesterday and today to promote the strengthening of ties between the two countries. During meetings with the President ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA - Do you "dig" archeology? So do the Flagstaff Area National Monuments. Throughout the month of March, visit Walnut Canyon, Wupatki, and Sunset Crater Volcano to learn more about the amazing science of archeology and how it is used in your National Parks and Monuments. There won't be any digging, but it will be a lot of fun for the whole family.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce announced its hearing schedule for the week of Feb. 25, 2013. Beginning on Tuesday, the Energy and Power Subcommittee will explore private-sector successes and opportunities in energy efficient technologies. On Wednesday, the Health...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: FELISHA MONET MITCHELL, age 32, a resident of Palm Springs, California, was charged in a one-count indictment today for threatening the President of the United States in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 871(a) announced U.S. Attorney Dana Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO -Seventeen defendants are facing federal narcotics and/or firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Joshua Bodean Smith, age 22, of Colorado Springs, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello to serve 483 months (40 years and 3 months) followed by 8 years of supervised release for two counts of armed robbery (Hobbs Act) and two counts of possession of a firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on Feb. 22, 2013, Mary Barnett-Johnson, 51, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, pled guilty to Theft of Government Funds as charged in a one count indictment returned on Dec. 11, 2012, by a Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Lillie Vaughn, 56, of Cahokia, IL, a beneficiary of the Illinois Medicaid Home Services program, and Vickie Deal, 46, of Madison, IL, her personal assistant under the program paid by the State of Illinois, were sentenced in the District Court in East St. Louis, IL, on one count of making False Statements related to Health Care Matters, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce announced its hearing schedule for the week of Feb. 25, 2013. Beginning on Tuesday, the Energy and Power Subcommittee will explore private-sector successes and opportunities in energy efficient technologies. On Wednesday, the Health...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Tony Wilkerson, 41, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a five-year prison term for carrying out two bank robberies within one week, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce announced its hearing schedule for the week of Feb. 25, 2013. Beginning on Tuesday, the Energy and Power Subcommittee will explore private-sector successes and opportunities in energy efficient technologies. On Wednesday, the Health...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: John Allen Wright, 46, of Milton, appeared in United States District Court today and was sentenced to 160 years in prison, the maximum penalty allowed, after pleading guilty to five counts of sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Van Buren, MO- Beginning Monday, March 4 through 5:00 pm on Thursday, May 23, 2013, the Big Spring Campground will be undergoing a paving and culvert repair project. The venture requires the closing of the campground for visitor safety. Currently, the campground is open until the project begins. Access to the lodge, cabins and boat ramps will not be affected. Access to the spring may be affected temporarily.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Michigan. Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. David Lewis Many Defrauded Investors of Over One Million Dollars. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell sentenced David Lewis Many, 42, formerly of Lansing, Michigan, to 63 months...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on Feb. 21, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch, the following individuals were arraigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Asim Waqar, a former employee of Kaiser Permanente, headquartered in Oakland, California, was sentenced on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amounts of $1,803,667 to Kaiser and $142,530 to the United States Treasury for his guilty pleas to the conspiracy to commit wire fraud and tax evasion, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND - Hassan Johnny Valenzuela pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Yesterday, United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. sentenced two brothers from Union City for conspiring to distribute (Ecstasy). Judge England sentenced Masod Rahimi, 26, to nine years in prison and Mansore Rahimi, 24, to two years and 11 months in prison, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
