News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service, Matthew Boyd, Chief, Miami Gardens Police Department, and Larry...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Jury Convicts Linda Sue Cheek On 172 Counts.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: A Toledo woman was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $505,777 in restitution after previously admitting to stealing from Gesu Parish in Toledo, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
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. 22, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, JOHNNY RAY ROWLAND, a 38-year-old resident of Lame Deer and an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, appeared for sentencing. ROWLAND was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Aisha Mayo, 24, a former bank teller from Greenbelt, Md., pled guilty today to a federal conspiracy charge stemming from her role in an identity theft and tax fraud scheme involving the filing of returns seeking more than $20 million in fraudulent refunds.
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 DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Defendant Also Ran Decrepit Longview Hotel Rife With Drug Dealing.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Sacramento, Calif. pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: CINCINNATI - Today, Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge, Detroit Field Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA), along with Kerry B. Harvey, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, jointly announced the...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 410,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China. Of the total, 60,000 tons is for delivery during the 2012/2013 marketing year and 350,000 tons is for delivery during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Rodney R. Hailey, age 34, of Perry Hall, Maryland, today to 151 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release in connection with a scheme in which he sold $9 million in renewable fuel credits which he falsely...
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 that defendants Dontavious M. Blake, 32, and Tara Jo Moore, 26, both of Palm Beach County, were charged in a federal criminal complaint with sex trafficking of minors. Pre-trial detention hearings for Blake and Moore are scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Rose Martine Vernet, 34, of Tallahassee, was arraigned today on a five-count indictment charging conspiracy to defraud the United States, conversion of income tax refund checks, mail fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The indictment was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - One of two Arctic drilling ships employed by Shell Oil does not have proper propulsion to handle all expected weather conditions, has engine trouble, and multiple fire hazards on board the ship, according to sixteen violations identified by the Coast Guard, which were made public today by...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Allegheny County pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of false statements, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Defendant Sought To Export Night Vision Equipment Designed For Military Use.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Ivory Joe Watkins Receives Sentence of 65 months in Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Miqueas Santana, 43, was charged today by information with embezzlement and money laundering in a case that contributed to the closure of the Borinquen Federal Credit Union (BFCU), announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the information, Between July 2009 and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: “Madam" Recruited Korean Nationals To Work At Nightclub And As Prostitutes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A former Fort Campbell, Kentucky, soldier was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release by Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell today, for knowingly possessing, mailing, transporting and shipping child pornography while residing within the Fort Campbell Military Reservation and during active duty in Iraq, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
