News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Washington, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to five years imprisonment, to be followed by two years supervised release, on violating federal firearms charges, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Guy Martin Johnson, 56, of Addison, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 12 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release, following his guilty plea in November 2012 to one count of transportation of child pornography. Johnson has been in federal custody since he entered his guilty plea. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on Feb. 19, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY QUINN, a 49-year-old resident of Troy, pled guilty to distribution of child pornography. Sentencing has been set for May 24, 2013. He is currently released on special conditions.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today called on Republicans to end their hypocrisy on the sequester and oil and gas development, pointing to looming budget cuts that will decimate the Interior Department’s ability to lease public land, issue permits for drilling, and enforce safety regulations...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Feb. 19, 2013, Shawn R. Larkin, 30, Milwaukee, Wis., who was living in Minot, N.D., at the time of this incident, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of possession of firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. Larkin pleaded guilty to the charge on Oct. 12, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: Rural Gainesboro, Tennessee Barn Used as Medical Provider Address.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Four individuals - including two settlement agents in Annandale, Va. - have pleaded guilty to conspiring to fraudulently taking over the titles of homes in Washington, D.C., without the real property owners’ knowledge, selling those homes, and keeping the profit.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: In El Paso this morning, former El Paso County Commissioner Larry Medina, El Paso attorney David Escobar, and former Ysleta Independent School District (YISD) Trustees Linda Chavez and Mickey Duntley were sentenced for their roles in a corruption scheme involving healthcare service contracts with AccessHealth, Inc. (ACCESS), announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Mark Morgan.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man has pleaded guilty to interstate travel for the purpose of engaging in sex with a child, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Tyrone Reid, 22, of Houston, has been found guilty of a conspiracy involving numerous co-defendants who lied to federal firearms dealers in the purchase of firearms, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. The Houston federal jury returned its verdicts this afternoon after three days of trial and approximately two hours of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson and Judge James J. Brady of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana and the agencies of the federal courthouse will host the Eighteenth Annual Federal Courthouse African American History Month Program at 11:00 a.m. on Feb. 22, 2013, in Courtroom 1, on the third floor of the federal courthouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Feb. 19, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, FRANKLIN TROY CAPLETTE, a 28-year-old resident of Havre, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Sentencing has been set for June 10, 2013. He is currently detained.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Gibsonia, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to one year and one day incarceration, to be followed by three years supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal firearm laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) today released the following joint statement after the National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans (NCCMP) issued a report on multiemployer pension reform...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today PATRICK REX LOVETT, 48, of Tabor City, North Carolina, pled guilty before Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III, to structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements, in violation of Title 31, United States Code, Sections 5324(a)(3) and (d)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Shawn Sisco, 48, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Indictment with preparing false income tax returns for her clients, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the indictment, Sisco, who owned Sisco Accounting, a home-based tax preparation business, falsified...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - The former chairman of a west suburban bank was sentenced today to a year and a day in federal prison for making false statements in regulatory documents regarding his undisclosed personal interest in loans that resulted in the bank losing more than $680,000. The defendant, JAMES A. REGAS...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City man has been sentenced to 95 years in federal prison for robbing financial institutions in Topeka and Leavenworth, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Former Humana Inc. regional sales director, Glen Allan Fine, pleaded guilty in United States District Court in Louisville, Kentucky today, to charges of racketeering and bribery, in connection with his former position, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2013
News Release: Background. Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of Indictments charging three automotive parts suppliers...
