News from February 2013
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD MA - "I Want You for the US Army" may be the single most memorable poster made in United States history. This picture of Uncle Sam in his red, white, and blue top hat with his finger pointing directly at the viewer, calls forth strong emotions. Helen Casey, owner of Posters, Inc., will explain how posters sway the masses in an engaging program on Saturday, March 16th at 1:30pm. The event is free to the public.The snow date will be Saturday, March 23 at 1:30pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that a criminal complaint, filed Feb. 25, 2013, charges WILLIAM IRA HARRIS, JR. with possession of ammunition while subject to a domestic violence protective order, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(8) and 924.A detention hearing was held today and U.S. Magistrate Judge Gates ordered HARRIS detained pending his trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: An Indictment Is A Formal Accusation Of Criminal Conduct, Not Evidence. Defendants Are Presumed Innocent Unless And Until Convicted Through Due Process Of Law.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: A grand jury returned a seven-count indictment charging India N. Parker, 36, with several crimes related to the theft of more than $40,000 in government benefits.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) introduced the American Job Protection Act, legislation to repeal the job-killing employer mandate that was included...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Natchez, Miss - Robert Kale Johnson, 38, of Bentonia, Mississippi, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to serve 15 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for accepting a $5,000 bribe while working as a prison guard at the Yazoo Federal Correction Complex in Yazoo, Mississippi...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Defendants Charged With Heroin And Crack Cocaine Distribution Conspiracies And Firearms Possession.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: On Feb. 26, 2013, Termain D. Moore, a twenty-one year old Alorton, IL, man pled guilty in Federal District Court, in East St. Louis, to Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Previously Convicted Felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - William Andrews, 52, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 145 months in prison for a drug distribution conspiracy involving approximately 7,000 pills of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of oxycodone. Andrews obtained oxycodone pills from various sources, including...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A professional hunter from Tennessee will has been sentenced to three years on federal supervised release for a Lacey Act violation in Kansas, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. The hunter will lose his hunting privileges throughout the United States for six months, as well as paying a $10,000 fine and $10,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND - Miguel Bedoya pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced today that a Federal Grand Jury returned an indictment on Feb. 27, 2013 charging JAMES R. HOLDMAN with 18 (eighteen) counts of mail fraud for his role in executing a fraudulent investment scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Three Cleveland residents are accused of taking part in a conspiracy to defrauded Giant Eagle's payroll account out of approximately $80,000, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 25-year-old career criminal from St. Cloud was sentenced for possessing a.22-caliber rifle. United States District Court Judge Patrick J. Schiltz sentenced Shawn Allen Roering to 204 months in prison on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Roering was indicted on April 3, 2012, and pleaded guilty on Aug. 15, 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Visitors to Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve contributed more than $6 million to local economies and supported81 jobs in 2011 according to a recent report issued by the National Park Service. In 2011, Craters of the Moon hosted 198,545 visitors. "Over the years, Craters of the Moon...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - John S. Dudley, age 58, of Sandy, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in U. S. District Court in Salt Lake City this week and agreed to pay restitution of approximately $6,868,000 to victims of a fraudulent investment scheme. The final restitution amount will be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Lewey Martinez, 32, of Falfurrias, has been ordered to prison for his role in an alien smuggling and harboring scheme that resulted in the September 2011 death of a 24-year-old Mexican national, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Martinez pleaded guilty Nov. 14, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: President Abraham Lincoln once said, “The best way to predict your future is to create it.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that Frederick R. Green pleaded guilty today to one count of false claims against the government, one count of possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices, and one count of theft of government money. He faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison for the false claims charge. He faces up to 10 years in federal prison for each of the other charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -Testifying before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources today, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) reiterated his strong opposition to the Obama Administration’s unilateral decision to undermine welfare work requirements saying Congress must act to stop this overreach by the Obama Administration.
