News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Twenty-one individuals have been charged with using fraudulent prescriptions to unlawfully obtain Oxycodone, announced by U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales, Second Judicial District Attorney Kari E. Brandenburg, Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the DEA’s El Paso Field Division, and Executive Director Larry Loring, R.Ph., of the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Jacob Tolman, 34, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Ancer Haggerty to 175 months in prison, to be followed by a four-year term of supervised release. The federal charges were brought after an investigation led by the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: By U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom. Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate loving relationships. But maybe it is also a good time for parents to check-in with their teenagers who may be involved in a romantic relationship. If you are a parent of a teenager, do you know the names and faces of three of their...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced today that a Utica woman has been sentenced for her role in an insurance and health care fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: DENVER - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado will offer five parcels totaling 5,577 acres during the quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for 9 a.m., May 9, 2013, at the Colorado State Office in Lakewood.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that three Georgia residents entered pleas of guilty in three separate Indictments before the Honorable Clay D. Land, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, in Columbus, Georgia, under the...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: LEE COUNTY, MS: The Natchez Trace Parkway National Scenic Trail section between milepost 265.5, and milepost 264.8 at Old Town Creek will be closed to all trail users beginning Feb. 13, 2013, for a period of two years.The closure is due to construction under Tupelo's Major Thoroughfare Construction Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced today that on Feb. 12, 2013, two indictments were returned in federal court charging four defendants with possessing, selling, and passing counterfeit U.S. currency in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 472. The defendants were passing and selling the counterfeit U.S. currency throughout the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: Chinese Business Executive Arrested After Allegedly Offering Bribe.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Miller, South Dakota man pled guilty and was sentenced for killing an endangered whooping crane.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today commented on the Energy Security Trust that President Obama proposed in last night’s State of the Union:
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: Also Sentenced to Five Months of Home Confinement, Fined $30,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Marquan Greggs, 22, of Philadelphia, was sentenced yesterday to 78 months for a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Greggs was arrested after a police chase on March 1, 2011, during which he threw a stolen firearm with 10 rounds of ammunition into the street in the 800 block of E. Hilton Street, Philadelphia. Greggs was on parole at the time for two drug trafficking convictions. Greggs pleaded guilty to the charge on April 24, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: PLANO, Texas - Three more executives from Provident Royalties, Inc. have pleaded guilty in connection with an investment fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning North Korea for its Tuesday nuclear test, for flagrant and repeated violations of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions, and for its repeated provocations that threaten international peace and stability.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: ELIZABETH CITY - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court yesterday United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced DONTEZ RUFFIN, 30, to 420 months imprisonment followed by 5 years supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: Washington - At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today to consider the nomination of White House Chief of Staff Jacob “Jack" Lew for Treasury secretary, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) pressed Lew to remain laser-focused on jobs and economic growth and asked Lew to commit to helping with comprehensive...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: Gateway National Recreation Area and Rockaway Little League (RLL) have signed a seven-year lease on the use of a clubhouse and corresponding lands, which include ball fields, in Fort Tilden, part of Gateway National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEVEN FORTUNA, who co-founded the hedge fund S2 Capital LLC (“S2"), was sentenced today to two years of probation for his participation in an insider trading scheme in which he obtained and traded on material...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: Below is Ranking Member Cummings’ testimony, as prepared for delivery, before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs at today’s hearing “Solutions to Solve the United States Postal Service’s Financial Crisis."
