News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - Christopher Castillo, 33, of Monte Alto, has been handed a federal prison sentence after having been convicted of one count of bribery, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Castillo entered a plea of guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge John Froeschner on Aug. 22, 2012, which was later accepted by U.S. District Judge Gregg Costa.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Chief District Judge Anne Conway sentenced Rodney U. Berry (43, Orlando) today to 15 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Berry pleaded guilty to the charge on September 6, 2012.
By State Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (NY-16), the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released this statement in response to North Korea’s nuclear test. The statement follows...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Santos Hernandez-Perez, 36, of Mexico, who was convicted of unlawfully transporting undocumented workers within the United States, was sentenced to 36 months in prison. The sentence, which was above the recommended federal guidelines, was handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Feb. 12, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, DANNY THOMAS FOX, a 25-year-old resident of Poplar, appeared for sentencing. FOX was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Feb. 11, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn S. Ostby, the following individuals were arraigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announced that Vladimyr Jean Baptiste, 41, of Coral Springs, pled guilty today to a 76-count superseding indictment before U.S. District Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum. Sentencing is scheduled for April 12, 2013 at 9:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal grand jury sitting in Norfolk, Va., has indicted Leroy Scott, Jr., 49, of Suffolk, on five offenses including conspiracy, witness tampering, retaliation against federal witnesses and the use of a firearm resulting in the murder of one of the witnesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: LEXINGTON, KY - A Woodford County man who posted child pornography videos on the internet for others to download was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Tonight, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which oversees U.S. border and port security, hailed President Obama’s call in tonight’s State of the Union Address for Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Tammy Baggio was indicted for allegedly stealing products from local Sam’s Clubs and re-selling them on eBay. The indictment alleges that she stole merchandise from Sam’s Club locations in seven different states and sold that product to purchasers across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Gary Allen Lewis, 43, was sentenced today to a 20-year prison term on a federal drug charge stemming from an investigation into shipments of large quantities of heroin into Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: “It is a special pleasure to be able to talk about a subject near and dear to my heart - retirement security. I have been focused on this issue for many years. And I know from my constituents that the dream of a secure retirement is growing fainter and fainter. Whether it’s a young family struggling...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Carnegie, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown, Pa., on a charge of possession of cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Yesterday a federal district judge in Las Cruces, N.M., sentenced two men to prison terms for failure to comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), announced by U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales and U.S. Marshal Conrad E. Candelaria.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Memphis, TN - Richard Lee Wade, 50, of Roanoke, VA, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge John T. Fowlkes for sending threatening communications through the mail to a pair of Memphis-area women, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) is preparing a Multiuse Trail Plan with an accompanying Environmental Assessment (EA). RMNP completed a Multiuse Trail Feasibility Study in 2009, for the developed eastern portion of the park. This study confirmed the feasibility of a trail system that would extend...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Feb. 11, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, JORDAN GERALD LEE JACKSON, a 25-year-old resident of Heart Butte and an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe, appeared for sentencing. JACKSON was sentenced to a term of.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the Executive Order signed by the President today, and mentioned at the State of the Union Address, regarding improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity...
By State Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on North Korea’s nuclear test...
