News published on Federal Newswire in January 2013

News from January 2013


News Release: Is Whiskeytown one of your favorite places to spend your free time?Do you enjoy helping others, sharing knowledge, learning new things, and developing new friendships?Would you like a chance to serve your community, support your park, and have fun at the same time?If so, we are offering you an opportunity to join Whiskeytown's dedicated team of "Volunteers-in-Parks.".


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This morning, Carl Labadie, 60, a Colorado resident, entered a guilty plea to possession of a visual depiction of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.


News Release: US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Douglas LaRoche, age 44, of Lower Brule, appeared before US District Judge Roberto A. Lange on January 9, 2013, and pled guilty to the Superseding Information that charged him with Abusive Sexual Contact. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 3 years of imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both.


News Release: Stephen McFadden Was Supplying Local Video Store Operator With "Bath Salts".


Owner Of Gemstar Capital Group Private Equity Company Pleads Guilty To Role In Approximately $40 Million Ponzi Scheme

News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Jeffrey J. Sykes, 54, of San Bernardino County, California, pleaded guilty this morning before U.S. District Judge John McBryde to two counts of securities fraud stemming from a Ponzi scheme he ran in connection with his ownership of Gemstar Capital Group, Inc. (Gemstar), a California-based...


Six Defendants Indicted in $4.5 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme

News Release: Defendants Used Sanford Title Services and Shell Companies to Fraudulently Disburse Settlement Proceeds to Themselves.


News Release: HOUSTON - Former Harris County Deputy Sheriff Jesus Martinez, of Humble, has been convicted of aiding possession of a controlled substance, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.


News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court yesterday afternoon, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced BENNIE JOSEPH DUNLAP, III, 26, of Raleigh, to 21 months in prison, followed by a 3 year term of supervised release, on a single charge of Escape in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 751.


News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Christopher Allen, 47, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., formerly a Transportation Security Administration...


Sen. Murkowski Comments on Energy Department’s Nuclear Waste Report

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today commented on the nuclear energy report released by the Energy Department:


News Release: Chiricahua National Monument Offers Free Entry on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.


Sen. Murkowski Welcomes Court Ruling Vacating Polar Bear Critical Habitat

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded a ruling by a federal district court vacating the designation of 187,000-square miles of Alaska’s North Slope as critical habitat for polar bears by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A New Zealand fishing company that owned and operated the tuna fishing vessel San Nikunau, and a former chief engineer on the ship, were sentenced in federal court today for environmental crimes and obstruction of justice, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.


Tulalip Tribal Member Charged in Death of Toddler

News Release: Mother Charged With Second Degree Murder And Criminal Mistreatment.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, N.J., man was convicted today of two counts of distribution of child pornography, two counts of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Week In Review – Hammond

News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.


News Release: The National Park Service Outer Banks Group Know Your Park citizen science program series continues this winter with a two upcoming presentations.


News Release: Washington - Kenneth Jerome Blackmon Jr., a resident of Montgomery, Ala., pleaded guilty today to aggravated identity theft and access device fraud, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.


News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park will join national park units around the country in offering fee-free entry for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.


Contractor Sentenced To Six Months’ Home Confinement For Violating Clean Air Act In Asbestos Removal Job

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Bergen County, N.J., man was sentenced today to three years of probation, including six months of home confinement, for conspiring to violate the federal Clean Air Act by improperly removing asbestos from a building, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.