News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: Allegedly Duped Victims into Providing Their Personal Identifying Information by Claiming That the Victims Had Won the Jamaican National Lottery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: Four more people were recently sentenced for their roles in a $1.7 million scheme to defraud the United States by obtaining false and fraudulent U.S. Treasury tax refund checks using the identities of deceased people, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Darryl Williams, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation’s Cincinnati office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: On Dec. 28, 2012, Craig Bashein, a prominent attorney and Civil War collector in Cleveland, Ohio, made a historic donation of artifacts to the Gettysburg National Military Park of rare one-of-a-kind objects and a trove of war time notes and sketches that will offer enormous new opportunities to examine the Battle of Gettysburg and other Civil War battles from 1862 to 1865.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: A Mt. Carmel resident was indicted by the federal grand jury on January 8, 2013, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Kevin C. Williams, 52, was indicted for 35 counts of wire fraud and five (5) counts of money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Ocean County, N.J., man today admitted using a computer in his home to distribute images of child pornography, including images of infants, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on Jan. 10, 2013, by United States District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Byron Eagleman, age 31, was sentenced to 30 months in custody, 2 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Victim Assistance Fund.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: By examining what lady beetles eat, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are learning more about the movement of these beneficial insects in farm fields-and whether they'll actively feed on crop pests.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: Complaint Charges All 16 Defendants With Narcotics Conspiracy, Robbery Conspiracy, And Firearms Offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: New York, NY - Ellis Island Immigration Museum remains closed due to severe damage to infrastructure on the island from Hurricane Sandy. "Though the Museum collection was not harmed during or after the storm, we are unable to maintain a climate-controlled environment critical to protecting the many significant...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: MANHATTAN - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond W. Kelly, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), and Joseph A. D’Amico, the Superintendent...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: Mojave National Preserve invites desert travelers to experience the photography of Gabriel Thorburn and the poetry of Russell Thorburn, now on exhibition in the Desert Light Gallery at the Kelso Depot Visitor Center. The exhibit, Many Names Have Never Been Spoken Here, will be showing from January 12 to April 6, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Michael Douglas, 31, of O’Fallon, Illinois was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, East St. Louis Division for defrauding the unemployment insurance...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans to China during the 2012/2013 marketing year.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Department of Energy today released its report on implementing final recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following response to DOE’s implementation report...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Kelly Crow Dog, age 27, of Rosebud, South Dakota, appeared before US District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Jan. 10, 2013, and pled guilty to one count of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 10 years of imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: Sixteen Defendants Have Now Pled Guilty To Fraud And Other Charges.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Department of Energy today released its report on implementing final recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following response to DOE’s implementation report...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on Jan. 11, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, WAYNE ALAN PARTIN, a 52-year-old resident of Butte, appeared for sentencing. PARTIN was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender and Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding was sentenced on January 7, 2013, by US District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: Colorado National Monument will Reopen the.
