News from January 2013
By USDA Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that BERTON HOCHFELD, the former Manager of Hochfeld Capital Management, L.L.C. (“Hochfeld Capital"), pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to securities fraud and wire fraud charges in connection with an investment scheme in which he stole more than $1 million from investors. HOCHFELD pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Dalton Mollard, age 20, of Fort Pierre, appeared before US District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Jan. 10, 2013, and pled guilty to one count of the indictment that charged him with Distribution of a Controlled Substance. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 5 years of imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: KENTON, Ohio - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Plastic Systems LLC in Kenton with five safety violations after a worker was injured when struck by a forklift. The September complaint inspection has resulted in proposed penalties totaling $89,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: Eugene, Ore. - On January 9, 2013, Michael Dean Wasson, 53, was sentenced by U.S. District Chief Judge Ann Aiken to the statutory maximum sentence, 113 months and 15 days in federal prison, for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. Upon his release from prison, Wasson will be on supervised release for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: Mullins failed to pay more than $389,000 in taxes; defendant also overbilled public defender program by nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal criminal defense attorney was sentenced this afternoon to seven years in federal prison for his conviction on racketeering and money laundering offenses committed on behalf of the Mexican Mafia and the 18th Street gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Administrator Michele Leonhart and Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, announced that Richard Ammar Chichakli, an associate of convicted international arms dealer, Viktor Bout, was arrested yesterday in Australia for, among other things, allegedly conspiring...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: GREENVILLE - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that MARQUAIL EARL MOURING, 23, of Greenville, North Carolina, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard for his role in a cellular telephone store robbery in Greenville in May of 2011. On May 3, 2011, MOURING and two co-defendants robbed, at gunpoint, the U.S. Cellular store on Southwest Greenville Boulevard in Greenville, netting $1,080.00.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 53-year-old Hickory Creek, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud man convicted of Robbery and Aiding and Abetting was sentenced on January 9, 2013, by United States District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Raymond Walter Gassman, age 19, was sentenced to 46 months in custody, 2 years of supervised release, $790 in restitution, and a $100 special assessment to the Victim Assistance Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Anthony Colon, 37, of Riviera Beach, Florida was sentenced to 70 months in prison, 3 years supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment fee. Colon pled guilty to one count of conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - DALE HOWARD BRUNO, 59, from Altus, Oklahoma, was sentenced by United States District Judge David L. Russell to serve 24 months in federal for illegal possession of a functional Claymore mine, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: A 15-count indictment was filed charging Stanley L. Haythorne, age 37, of Toledo, Ohio, with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, structuring financial transactions to avoid reporting requirements, and possession with intent to distribute marijuana, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: Memphis, TN - Today, the Justice Department announced that it filed in federal court yesterday afternoon a comprehensive agreement that will resolve long running litigation with the state of Tennessee originally concerning conditions of care at the former Arlington Developmental Center (ADC). On Jan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Jan. 10, 2013, U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones found Aleksey Dzyuba, 43, of Milwaukie, Oregon, guilty of distributing heroin on March 31, 2011 to 17-year-old Toviy Sinyayev. After ingesting the heroin, Toviy lapsed into a coma and three days later died, shortly after being...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that an indictment was filed against Justin Eckenrode, age 27, of Rossford, Ohio. The indictment charges Eckenrode with transmitting a threatening communication in interstate commerce.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D.-Wind Cave National Park will offer free tours at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 21. Visitors will walk along the Garden of Eden Tour route and view boxwork formations for which the cave is famous. This 1/4-mile tour is moderately strenuous with approximately 150 steps andlasts one hour.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Yesterday, KATHARINE ANNE DAUGHERTY, 57, of Bethany, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve 37 months in prison in connection with a scheme to take money by false pretenses from the United States Department of Labor, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - Vernina Adams pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose yesterday to one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
