News published on Federal Newswire in January 2013

News from January 2013


Treasure Valley Building Contractor Sentenced For Wire Fraud

News Release: Owner of Quality Tile and Roofing, Inc. Agrees to Forfeit $150,000; also Fined $20,000.


News Release: Was Free on Bail Pending State Murder Charges at the Time.


National Park Service Announces Decision to Rehabilitate the Camp Muir Historic District

News Release: Chris Lehnertz, Pacific West Region Director, National Park Service, has issued a decision and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Camp Muir Rehabilitation Plan Environmental Assessment (EA). Lehnertz's decision permits the rehabilitation of the Camp Muir Historic District, including the...


Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictments In Plano, Texas

News Release: PLANO, Texas -A federal grand jury returned multiple indictments today charging individuals with separate federal crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- Robert Randall “Peanut" Webb, 62, of Newport, Tenn., was sentenced on Jan. 7, 2013, to serve 90 months in prison by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, Senior U.S. District Judge. Webb pleaded guilty on May 1, 2012, to conspiring with others to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute...


News Release: A 55-year-old Flint man was sentenced to more than four years in prison and more than $600,000 in restitution on Jan. 8, 2013, for conspiring to commit food stamp fraud, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.


Mableton Man Indicted For Extorting Minors To Produce Child Pornography

News Release: Hutchinson Allegedly Enticed Teenagers to Share Nude Photographs and Then Threatened to Post Them on the Internet.


News Release: POCATELLO - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today the arrest on Tuesday evening of Droshawn Griggs by the Greater Idaho Fugitive Task Force (GIFTF). Griggs was arrested at a local motel in Nampa. He had an active warrant out of Pocatello for attempted murder and an active federal warrant issued by the United States District Court in Pocatello for federal drug charges. Griggs, 27, is a native of the Pocatello area.


Tammy Copas Sentenced To 121 Months In Prison For Armed Robberies

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Tammy Copas, 40, of Johnson City, Tenn., was sentenced to serve a total of 121 months in prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Upon release from prison she will be subject to three years supervised release under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office.


News Release: Former Owner of Online Pharmacy Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison.


Smith County Man Sentenced For Wire Fraud

News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 42-year-old Tyler, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


Darvell Hall Sentenced To 7 Years For Filing False Tax Returns And Wire Fraud

News Release: DARVELL HALL, age 32, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Sarah Vance to seven (7) years for making false claims to an agency of the United States and Wire Fraud, announced United States Attorney Dana Boente. In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Vance ordered HALL to pay full restitution in the amount of $317,389. HALL was also ordered to pay a $200.00 special assessment fee.


Harkin Statement on Resignation of Labor Secretary Solis

News Release: WASHINGTON--Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) released the following statement in response to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis' resignation...


Daniel Thomas Morrow Sentenced In U.S. District Court

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on January 9, 2013, before Senior U.S. District Judge Jack D. Shanstrom, DANIEL THOMAS MORROW, a 57-year-old resident of Billings, appeared for sentencing.


Detroit Man Sentenced Following Federal Weapons Conviction

News Release: A Detroit man was sentenced yesterday in federal court on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.


Kanawha County Man Pleads Guilty In Federal Court To Possession Of Child Pornography

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Kanawha County man pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of child pornography. Tracey E. Cooper, 38, of Dawes, Kanawha County, W.Va., admitted that on Dec. 21, 2011, he knowingly possessed on his computer more than 600...


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Huffman Earl Monk, 52, Brookwood, Ala., pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and paying bribes to a U.S. Coast Guard Transportation Officer.


Sioux Falls Man Sentenced In Passport Fraud Case

News Release: US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sioux Falls man charged with passport fraud and misuse of a Social Security number was sentenced on January 4, 2013, by US District Judge Karen E. Schreier. Mark Steven Shepard, a/k/a Kellynn Daleigh Kennedy, a/k/a Kellynn Dalemay Kennedy, a/k/a Mark Oliver Gallaher, age 56, was sentenced to 12 months custody and one year of supervised release on each count, to be served concurrently.


Former Murray County Sheriff's Deputy Indicted For Obstructing Civil Rights Investigation

News Release: ROME, Ga. - A former Murray County Sheriff’s Deputy has been indicted by a federal grand jury for obstructing a pending civil rights investigation while he was still employed as a Sheriff’s Deputy with Murray County. Joshua Lamar Greeson, 25, of Chatsworth, Georgia, will be arraigned today at 2 p.m., before United States Magistrate Judge Walter E. Johnson. The federal grand jury indicted Greeson on Jan. 3, 2013.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was sentenced today to 150 months in prison for his role in an April 2011 carjacking of a victim at gunpoint in Elizabeth, N.J., U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.