News published on Federal Newswire in January 2013

News from January 2013


News Release: Keith Clifton Hairston To Serve 600 Months In Federal Prison.


News Release: DENVER - Richard Lawrence Sandberg, age 35, of Morrison, Colorado, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver earlier this week on three firearm (destructive device) related charges United States Attorney John Walsh and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Andrew...


Virginia Man Pleads Guilty To Distribution Of Child Pornography

News Release: WASHINGTON - James Wendell Brown, 51, of Warrenton, Va., pled guilty today to a federal charge of distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Debra Evans Smith, Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).


News Release: As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas lease auction today netted $11,433,090 in revenues from the sale of 25 Federal leases, totaling 2,831.38 acres, in North Dakota.


Nacogdoches Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking In East Texas

News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 30-year-old Nacogdoches, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Front Range District is seeking nominations for five positions on its Resource Advisory Council, which advises BLM Colorado on public land issues.


Two Men Indicted For Having 55 Fake Credit Cards That They Used To Purchase More Than $5,000 In Merchandise

News Release: A grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging two men with crimes related to their possession of approximately 55 fraudulently obtained credit cards that they used to purchase more than $5,000 worth of merchandise from various merchants at Beachwood Place and Golden Gate, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


News Release: A man who twice sold crack cocaine to a police informant was sentenced on Jan. 29, 2013, to just under twenty years in federal prison.


Father And Son Sentenced For Their Roles In Fraud Scheme

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced John Henley Fowler (64, Ft. Myers) to 5 years and ten months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. The court also sentenced his son, Jeffrey Robert Fowler (35, Ft. Myers), to 3 years and one month in...


Defendant Convicted Of Drug And Attempted Witness Retaliation Charges

News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that a federal jury after less than four hours of deliberation over lunch found defendant William Boney guilty on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation...


Cleveland Woman Charged With Six Counts Of Wire Fraud

News Release: A federal grand jury in Cleveland returned an indictment charging Diana Geoffrion, age 55, of Cleveland, with six counts of wire fraud related to a $100,000 scheme involving a property in Willowick, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


Former Employee Of Timeshare Consulting Firm Pleads Guilty To Fraud Conspiracy

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A former employee of The Vacation Ownership Group LLC admitted today to conspiring to defraud owners of timeshare properties, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - Do you know that a light bulb contains silica, soda ash, lime, coal, salt, tungsten, copper, nickel, molybdenum, iron, manganese, aluminum and zinc - all minerals found on public lands in Colorado? If you visit the Bureau of Land Management’s new minerals website you would know that and much more.


Energy Department Expands Technical Assistance for Tribal Energy Projects

News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to help Tribal communities across the country enhance their energy security and build a sustainable energy future, the Energy Department today announced the second round of the Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) Program, which...


Physician Pleads Guilty To Role In Health Care Fraud Conspiracy

News Release: Dr. Daniel K. Leong Owned South Dallas Community Medical Center.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - John Allen Talerico, age 50, of Cumberland, Maryland, pleaded guilty late yesterday to three counts of armed bank robbery.


New York Man Pleads Guilty To Three Murders

News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Phillip Michael Bryant, 25, of Brooklyn, New York pled guilty today to three counts of murder in aid of racketeering activity. Bryant pled to the murder of Sean McCracken on or about Nov. 1, 2009, and the murder of Johnny Avery on March 19, 2010. Both murders were committed on...


Fort Dodge Woman Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine Conspiracy

News Release: A woman who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pled guilty Jan. 25, 2013, in federal court in Sioux City.


Roma Man Convicted Of Marijuana Conspiracy Using Boats To Navigate The Intra-coastal Waterway

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Alberto Lopez, aka Alberto Lopez-Reyna, 39, of Roma, has entered a plea of guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute in excess of 100 kilograms of marijuana, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Lopez entered into a written plea agreement before Senior U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack just a short time ago in Corpus Christi.


News Release: WILMINGTON, Del - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that a federal jury after less than four hours of deliberation over lunch found defendant William Boney guilty on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation...