News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -Darius Joshua, 19, of Washington, D.C., has pled guilty to charges stemming from a 2011 shooting in the Congress Park community of Southeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: Jean-Claude Bridges Admits To Burning Church.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: Glacier National Park is hosting Winter Signs Snowshoe Walks every Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. beginning Saturday, Jan. 12, Winter Trails Day. This day is celebrated throughout the country as an opportunity to enjoy the outdoors and discover the fitness and social benefits of outdoor activities. The snowshoe walks will continue through March 17.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Willard Lynn Dorian, Jr., age 36, of Mission, South Dakota, appeared before United States District Judge Roberto A. Lange on January 8, 2013, and pled guilty to Domestic Assault by Habitual Offender. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 5 years in custody, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: Shreveport, La.: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Massachusetts man was sentenced to serve 45 years in prison for his participation in an international criminal network, known as Dreamboard, which was dedicated to the sexual abuse of children and the creation and dissemination of graphic images and videos of child sexual abuse throughout the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two men and one woman, all of Corpus Christi, have entered guilty pleas to charges relating to their unlawful manufacture of AK-47 type firearms, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: Earlier today, at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, New York, Agron Hasbajrami, an Albanian citizen and Brooklyn resident, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to terrorists. Hasbajrami will be removed from the United States at the conclusion of his sentence.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa issued the following statement following reports that a second Veterans Affairs (VA) official has resigned over wasteful conference spending following an Inspector General report. The Committee has made a query to the VA about these reports.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Park Rangers from The National Park Service along with officers from the Beverly Shores Police Department, Porter County Sheriff's Office, and Town of Porter Police responded to the report of a person with a gun in a vehicle along old road within Indiana Dunes National...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On Jan. 8, 2013, Freddie Marshall Carson, 45, formerly of Powell Tenn., was sentenced to serve 46 months in prison by the Honorable Tomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge, as a result of his conviction on Aug. 1, 2012, of wire fraud and money laundering.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: Washington - Under regulations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), Patrick Family Farms LLC., operating in Omega, Georgia, has posted a $20,000 cash surety bond.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Benjamin Leonard, age 57, of Pine Ridge, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on Dec. 21, 2012, and pled guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor. The Magistrate Judge is expected to recommend Leonard’s plea be accepted by the District Court. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 15 years' imprisonment and/or a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: HAMMOND, Ind. - A physician who owned weight loss clinics in northwest Indiana and south suburban Chicago pleaded guilty to illegally dispensing millions of pills containing amphetamine-based controlled substances to patients, and he and his wife also pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion relating to...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to press reports today that the American International Group (AIG) is considering joining a $25 billion shareholder lawsuit against the government agencies that rescued AIG during the financial crisis...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn.- On Jan. 8, 2013, Paul Douglas Prater, 51, of Niagra Falls, N.Y. was sentenced to serve 264 months in prison by the Honorable Leon Jordan, U.S. District Judge, as a result of his conviction on Jun. 13, 2012, of being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: (HAMMOND, Ind -.) - A physician who owned weight loss clinics in northwest Indiana and south suburban Chicago pleaded guilty to illegally dispensing millions of pills containing amphetamine-based controlled substances to patients, and he and his wife also pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion relating...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Leawood, Kan., man was convicted in federal court today of mortgage fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Michael McCall, 60, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiring to distribute OxyContin pills, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to nine years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Rene Olivarez, 45, of Robstown, has been sentenced as a career offender for more than 15 years for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Kingsville, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Olivarez pleaded guilty Sept. 6, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Georgia pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
