News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Ronnie Stocks, age 34, of Bel Air, Maryland, today to 126 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute oxycodone.
By State Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, announced chairmen for the Committee’s six subcommittees for the 113th Congress. Chairman Royce also announced that the Committee will consist of 46 Members, including 25 Republicans and 21 Democrats.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Monroe, Michigan, man charged with Failure to Pay Legal Child Support was sentenced on January 4, 2013, by US District Judge Charles B. Kornmann. Stephen J. Peterson, age 35, was sentenced to 2 years of unsupervised probation, a $100 special assessment to the Victim Assistance Fund, and child support restitution in the amount of $16,494.92.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Jose Luis Zuniga-Hernandez, 44, of Control, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been convicted of being an alien found within the United States after deportation and being an alien in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Zuniga-Hernandez aka “El Wicho" was previously convicted in January 2012, but was later permitted to withdraw that plea.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: ABILENE, Texas - Frank Esparza, Sr., 40, of El Paso, Texas, appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge E. Scott Frost and admitted committing the Sept. 27, 2012, armed robbery of First Bank Texas (FBT), SSB, in Abilene, Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: Mary Estelle Curran of Palm Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to filing false tax returns for tax years 2006 and 2007, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - A man who targeted his victims by pretending to be a taxicab driver has been found guilty by a jury of carrying out a series of sexual assaults against women who got into his vehicle as passengers, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Ralph Camper, age 33, of Baltimore, yesterday to 146 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for bank robbery in connection with the robberies or attempted robberies of three banks, a check cashing store and a liquor store.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of McKees Rocks, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 12 years in prison for his conviction of various violations of federal narcotics offenses, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - Two residents of Bradford, Pa., have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of violating federal explosives laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On January 8, 2013, Ryan Lee Hayes, 26, was sentenced by U.S. District Chief Judge Ann Aiken to serve 71 months in federal prison for bank robbery. Upon his release from prison, Hayes will be on supervised release for three years and was ordered by the court to pay restitution in the amount of $1,300.00.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Earl LaRoche, age 53, of Lower Brule, appeared before US District Judge Roberto A. Lange on January 7, 2013, and pled guilty to the indictment that charged him with Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 10 years of imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that an inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Canaan, Pennsylvania, has been charged in a two-count indictment returned today by a federal grand jury in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: SEATTLE - The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the public about criminals posing as DEA special agents or other law enforcement personnel as part of an international extortion scheme. This criminal activity has occurred in the past, but is now occurring with much more frequency. The DEA Seattle Field Division Offices are regularly receiving telephone calls from concerned citizens who are the victims of this extortion effort.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: U.S. Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin man convicted of one count of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess With Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and one count of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on January 4, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann. Nathan Martin, age 30, was sentenced to 109 months in custody, 3 years of supervised release, and a $200 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Jason Cano appeared today in federal court in Dallas, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Renée Harris Toliver, and pleaded guilty to one count of filing false, fictitious and fraudulent claims against the U.S. and one count of aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: Richland - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Carole J. Lepiane, age 58, of College Place, Washington, was sentenced for embezzling public funds while working as the Walla Walla County Undersheriff. Senior United States District Judge Fred...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: Boston - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts and the Boston Office of the U.S. Department of Labor announced today that Dunkin’ Donuts-Pulaski Donuts, Inc. has entered into a settlement agreement. The agreement reached will resolve a complaint filed with the Department of Labor, Veterans’ Employment and Training Service by Army Reservist Christine Deneault.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wants to help turn manufacturing robots into dexterous, nimble-fingered machines-affordable mechanical helpers that can easily handle different types of objects and flexibly assist human workers at even small U.S. factories.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - On Jan. 7, a resident of Houston, Texas, was sentenced in federal court to 240 months imprisonment followed by five years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics and money laundering laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
