News published on Federal Newswire in January 2013

News from January 2013


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of New Jersey. Friday, January 4, 2013. TRENTON, N.J. - An Ocean County, N.J., man was sentenced today to 22 years in prison for taking pornographic pictures of two minors, ages 6 and 3, in Pennsylvania, and distributing those pictures to other individuals...


McLaughlin Man Pleads Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter

News Release: U.S. Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Jody Charles Red Bird, age 33, of McLaughlin, appeared before U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on Jan. 2, 2013, and pled guilty to an indictment that charged him with Involuntary Manslaughter. The maximum penalty upon conviction is.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The founder and president of Venture Development Associates Inc. (“VDA"), a Farmingdale, N.J., company that presents itself as a provider of corporate financing, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for defrauding an Illinois man out of nearly $50,000, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Shelby Woman Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Medicaid Of $8 Million, Aggravated Identity Theft And Tax Fraud

News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Willard Paul Farrell, III, age 25, of Bullhead, appeared before U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on Jan. 2, 2013, and pled guilty to one count of an indictment that charged him with Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender, resulting in.


Preparing A False Tax Return Lands Man In Federal Prison

News Release: HOUSTON - Kermit Woods has landed in federal prison following his conviction for willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of a false U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Lucy Cruz, special agent in charge of Internal...


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management today announced a policy - in the form of what’s known as an interim Instruction Memorandum - regarding new conditions and restrictions on wild horse and burro sales. The new policy was prompted by the BLM’s overall effort to improve its management and care of wild horses and burros that roam Western public rangelands.


Medical Assistant Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Bill Medicare For Unlicensed Physician’s Services

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A medical assistant at a pair of large medical services companies with offices in New Jersey and New York admitted today to conspiring with the companies’ chief executive officer to defraud Medicare over a four-year period by performing illegal, unlicensed physicians’ services for patients, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Omaha Man Sentenced To 7 Years For Receiving Child Pornography

News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Steven D. Fonder, age 33 of Omaha, was sentenced in United States District Court in Omaha for receiving and possessing child pornography. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, Chief Judge sentenced Fonder to 84 months imprisonment on Count I for receiving...


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced yesterday’s sentencing of defendant Frank Joseph Smith, of Palm Beach County, on charges of producing child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 2251(a). At today’s hearing, U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks sentenced Smith to 240 months in prison.


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News Release: Limantour Road at Point Reyes National Seashore will be reopened at 2 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013. The road has been stabilized and temporary measures will provide access until permanent repairs to the road can be carried out in the next few months.


Yosemite National Park Announces the New Half Dome Trail Stewardship Plan

News Release: Yosemite National Park announces the signing of the Half Dome Trail Stewardship Plan Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). This document records the decision of Yosemite National Park to adopt a new day-use permit program for the Half Dome Trail which includes continued use of the Half Dome cables.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Joshua P. Blakenship, age 25, of Solomons, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to producing child pornography.


News Release: DENVER - John Walsh, the United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, today announced that Yates Petroleum Corporation has paid $416,000.00 to resolve allegations that the company submitted false statements about the royalties the company owed for natural gas removed from federal leases in Wyoming.


Chinese National Sentenced To Federal Prison For   Smuggling Counterfeit Tobacco Products Into The U.S.

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Lin Xiao Wei, 33, a Chinese national, was sentenced on Friday to 16 months in federal prison for importing counterfeit tobacco products into the United States from China, earmarked for Rhode Island. In February 2013, Wei admitted to the court that in February 2012, he arranged for the shipment of a 20-foot cargo container containing counterfeit cigarettes from China to the United States.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement regarding the December jobs report...


News Release: Boston - A Hyannis man was sentenced yesterday for soliciting and recording underage girls engaged in sexually explicit conduct.


Two Individuals Arrested For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Cocaine

News Release: Authorities Seized Approximately 40 Bales Of Cocaine Valued At Approximately $29 Million (USD).


News Release: Plano Father and Son Currently Serving Federal Prison Sentences for Roles in the Fraud.