News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: Memphis, TN - Clarence Broady, a.k.a. “Killer," 39, of Memphis, TN was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Samuel H. Mays, Jr. to 372 months in prison for his role in the Craig Petties Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO), announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III and Resident Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Memphis office Brian Chambers.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: New Bedford, Mass.--What were the implications of slavery and the abolitionist movement in 19th century America? Explore these ideas on Thursday, January 10 on AHA! (Art, History, Architecture) night. The theme this month is "Emancipation Nation" and curator Jill L. Newmark will speak about the "Binding...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - A local husband and wife have been sentenced to federal prison following their two convictions for defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency in relation to disaster assistance following Hurricane Ike, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. LaCarsha, 40, and Andrew Goodman, 41, entered pleas of guilty on April 10 and May 17, 2012, respectively.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON- Senator Tom Carper, D-Del., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today offered the following joint statement on the future of postal legislation in the 113th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: Co-Conspirator Also Murdered a Brinks Security Guard.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: Three people from the Greater Cleveland area were indicted for their roles in a $1.4 million fraud conspiracy involving property in North Carolina, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland office and Darryl Williams, Special Agent in Charge, IRS-Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Corey Brian Barnes, age 28, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. Judge Bredar also found that Barnes is a career offender based on two previous drug trafficking convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Robert Bonner, 29, of Montgomery, Alabama, pled guilty to charges stemming from his part in a fraudulent income tax refund scheme, announced U.S. Attorney George L. Beck, Jr. Specifically, Bonner pled guilty to one count of identity theft and one count of access device fraud.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: With the commencement of the 113th Congress today, Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) was officially confirmed by the House of Representatives to chair the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Chairman Shuster also announced the full Committee Republican membership.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today sent a letter to Alaska Regional Director for the National Park Service, Sue Masica, raising concerns regarding newly proposed hunting regulations for the Denali National Preserve, Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve, and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Timothy Joseph Carr, age 29, of Baltimore, today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Duquesne, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: Bryan L. Cayce, 45, of O’Fallon, Missouri, appeared for arraignment today in United States District Court in Benton on charges that he illegally distributed heroin, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. The indictment charging Cayce was returned by a Federal Grand Jury on November 6, 2012, and alleged that the distribution occurred on Sept. 18, 2012, in Saline County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: Today in Midland, 68-year-old Jimmy Wayne Wright, former owner of B & L Bookstore in Odessa, was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute Methylenedioxypyrovalerone, or more commonly referred to as “bath salts," announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - David M. Ketchmark, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Hannibal, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a sawed-off shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court yesterday evening, United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced MICHAEL SHAWN BROWN, 47, of Selma, to 30 years in prison, followed by a 3 year term of supervised release, and restitution totaling $345,302, on...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that the US Attorney’s Office in South Dakota collected over $6.3 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 from civil and criminal actions. That amount reflects an increase of more than $2 million over FY 2011 collections.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: Wei Qin, 23, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Indictment with one count of transportation of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that on or about Oct. 13, 2012, Qin, an alien...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2013
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tamral Guzman, 42, of Blount County, Tenn., pleaded guilty on Jan. 3, 2013, in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville, to failure to appear. Sentencing has been set for 10:00 a.m., Mar. 20, 2013, before the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, U.S. District Judge.
