News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Ocean County, N.J., woman today admitted concealing from a bankruptcy trustee profits she had made on a Ponzi scheme investment, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Wayne White, 52, of Miami, Florida, was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled and non-controlled prescription drugs, the distribution of controlled substances, and conspiracy to commit international money laundering, arising from the distribution...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today introduced legislation to permit road access to two proposed multi-mineral mines on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. The bill would authorize the building of road through inventoried roadless lands.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - National Park Service biologists recently captured the 300th bobcat as part of the longest-running bobcat study ever conducted. Started in 1996, the study examines the behavior, ecology and conservation of bobcats, in particular how urbanization has affected the bobcat population in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for attempting to board an aircraft with a concealed dangerous weapon after a loaded handgun was discovered by screeners in his carry-on luggage at Kansas City International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FL - Nine men have now been sentenced to federal prison in connection with Operation See Change, a six-month undercover investigation targeting street-level drug distribution along Tallahassee’s Alabama Street corridor.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: Today Senator David Vitter (R-La.), the top Republican of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) asked Attorney General Eric Holder to clarify the Department of Justice's (DOJ) policy for choosing who has violated the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, after observing an apparent bias toward pursuing cases involving oil and gas producers, and not wind energy producers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Milton Ohlsen III was sentenced to 20 years in prison involving the 2008 bombing in the Carondelet Plaza garage that injured Clayton attorney John L. Gillis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Jimmy Holland Boyd, 63, of Fredericksburg, Virginia pled guilty on Jan. 29, 2013, to failing to pay employment taxes and failing to file personal income tax returns. As part of the plea, he admitted that he had not filed personal income tax returns since 1988 and owes the United States $350,000 in back taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: Michelle And William Ferguson Each Sentenced To Jail Time.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: Eugene, Ore. - Denise Richardson, 47, of Roseburg, Oregon, was sentenced to prison for stealing narcotics from the Roseburg Veteran's Affairs Hospital. Richardson is a former pharmacy technician at the Veteran's Affairs Hospital. Chief U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Richardson to 24 months in prison and ordered her to pay restitution in the amount of $23,475.23, the amount the VA spent purchasing the narcotics.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest and Southwest Colorado districts are seeking public nominations for 10 open positions on their Resource Advisory Councils, which advise the BLM on public land issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: Defendant’s Sentence Enhanced for Raping a Female Illegal Alien During Smuggling Expedition Involving Nine Illegal Aliens.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - On Jan. 29, a resident of Allegheny County was sentenced in federal court to 36 months imprisonment, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - Acting Southeast Regional Director Gordon Wissinger announced that Brian Carlstrom has been selected as the next Superintendent of Biscayne National Park. Carlstrom has been the Deputy Superintendent at Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal, headquartered in Hagerstown, Md., since 2009. He will begin his new duties in mid-March.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: Defendant Charged with Violating Safe Doses Act.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the Energy Department’s SunShot Initiative, the Department today announced seven data-driven projects to unearth new opportunities for reducing costs and accelerating solar energy deployment in the United States. These projects - located in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: Baton Rouge Motorcycle Dealership Sales Manager Kevin Calmes Motion For New Trial Denied; Ordered To Report To Jail.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury. Philip LaBatte, age 24, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 16, 2012 for Distribution of a Controlled Substance to a Person Under the Age of 21 and Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2013
News Release: PENSACOLA - Four Floridians have been federally indicted for their involvement in a fraudulent prisoner income tax refund scheme. The indictment of Cora Beard (68) of Morriston, William Scott Folk (36) and Christopher Jesse Lee (35) both currently incarcerated in the Florida Department of Corrections...
