News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A man from North Carolina and two associates from Texas have been charged with coming to Wichita to sell more than $72,000 worth of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Jan. 29, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, LARKIN TROY CHANDLER, a 46-year-old resident of Crow Agency, pled guilty to theft from an organization receiving federal funding. Sentencing has been set for May 1, 2013. He is currently released on special conditions.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) introduced the #NoBudgetNoPay bill, H.R. 325, which provides for the following...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This morning a federal judge in Albuquerque sentenced Travis Cohoe, 44, a member and resident of Navajo Nation who resides in Two Grey Hills, N.M., to a year and a day in prison for his assault conviction. Cohoe will be on supervised release for three years after he completes his prison sentence. Cohoe also was ordered to pay $7,176.41 in restitution to the victim of his crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., returned an indictment charging LaQuanta Clayton with aggravated identity theft and theft of government money, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, upon the release of three separate Administration reports on the private sector defined benefit pension system, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) criticized the Obama Administration for failing to bring forward a plan to protect the pensions of American workers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Hari J. Dillon, the former President and Executive Director of the Vanguard Public Foundation, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for diverting funds directed for the benefit of the Vanguard Public Foundation to his own purposes, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This afternoon, a federal jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., convicted Efrain Gonzales-Perez, 42, of Albuquerque, for transporting an illegal alien after a two-day trial. The guilty verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales, Special Agent in Charge Carol K.O. Lee of the Albuquerque Division of the FBI, and Chief Patrol Agent Scott A. Luck, El Paso Sector, U.S. Border Patrol.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Richard Minicozzi, M.D., 79, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to seven years in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and 17 counts of distribution of controlled substances for running a pill mill out of his office located at 731 Morris Street in Philadelphia. Minicozzi...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: POCATELLO, Idaho - Jose Tapia-Lopez, 29, a Mexican national formerly living in Heyburn, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 168 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Tapia-Lopez was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release. He pleaded guilty to the charge on November 5, 2012.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) today made the following comment regarding news reports that U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood will not serve a second term.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Charles Brown, 61, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning to eight years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possessing a stolen firearm and ammunition. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales and Thomas G. Atteberry, Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today announced the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Michael Leamnson Admitted To Defrauding Clients Out Of Nearly $1 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces today that Stephen Governale (49, Tampa) pleaded guilty to attempted enticement of a minor to engage in a sexual activity. Governale is facing a mandatory minimum of 10 years, up to life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing has been set for June 13, 2013. Governale was indicted on Oct. 10, 2012.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), will launch its “American Energy Security and Innovation" hearing series next Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Energy...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today announced the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), will launch its “American Energy Security and Innovation" hearing series next Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: MONTERIO WIGGINS, age 21, of Gretna, Louisiana pled guilty in federal court yesterday before U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk to Violations of the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization Act, the Federal Gun Control and Controlled Substances Acts, announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that a Columbus man was sentenced on Jan. 29 to one year in federal prison for distributing a quantity of crack cocaine. Thomas Jennings, 53, admitted that on June 28, 2012, he sold a quantity of crack cocaine to a person cooperating with law enforcement...
