News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Newark, N.J., man was convicted by a federal jury today of possession of cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense and unlawful possession of a loaded handgun by a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOE 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: STATESBORO, GA - Antonio Lamont Murray, 39, and Cecil DeWitt Nelson, 33, two brothers from Pembroke, Georgia, were each sentenced to life in prison today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge B. Avant Edenfield for their roles in two separate kidnappings in the Bryan County area. For additional firearm convictions associated with the kidnappings, Murray was also sentenced to a consecutive 57-year prison sentence. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Robert Pitman announced that 27-year-old Francisco Jose Cantu, of Andrews, TX, faces five to twenty years in federal prison after pleading guilty to receipt of materials relating to the sexual exploitation of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Christine L. Hagen, 28, of Olney, Illinois, was sentenced in federal district court to federal prison on methamphetamine-related charges, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today. Hagen was sentenced to 115 months in prison, to be followed by six years supervised release, and fined $200.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 39-year-old Longview, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - An individual found in Coraopolis, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of re-entry into the United States after deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Joseph McIntyre, 38, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to six months incarceration for his role in a conspiracy to illegally distribute anabolic steroids. McIntyre, a former Philadelphia Police Officer, was charged in an indictment that named 14 others including fellow officers Keith...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that two Southeast Alaska residents, Raymond P. Chatham, 65, of Edna Bay, Alaska, and Joshua Wodyga, 31, of Ketchikan; Alaska, and two Southcentral Alaska residents, John K. Boone, 55, of Valdez, Alaska, and David K. Johnson, 53, of Anchorage, Alaska, were charged with crimes under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: In a joint letter sent today, Senator David Vitter (R-La.), the top Republican of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, questioned James Martin, Region 8 Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding his use of a non-official e-mail account to conduct official business, potentially violating federal transparency laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Joseph Edwin Gable, aka Mike Jones, 42, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to structuring proceeds derived from an interstate drug trafficking operation, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Commerce 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 State Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Three Congressional leaders sent a letter yesterday evening to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, seeking documents related to the incomplete Department of State Accountability Review Board (ARB) report on the failures that led to the fatal attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya that resulted in the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, on the fourth anniversary of enactment of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced the Fair Pay Act, which would build upon the important work of that legislation and help ensure equal pay for equal work. Harkin’s legislation would require employers...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA - An indictment, today unsealed in federal court, has charged 12 Georgia residents for their role in a fraudulent income tax refund ring. The indictment follows a 14-month joint investigation by the IRS Criminal Investigation, the FBI and the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations for the National Peanut Board. Applications are due by May 1, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - - Norma Alicia Gallegos, 30, and her husband Jose Carlos Aguilar, 32, have been sentenced for their roles in a large-scale international cocaine trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC- Despite having no authority to do so under ObamaCare, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a final rule in May 2012 to extend eligibility for health insurance subsidies to people enrolled in exchanges established and run by the federal government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - After deliberating for three hours, a federal jury of five men and seven women found Lewis Whoolery guilty of wire fraud conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Jan. 29, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, JASON CHARLES SHOUSE, a 36-year-old resident of Cascade County, pled guilty to sexual exploitation of children and penalties for registered sex offenders. Sentencing has been set for May 10, 2013. He is currently detained.
