News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A man from Liberal, Kan., has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for tax evasion, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. In addition, he was ordered to $188,097 in restitution and fined $20,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO. N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that the Western District of New York, which covers 17 upstate counties, is sponsoring three upcoming training sessions that will address violent crime, in particular shootings, and how it impacts law enforcement, schools and businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Mt. Olive Correctional Complex inmate pleaded guilty in federal court for mailing threatening communications. Joseph Michael Pettaway, 38, admitted that beginning around 2000 and continuing until 2012, he wrote several letters that contained threats to harm a former acquaintance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte woman convicted of Assaulting a Federal Officer was sentenced on Jan. 24, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Charmagne Means, age 27, was sentenced to 6 months probation, a $150 fine, a $25 special assessment, and a letter of apology to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Police officers.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings sent a letter to the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) about the NFLPA’s continued reluctance to implement in-season testing for human growth hormone (HGH) in National Football League (NFL) players. Fifteen months ago, the parties assured the Committee that they would work to begin testing for HGH as soon as possible.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: A former federal correctional officer pled guilty in US District Court on Jan. 28, 2013, for filing false tax returns, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Attillah Ruffin, 42, waived her right to be indicted by the Grand Jury and pled guilty to an Information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Christian Johnson, 24, of Hampton, pled guilty today to robbery, as well as possessing and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Johnson was set to begin trial today in Norfolk Federal Court.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 220,000 metric tons of soybeans to China during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Puerto Rican man was sentenced today to two years in federal prison for being a key member of an organization that distributed large quantities of Chinese-made, counterfeit pharmaceuticals across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - A former Chicago police officer was charged today with attempting to extort a cash bribe to steer business to a tow truck owner and also with selling three firearms to the same towing operator, who is also a convicted felon. The defendant, ALI HALEEM, was charged as part of Operation Tow Scam, a federal investigation of past bribery and extortion involving police officers and towing operators in several Chicago police districts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Dwight Rank, age 25, of Fort Thompson, South Dakota appeared before US Magistrate Mark A. Moreno on Jan. 24, 2013 and pled guilty to the Superseding Information that charged him with Assaulting a Federal Officer. The maximum penalty upon conviction...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that a Fayetteville man was sentenced on Jan. 24 to three years’ probation for cocaine distribution. Gerald Wayne Hopkins, 52, of Fayetteville, Fayette County, W.Va., a mine safety instructor, admitted that on Feb. 1, 2012, he sold...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - James Douglas Manring, 54, of Fredericksburg, Va., pleaded guilty today to producing child pornography by filming his sexual abuse of several five-year-old students while teaching in Japan.Manring taught preschool in Bethesda, Md., prior to his arrest on Nov. 13, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: POCATELLO - 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 actual methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Tapia-Lopez to serve five years of supervised release. He pleaded guilty to the charge on November 5, 2012.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, issued the following statement today regarding the announcement that the United States and Japan have agreed on new terms and conditions which will pave the way for expanded exports of U.S. beef and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Jan. 28, 2013, Weldon Littleghost, 21, of Sheyenne, N.D., was sentenced before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson on charges of damage to government property, possession of stolen firearms, and escape by prisoner.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Raymond Uses The Knife, a/k/a Yamni Uses The Knife, age 21, of Eagle Butte, South Dakota appeared before US District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Jan. 23, 2013 and pled guilty to a Superseding Information that charged him with Simple Assault of a Minor.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In recognition of Data Privacy Day, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) are urging American consumers to be vigilant in protecting their online data and privacy. The committee held several...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Karen Kimble, a/k/a âKaren Kimble-Mamah,â and âKaren Mamah,â age 38, of Owings Mills, Maryland, on charges of wire fraud, subscribing to a false tax return, aiding in the filing of a false tax return, aggravated identity theft and visa fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Travis McQueen, age 28 of Omaha, was sentenced today in Omaha by Chief United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp to 63 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release. Mr. McQueen had previously pleaded guilty to one count of knowing possession of stolen explosives.
