News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: Jacksonville, FL- U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that a federal jury last week found Willie Lee Daniels (39, Jacksonville) guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Because of his prior criminal history, Daniels is classified as an Armed Career Criminal, and faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, up to a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. Daniels was indicted on July 15, 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: Terry E. Branco was sentenced today to five months imprisonment for corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the due administration of the federal tax laws, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CID), and Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service, Miami Field Office, announce that Raquel...
By State Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the elections in Israel. The statement follows...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif.) - Two large-scale marijuana cultivators in Kern County entered guilty pleas and two cultivators in Kings and Fresno Counties were sentenced today in federal court, Acting Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Frederick Gonzales, 42, and his wife Carey Gonzales, 36, both of Albuquerque, N.M., were arrested on federal child pornography charges on Jan. 18, 2013. The couple made their initial appearances in federal court in Albuquerque this morning. They remain in custody pending detention hearings which are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. tomorrow.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced today that changes to its current backcountry reservation and permitting process will take effect on Feb. 13, 2013. As reported last March, the National Park Service approved the park's proposal to begin collecting fees for use of the park's...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Huntington man was sentenced to two years in federal prison for aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute oxycodone. Rayshawn Allah Wells, 22, previously pleaded guilty in September 2012. Wells admitted that on...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Legislation introduced today by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, outlines critical public health and prevention initiatives to fight chronic disease, encourage healthier schools, communities and workplaces, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. today sentenced Luis E. Morales (58, Ormond Beach) to life in federal prison for child sex trafficking and transporting children across state lines to engage in sexual activity. The court also ordered Morales to pay more than $35,000 in restitution to the victims of the offenses, and to forfeit his interest in the property located at 8 Crossings Trail in Ormond Beach.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. today sentenced Hal Chris Billerbeck (51, Casselberry) to 12 ½ years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography. The court also ordered Billerbeck to forfeit the electronic storage devices that he used to receive and possess the child...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today pledged continued action in support of the Keystone XL pipeline following Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman’s approval of the proposed reroute of the pipeline through the Cornhusker state. Now that the Nebraska process is complete, the next step...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved the bipartisan Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013, H.R. 307, by a vote of 395 to 29. The legislation, introduced by Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), reauthorizes provisions of the Project Bioshield Act of 2004 and Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act of 2006 for an additional five years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces the filing of a criminal complaint charging Heriberto Pena Salazar (24, Bradenton) with production, transportation, receipt, and possession of child pornography. If convicted, Salazar faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years, up to 30 years...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved the rules of the committee and advanced five pieces of legislation, versions of which were previously considered and approved by the full House, during the organizational meeting for the 113th Congress. The Hydropower Regulatory...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted Joshua S. Goldberg today on charges of conspiracy to commit and committing wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme in which fraudulent loans were obtained on at least five properties.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture optional origin sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2013/2014 marketing year. An optional origin contract provides that the origin of the commodity may be the U.S. or one or more other exporting countries.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) is warning of more secret "sue and settle" deals with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and environmental groups. In a letter today, Vitter encourages Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell to join the 13 states' AGs who recently filed a Freedom ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-A federal superseding indictment unsealed earlier today charges a previously indicted man with murder in connection to the deaths of a couple on the Red Lake Indian Reservation on New Year’s Day 2011. Twenty-one-year-old Kevin John Needham, previously charged with one count of robbery, has...
