News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 25-year-old career criminal was sentenced for possessing a.38-caliber revolver. United States District Court Judge Ann D. Montgomery sentenced Lewis Pate, no known address, to 200 months in prison on one count of possession of a firearm by a career criminal. Pate was indicted on May 8, 2012, and was convicted on Aug. 15, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal jury in Corpus Christi has convicted Jennifer Ellen Marie Rodriguez, 31, a U.S. citizen residing in Reynosa, Mexico, on one count of possessing with intent to distribute more than 10 kilograms of methamphetamine, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. The jury returned its verdict just moments ago following a three-day trial and less than an hour of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: James Robert Sanford, 53, of Clarksville, Tenn., pleaded guilty on Jan. 14, 2013, to filing a false claim for a federal income tax refund, and to aiding and abetting in the filing of a false claim for a federal income tax refund, announced Jerry E. Martin, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: Two Defendants Also Charged in Money Laundering Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - Jason L. Hutchinson, 42, of Athens, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 300 months in prison and will be under court supervision for the rest of his life for using a webcam to create a video of himself engaged in various sex acts with...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: The National Weather Service has issued a high surf advisory which is in effect from 10 am PST on Saturday, January 19 to 4 pm PST on Sunday, January 20. A beach hazards statement has also been issued. This beach hazards statement for sneaker waves is in effect from Friday afternoon through Saturday morning. These warnings apply to all beaches within Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: COVINGTON, KY - A Michigan man was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison for using other people’s credit card information to make purchases at retail stores in Campbell, Kenton and Boone Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that on Jan. 16, 2013, a federal jury in Albany, Georgia, convicted defendant Victoria Metz, a former bank teller and a resident of Albany, Georgia, of 16 felony offenses. After a two day trial, the jury convicted...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York, Eric T. Schneiderman, New York State Attorney General, and Joseph Anarumo, Jr., the Special-Agent-in- Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: Jason E. Starko, 36, Granite City, IL, was sentenced on Jan. 18, 2013, to a total of 360 months in prison on a two-count indictment charging him, in both counts, with Production of Child Pornography, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Nicholas Polcz, 35, of Freedom, N.Y., who was convicted of mail fraud, was sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to pay $28,419.44 in restitution by Chief U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jan. 18, 2013 - The National Park Service (NPS) today issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to operate a boat rental facility in Rock Creek Park along the Georgetown waterfront. The existing operator, Jack's Boathouse, will be allowed to compete for the contract and remain in place...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: One Led Police On High Speed Chase, Second Defendant Heavily Armed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today for robbing Bank of America.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: KEYSTONE, SD: Mount Rushmore National Memorial Superintendent Cheryl Schreier invites the public to view the Fifty-Seventh Presidential Inauguration Ceremony streamed live in Theater B at the ‘Shrine of Democracy’ on Monday Jan. 21, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation--Outer Banks Group Parks Have Stories to Share.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Hector Rodriguez, 24, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Conspiracy. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: Twenty-one Defendants Sentenced To Prison. U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan reported to the White Center Community today about law enforcement efforts to enhance the safety of the community. In the fall of 2011, White Center was the focus of a coordinated 'Hot Spot' initiative, designed to bring concerted...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - Deborah L. Kistner, 50, and her husband, Mark A. Kistner, 52, both of Hilliard, pleaded guilty three days after their trial started on a $7 million mortgage fraud scheme they carried out between June 2006 and July 2010. Carter M. Stewart, United...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2013
News Release: Recent storms have brought additional snow to the park, and the Acting Superintendent has determined that there is now adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in the areas of the1980 park and preserve additions to Denali National Park and Preserve north and south of the crest of the Alaska Range.
