News from January 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Making False Statement to a Federal Agency and Concealing Person From Arrest. Candice Waln, age 34, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Dec. 11, 2012. She appeared before...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: The final defendant in a Detroit narcotics conspiracy was sentenced today to almost ten years in prison, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of McKees Rocks pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: Las Vegas, Nev. - Las Vegas lawyer Charles C. LoBello has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $260,625 in restitution to the IRS for his guilty plea to one count of tax evasion for the 2002 tax year, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHN KINNUCAN, the President of Broadband Research, LLC, an investment research firm located in Portland, Oregon, was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for his participation in an insider trading scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pierre man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. Adrian Wells, age 36, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Dec. 11, 2012. He appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on Jan. 14, 2013, and pled not guilty to the indictment. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 10 years in custody, a $250,000 fine, or both.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - William Orestis, 64, of Greenland, New Hampshire, was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 33 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for a mail fraud offense, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sean Carter, 22, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to charges of second-degree murder while armed and assault with intent to kill stemming from a shooting last year in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Michigan. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Anthony Mario Fortuna, 36, of Allendale, Michigan, was sentenced Monday to serve the maximum-authorized penalty of five years in Federal prison for falsely reporting, to the FBI...

By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: Free Entrance to Casa Grande Ruins National Monument and all National Parks on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, January 21.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Randell Lamont Woods, 24, of Hampton, Virginia, was sentenced yesterday to 66months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Legislation authored bySenate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to develop a national strategy for reducing child abuse was signed into law today. The Protect Our Kids Act will create a special task force to study and evaluate federal, state and private child welfare systems and provide policy recommendations to prevent child maltreatment, abuse and neglect. Congress passed the legislation earlier this month.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Jan. 11, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn S. Ostby, the following individual was arraigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: The compendium is a compilation of all designations, closures and restrictions imposed under the discretionary authority within the regulations covering national parks. The compendium is a regulatory tool to help manage Alaska's national park areas for the public's enjoyment, use and protection.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Jan. 15, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, TAMMY LYNN LAPIE, a 47-year-old resident of Great Falls, pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Sentencing has been set for April 22, 2013. She is currently detained.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City woman convicted of Simple Assault was sentenced on Jan. 3, 2013, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy. Shalaine Bear Runner, age 26, was sentenced to 3 years of probation and ordered to pay $25 to the Victim Assistance Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: Indictment Seeks a Money Judgment of at Least $10 Million, and the Forfeiture of Eight Properties, 22 Bank Accounts and 24 Vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Arizona man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Jan. 3, 2013, by Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken. James Lee Walker, age 45, was sentenced to time served, 2 years' supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Victim Assistance Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County has been sentenced in federal court to time served on his conviction of uttering counterfeit checks, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.