News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2013
News Release: MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal (IRS-CI), Miami Field Office, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL KENNEDY, also known as “Chavo," 26, of Newington, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 97 months of imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2013
News Release: Beginning on Saturday, July 20, private vehicles will again be allowed seven days a week on Bear Lake Road. Although vehicles will now be allowed on weekdays as well as weekends, the road construction project is still taking place and park visitors will continue to experience up to two - 20 minute delays in both directions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2013
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Muhaned Abbas Mohamed, 26, of Greensboro, N.C., was sentenced today to 24 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States and to make a false and fictitious statement in connection with the acquisition of a firearm from a licensed dealer.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today examined various legislative options for reforming the regulation of drug compounding and clarifying the authority of state and federal regulators. The subcommittee previously examined drug compounding on May 23, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Michael B. Steinbach...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Lemoyne Veney, age 44, of Clarksville, Maryland, today to 51 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for bank fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. Judge Bennett also ordered Veney to pay restitution of $87,928.16.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2013
News Release: Defendant Used Elderly as Straw Buyers.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today examined various legislative options for reforming the regulation of drug compounding and clarifying the authority of state and federal regulators. The subcommittee previously examined drug compounding on May 23, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2013
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Ellis Michael Cook (37, Gainesville) pleaded guilty today to two counts of possessing a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person (convicted felon - armed career criminal) and possessing a firearm in furtherance of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Maurice Fair, 35, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 10 years in prison on a charge of voluntary manslaughter while armed for a slaying in 1995 at an apartment in Northwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2013
News Release: A Canal Fulton man was indicted on two counts of inducing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2013
News Release: The annual Eisenhower World War II Weekend will go on as scheduled on Saturday and Sunday, September 21 and 22, 2013 thanks to a donation. Visitors will be able to see authentic recreations of Allied and German army camps, complete with original World War II vehicles. Several hundred living history enthusiasts...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that Joseph Schmidt, 31, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute 700 to 1,000 kilograms of marijuana, was sentenced to 97 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Jose Silva, 31, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today to 52 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Silva appeared today before U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federal courthouse in Boise. He pleaded guilty to the charge on March 6, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Mark Anthony Harriman, 45, and Agustin Abascal, 27, both of Las Cruces, N.M., pleaded guilty earlier today to methamphetamine trafficking charges in the Las Cruces federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales, Joseph M. Arabit, Special Agent in Charge, El Paso Division of the DEA, Bobby Holden, Special Agent in Charge of the Las Cruces/Doña Ana County Metro Narcotics Agency, and Chief Robert W. Shilling of the New Mexico State Police.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: Jerseyville resident John L. (“Jay") Jones, II, 33, was sentenced in federal district for selling firearms to someone he knew to be a regular user of cocaine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced. Jones was ordered to serve a combined sentence...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: San Francisco - This summer, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park’s Maritime Museum celebrates the history of both San Francisco Bay racing and the America’s Cup - from the free-spirited yachtsmen of the 1880s to the high-tech sailors in the Cup races today -- with exhibits, artifacts, photos...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: National park rangers and Michigan City Police were notified at approximately 4:30 p.m. on July 12 that a 6-year old boy had fallen into a hole on the Mount Baldy sand dune at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. A rescue effort was conducted by National Park Service personnel...
