News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced today a Clean Water Act (CWA) settlement with the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County and the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (Authority) in North Carolina. The proposed settlement set forth in a consent decree will resolve these parties’...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: DEL NORTE, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management San Luis Valley Field Office has extended the public comment period on the preliminary environmental assessment for the proposed San Francisco Creek #1 Well for 15 days. The EA is being conducted in response to an application for permit to drill from the Dan A. Hughes Company.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: Craig L. Fenton, 47, of Bluford, Illinois, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Benton to an indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. The indictment, returned by...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Del Monte Farms LLC (not affiliated with Del Monte Corporation or Del Monte Foods).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Richard Lewis, 54, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged by indictment unsealed today, with conspiracy to steal property from the Philadelphia Housing Authority where Lewis was employed at the time, in the amount of approximately $348,910, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Lewis was arrested this morning by the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Rodney Allen Thompson, 44, of McKinney, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 10 years in federal prison, following his guilty plea in April 2013 to one count of transferring obscene material to a minor. He has been in custody since his arrest in December 2012. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SCOTT VELTRI, 34, of New York, N.Y., was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to six months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing cocaine. Judge Hall also ordered VELTRI to serve the first six months of his supervised release in home confinement, and to forfeit $30,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joe Herrera, Jr., 43, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Thoreau, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to unlawfully possessing a sawed-off shotgun that was not registered to him under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - The National Park Service recently received $263,000 in Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) funding to address safety, recreational and ecological impacts from the Springs Fire. Additional funds are expected for the next fiscal year, which begins October 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A federal grand jury has indicted 14 defendants on various fraud charges, including theft of government benefit funds and passport fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: Cape Girardeau, MO: This morning, three Sikeston, Missouri, men previously found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to possess more than 5 kilograms of cocaine with the intent to distribute, as well as multiple distribution charges, were sentenced to life imprisonment by United States District Judge John A. Ross.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RUFUS SPEARMAN, 36, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford to possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An undercover operation dubbed “Wild Web" today resulted in charges against five Southern California residents who are accused of selling endangered species and animal parts, including pelts taken from wild cats, through online auction sites such as Craigslist.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHN R. REYNOLDS, the former Chief Executive Officer (“CEO") of the Hospital for Special Surgery (the “Hospital"), pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to participating in a fraudulent scheme in which...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: Defendant Conspired With Former Vice-President of Pavillion Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - -U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Leo Mellerson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $1,000,000 fine or both. Mellerson was one of nine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Anthony Wiggins, 54, and Alex Wiggins, 51, both of Farmington, N.M., were arraigned this morning on a four count indictment charging them with conspiracy and depredation of government property, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales, Bruce Bigelow, Assistant Special Agent in Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: TRAVIS HUDSON, age 29; RODERICK WIGGINS, age 22; DANTE CARSON, age 21; DWIGHT CARSON, age 22; SHAYNE LEBLANC, age 40; and AKAI SULLIVAN, age 27, all from the New Orleans area, were sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk, after pleading guilty to Violations of the Racketeer Influenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - After a three-day trial in district court on St. Thomas, a federal jury convicted Hansel Bailey, 36, of Orange County, California, and David Haddow, 61, of St. Thomas, of conspiracy to defraud the United States in the collection of taxes, and conspiracy to evade and defeat tax due and owing the Virgin Islands, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), ranking Republican on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the House of Representatives approval of a modified, five-year farm bill...
