News from July 2013

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury was sentenced on July 8, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Worked With Two Colombian Terrorist Organizations To Manufacture And Distribute Hundreds Of Tons Of Cocaine Per Year, And Laundered Millions Of Dollars In Drug Proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Gabriel James Brown, Jr. (33, Tampa) pleaded guilty last week to two counts of carrying, using and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime. Brown faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 32 years in federal...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, SC - Fort Sumter National Monument invites the public to a series of free programs at Fort Moultrie on July 18th - 21st to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the battle of Battery Wagner. Living history demonstrations by re-enactors, musket firings and music, lectures and luminaries are part of the multi-day event. The event also includes special programs for children.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Dear Secretaries Lew, Kerry, Pritzker, and Ambassador Froman...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: JULY 09 - ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On July 1, 2013, after deliberating for four hours, a jury of four men and eight women found California gang member Richard Melvin Corum, 30, guilty of drug conspiracy and witness tampering.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Kermit Gosnell, 72, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty today to 12 counts in connection with running a pill mill out of his clinic located at 3801-3805 Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia. Gosnell pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including oxycodone, alprazolam, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Targeted Dozens of Investors Across the Country.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Anthony Black Wolf, age 25, of White River, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Billy Roy Wilson on July 3, 2013, and pled guilty to Assaulting a Federal Officer. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 8 years in custody, a $250,000 fine, or both; 3 years of supervised release; and $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Worked With Two Colombian Terrorist Organizations To Manufacture And Distribute Hundreds Of Tons Of Cocaine Per Year, And Laundered Millions Of Dollars In Drug Proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Defendant Filed Approximately 400 Fraudulent Tax Returns Seeking Refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Shelly A. Stodnick, 41, of Granite City, Illinois, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in East St. Louis, on June 18, 2013, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. The Grand Jury charged Stodnick with Conspiracy to Distribute and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - HOWARD A. WITTNER pled guilty today before United States District Judge Jean C. Hamilton to two felony counts of making false statements intended to deceive insurance regulators in connection with the acquisition and administration of the Professional Liability Insurance Company of America...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Extradition of Colombian Narcotics Kingpin Defendant allegedly worked with two Colombian terrorist organizations to manufacture and distribute hundreds of tons of cocaine per year, and laundered millions of dollars in drug proceeds
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: MICHAEL LARRIEU, age 25, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty today for failure to register as a sex offender, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on July 8, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: A man who made false statements for purposes of influencing a financial institution was sentenced July 8, 2013, to two years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: DENVER -Kevin Shea, age 43, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Phillip A. Brimmer to serve 97 months (8 years) in federal prison for possession of child pornography, United States Attorney John Walsh and FBI Denver Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: This Congress has a 6% approval rating, the lowest in history. While many of my colleagues see cutting our important legislative branch agencies as a way to buoy the public's opinion of Congress, this is the wrong approach.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that GARRETT L. DENNISTON, 63, formerly of Sandy Hook, Conn., and Boothbay Harbor, Maine, was sentenced today by United States...