News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - U.S. District Court Judge Michael W. Mosman today sentenced Albino Miranda Camarillo, 44, of Woodburn, Oregon, to 108 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, felon in possession of firearms, food stamp fraud, and illegal reentry by a deported alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: A San Antonio man who is currently under federal indictment for allegedly shooting his common-law wife multiple times on Fort Sam Houston last month faces a new charge of conspiracy to kill a witness to prevent testimony and in retaliation for providing information to law enforcement announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau of Investigation San Antonio Division Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A man pleaded guilty today to federal charges that he stole over $300,000 in expensive jewelry from persons at golf courses in multiple states, including Nevada, and sold it at trade shows, jewelry stores and pawn shops, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: A former supervisor at defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN) was sentenced today in Miami to serve 10 years in prison for her central role in a fraud scheme that resulted in more than $63 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare and Florida Medicaid.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Saul Santana, 26, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Conspiracy, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to 324 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Sergio Hector Aguilar, aka Sergio Perez, 46, of Bakersfield, Calif., was sentenced today to 7 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and committing this crime while under the supervision of the U.S. Probation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: Ashley Renee Uze, 27, of Harrisburg, Illinois, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Benton to an indictment charging her with possessing pseudoephedrine with the intent that it be used to manufacture methamphetamine, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced. The indictment, returned by a Federal Grand Jury on March 5th, alleged that the offense occurred on November 5, 2012.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans today released the third in a series of videos highlighting the four key principles of the Student Success Act (H.R. 5), legislation to reform federal K-12 education law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: Woman With Long Criminal History Supplied Oxy From LA Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: BRIDGEPORT Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that two New Fairfield men were sentenced today in Bridgeport federal court for trafficking...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: WILIMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court on July 2, 2013 JOHN ALBRITTON, 64, of Chocowinity,, North Carolina, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox to 180 months imprisonment and five years of supervised release for one count of...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: Whiskeytown is offering free Junior Lifeguard and Waterfront Lifeguard training programs from July 15-19, 2013. The training will run from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at Brandy Creek Beach. Participants must be between the ages of 10 and 18 years old, willing to follow directions, in good physical condition...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: A guided photography hike will take place at 10:00 a.m. (EDT) on Saturday, July 13, along the Oscar Blevins Farm Loop in the Bandy Creek area at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Visitors will learn quick and easy tips for all photography levels while out enjoying the Big South Fork.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: On Friday, July 12 retired National Park Service cultural anthropologist Jane Bryant will introduce a 40-minute narrated film of the 1932 Lindley-Liek Expedition. While not as well-known as others, this expedition made significant accomplishments. Theirs was the second summit of...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2013
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA - Flagstaff Area National Monuments' (FLAG) Acting-Superintendent Lisa Leap announced that a wildland fire started in Wupatki National Monument at 5 PM on Friday, July 5th, 2013 just north of the Citadel Pueblo. The surrounding trails were immediately evacuated and a nearby section of the 545 Road was closed for approximately 6 hours that evening.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2013
News Release: New Bedford, Mass.- Everyone knows that the 4th of July has its cookouts, fireworks and parades. But what is there to do after the 4th? Mark your calendar for this: On Saturday, July 20, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park will be offering Space Saturday, a day of hands-on activities about science...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2013
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A man who stole a handgun from his brother and used it to rob a local jewelry store, has been sentenced to 140 months in prison, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 5, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 SEOUL, Republic of Korea—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano was in Seoul, Republic of Korea today to meet with senior Korean officials to discuss global supply chain security, participate in a naturalization ceremony for U.S. service members stationed abroad, deliver remarks at the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea and commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2013
News Release: On July 3, 2013, a jury found Vernon Harrison, of Montgomery, Ala., guilty of one count of conspiring to file false claims, eight counts of mail fraud, eight counts of aggravated identity theft and six counts of embezzlement from the U.S. mail, the Justice Department, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General (OIG), announced today.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris issued the following statement about the June 2013 Employment Situation report released today: "This morning's report reveals an economy continuing to recover at a promising rate. With the addition of 202,000 private sector jobs in June, that makes 7.2 million private sector jobs over the last 40 consecutive months of growth.
