News from July 2013

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON Six area men have been sentenced to prison terms on federal narcotics and money laundering charges, stemming from their roles in a ring that distributed significant amounts of cocaine in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: In Del Rio, three Texas Syndicate members from Uvalde, TX, face up to life in federal prison after a federal jury convicted them last night of various violations of federal racketeering offenses committed in Uvalde, San Antonio and the surrounding areas announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA- Johnny Curtis Bedgood, 46, of Madison, Florida was convicted today by a federal jury on charges that he possessed powder cocaine and more than 28 grams of crack cocaine with intent to distribute, that he possessed firearms in furtherance of the drug trafficking offense, and that he possessed firearms after felony convictions, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The formal non-profit partners of Glacier National Park provide unique services that support park efforts and add value to park visitor experiences. Partner organizations include the Glacier National Park Conservancy, Glacier Institute, and Glacier National Park Volunteer Associates.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Cora Carper, age 32, of Churchton, Maryland, today to 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for embezzling from a labor union’s political action committee. Judge Russell also entered an order that Carper pay $495,286 in restitution, the amount remaining from what she embezzled. Carper’s family previously paid $7,300.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - CyTerra Corporation has agreed to pay the federal government $1.9 million to resolve civil liability arising from its failure to provide the United States Department of the Army with accurate, complete, and current cost or pricing data for its sales of mine detectors, the Justice Department announced today. CyTerra, headquartered in Waltham, manufactures equipment, including portable mine detectors, used by the United States military.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the administration’s decision to delay Obamacare’s employer mandate for one year...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: DAVID GONZALEZ (a/k/a Othoniel David Reconco), age 24, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today in federal court by U. S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle, announced U.S. Attorney Dana Boente. GONZALEZ was sentenced to 20 months imprisonment. In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Lemelle ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: An illegal alien from El Salvador who used false identity documents to gain employment and falsely claimed to be an United States citizen was sentenced today to more than thirteen months in federal prison.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the administration’s decision to delay Obamacare’s employer mandate for one year...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - On Wednesday, July 3, the Bureau of Land Management will institute Stage I Fire Restrictions on public lands in San Juan County. Stage I Fire Restrictions will remain in effect on BLM public lands in Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, and San Miguel Counties, as well as public lands in Saguache County managed by the BLM Gunnison Field Office.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: Four Noted Authors Will Hold Book Signings at the.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MAURICIO ARTURO MADRID, also known as Mauricio Nava-Morales, 35, a citizen of El Salvador, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to six months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the United States after he was deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Fernando Valley real estate agent and self-described real estate investor was sentenced yesterday afternoon to five years in federal prison and remanded into custody for her offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jamar Mitchell, 27 and Jerrod Mitchell, 24, both of Rochester, N.Y., who were convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, were sentenced to 125 months and 70 months respectively by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the administration’s decision to delay Obamacare’s employer mandate for one year...

By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - On Wednesday, July 3, the Bureau of Land Management will institute Stage II Fire Restrictions on public lands in Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, and Montezuma Counties. The following acts are prohibited under Stage II Fire Restrictions within the Restricted Areas:.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn.- William R. Kincaid, M.D., Millard R. Lamb, M.D., and Charles O. Famoyin, M.D., former partners in East Tennessee Hematology-Oncology Associates, P.C., d/b/a McLeod Cancer and Blood Center (McLeod Cancer) in Johnson City, Tenn., have agreed to pay via separate settlement agreements...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Safet Miljkovic, 34, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possessing an unregistered firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Miljkovic to forfeit the firearm.