News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, Michael J. De Palma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Brenda Isom, the former human resources manager for a non-profit organization, pled guilty today to a federal charge stemming from the theft of more than $400,000 from her employer, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service (USSS), Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Hugo J. Barrera, Special Agent in Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Phyllis Stevens, 51, of Corning, N.Y., who was convicted of making and submitting a false document to the Social Security Administration, was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay $17,468 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on July 26, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, KOLE MICHAEL PARSONS, a 22-year-old resident of Browning and an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Byron Cornelius Prince, age 49, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced for the crime of being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Court Judge Thomas O.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for mail fraud and aggravated identity theft in a scheme to fraudulently rent apartments and a business office, lease cars and open bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Vincent Graves, 53, and Herman Graves, 46, both of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to their involvement in a drug ring that shipped marijuana grown in rural Fresno to Birmingham, Ala., Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Cheryl Mobley, 55, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to three years probation and four months of home confinement for failing to timely file a federal income tax return for 2005 and for failing to file a federal income tax return for 2006. Mobley earned more than $260,000 in income...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - Stage 1 fire restrictions are being lifted at 5 p.m. today for all private, state and federally managed lands in Jackson County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: CITY, KY - A federal indictment, unsealed today, charges 28 individuals from Whitley County, KY., with a conspiracy to manufacture large quantities of methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leaders are seeking a new investigation of allegations of political targeting by the Internal Revenue Service: this time of existing groups that had already received tax-exempt status.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that one-time Long Island businessman, MARK HOTTON, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to defrauding the producers of the Broadway show “Rebecca - The Musical" (“Rebecca") through an elaborate scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Terrance Dion Robinson, age 39, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 51 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for eight counts of sexually exploiting minors to produce child pornography. Robinson had two previous convictions...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Susan J. Waddell, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General announced today that Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), a teaching hospital located in Boston, has agreed to pay the United...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -The activities of the Department of the Interior contributed $371 billion to the U.S. economy in 2012, supporting 2.3 million jobs in activities including outdoor recreation and tourism, energy development, grazing and timber harvest, according to a new report released today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: Eminence, MO - Ozark National Scenic Riverways will host a FREE Old Time School Day at Alley Spring on Wednesday, July 31st. Activities will begin at the Alley Spring Pavilion at 9:30 a.m. and last until 12:00 noon. Alley Spring is located 6 miles west of Eminence, Missouri on Highway 106.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: West Plains, M.O., July 29, 2013 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power held a field hearing in West Plains, Missouri on “Stopping Federal Land and Water Grabs: Protecting Property Rights from Washington, DC Edicts." The hearing examined the harmful effects of the Obama...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: “These improvements are just the beginning and build on our previous success. They lay the foundation for further computing enhancements and more accurate forecast models that are within reach," said Louis W. Uccellini, Ph.D., director of NOAA’s National Weather Service. “These upgrades are a game-changer...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A Fresno man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for growing marijuana on agricultural land, and five newly charged defendants face possible long prison terms for growing marijuana in Fresno County, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
