News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), announced that Broward resident Jaime Omar Sotomayor was sentenced on Friday, July 12, 2013 to 84 months imprisonment and four years of supervised release by United States District Judge William J. Zloch on charges of importing marijuana from the Bahamas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Mallinckrodt LLC, a pharmaceutical manufacturer, has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle allegations that it made improper payments to physicians and, as a result, caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid between January 2005 and June 2010, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - On Sunday, July 14, the National Park Service found two small lightning-caused fires burning on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. On Monday, July 15, a third lightning-caused fire was detected.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following remarks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing considering the nominations of Michael B. Thornton and Joseph W. Nega to serve as Judges of the U.S. Tax Court, and F. Scott Kieff to be a member of the U.S. International Trade Commission...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: James L. Santelle, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 15, 2013, Mathew Lemberger (age: 33) was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment by United States District Judge William C. Griesbach. Lemberger had previously pled guilty to two counts of arson of a building.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: The House of Representatives is currently debating the Student Success Act (H.R. 5), legislation to rewrite federal K-12 education law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, N.J., man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for knowingly receiving over the Internet images and videos of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III, along with Acting Assistant Attorney General John Carlin, U.S. Department of Justice, National Security Division, and Michelle Klimt, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Jacksonville Division, today announced the return by a grand jury...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-A Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee report unveiled today by Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) revealed that 14 years later, many states are failing to live up to the integration mandate of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Supreme Court ruled in Olmstead...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: FEDERAL PRISON TIME FOR SELLING OXYCODONE IN BECKLEY.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Gary Hardeman pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to committing a felony offense involving a minor while under a duty to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Eight weeks ago, on May 22, we met in this room to hear testimony about a report from the Inspector General about the IRS’s review of groups applying for tax exempt status. At the time, there was justifiable outrage, including from me, about the inappropriate search terms used to screen these groups and the unacceptable delays they endured.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: David Noland of Sevierville, TN received an Honorable Mention in the Expressions of Freedom National Art Competition sponsored by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation. He was presented a framed certificate and a national park pass for his poem commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation entitled The Children’s Crusade.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Denetria Barnes (24) and Jakiel Bazart (28), both of Tampa, today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States and wrongfully disclosing HIPAA information. Both face a maximum penalty of ten years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott and the Moulton family would like to remind locals and visitors of the upcoming 100th anniversary celebration of the Thomas Alma Moulton barn on Mormon Row in Grand Teton National Park, Saturday, July 20, 2013. Attendees are advised to be prepared for a day in the sun and bring sunscreen, sun hats, and shade umbrellas. Special Moulton Barn water bottles will be available for purchase, as an alternative to disposable water bottles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kirby Cleveland, 29, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Casamero Lake, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a federal assault charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Cleveland will be sentenced to two-years in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Amy B. Williams, 48, of Buford, Ga., has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges arising out of a scheme to defraud First Coweta Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on July 18, 2013, Duane Kidder, 24, Fort Yates, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. Kidder pleaded guilty to the charges on April 11, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE MENDEZ-LUNA, 31, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 30 months of imprisonment and a three year term of supervised release for trafficking narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Harold Howard, 42, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted after a jury trial of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, possession of firearms and ammunition while being a convicted felon, and unlawful possession of a machine gun, was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
