News published on Federal Newswire in June 2013

News from June 2013


News Release: JOSHUA NETTLES, age 38, a resident of Covington, Louisiana, was sentenced today by the U.S. District Court Judge Martin L.C. Feldman to 97 months after previously pleading guilty to receiving and possessing images depicting the sexual victimization of children, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente. Further, after NETTLES is released from prison, he will be subject to 5 years of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender.


Detroit Drug Dealer Sentenced To 240 Months In Prison For Transporting Oxycodone To The Tri-Cities.

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Qwindel Jerome Page, 28, of Detroit, Mich., was sentenced on June 12, 2013, by the Honorable J, Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 240 months in federal prison. Page was convicted of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, conspiracy to commit money laundering and possession of oxycodone with the intent to distribute.


Former Postmaster Indicted For Stealing Postal Funds

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Recently in federal court, the former postmaster of the Marble Post Office in Itasca County was indicted for stealing funds from the office. On June 10, 2013, Jill Marie Rousse, age 39, of Calumet, was charged with one count of misappropriation of postal funds and one count of unlawful issuance of postal money orders.



Owner Of Las Americas Latin Market Pleads Guilty To Food Stamp Fraud

News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that Carlos Chavez (46, Sarasota) pleaded guilty yesterday to theft of government funds in relation to a food stamp fraud scheme perpetrated at his convenience store, Las Americas Latin Market. Chavez faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Harley Harkness, 40, of Roswell, N.M., pleaded guilty this afternoon in Las Cruces federal court to being a felon in possession of firearms. Harkness entered his guilty plea without the benefit of a plea agreement.


News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that two additional defendants were sentenced on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. for their involvement in an international criminal network organized to sexually exploit children in connection with their participation in the Dreamboard child exploitation bulletin board.


Miami Resident Sentenced For Identity Theft

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announced today the sentencing of defendant Josue Faustin, 21, of Miami. United States District Judge William...



News Release: Case Prosecuted by Maryland’s Child Exploitation Task Force;.



SWIMMING ADVISORY LIFTED AT LAKE MEAD, NO TOXINS FOUND

News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA News Release. June 12, 2013. Release No.: 2013-43. Contacts:. Christie Vanover, National Park Service, 702-283-2344. Bronson Mack, Southern Nevada Water Authority, 702-249-5518. Edwin Lyngar, Nevada Department...


Goochland Man Sentenced To More Than 17 Years For Production Of Child Pornography

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Adam Hobart Stanley, 35, of Manakin-Sabot, Virginia, was sentenced today to 210 months’ imprisonment in U.S. District Court after pleading guilty to one count of production of child pornography. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, made the announcement after Stanley was sentenced by United States District Judge John A. Gibney.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking nominations for the United States Potato Board (Board). The Board is composed of producers, importers and a public member, with approximately one-third of the Board appointed each year.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Allegheny County has been sentenced in federal court to 12 months and one day incarceration for counts one through nine to run concurrently with count one, plus 5 years supervised release on his conviction of bank fraud and identity theft, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Shakopee Man Pleads Guilty To Using Other People’s Food Stamps

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a 47-year-old Shakopee man pleaded guilty to using other people’s food stamps. Chin Son Kim specifically pleaded guilty to one count of food stamp fraud. Kim, who was charged on April 18, 2013, entered his plea before United States District Court Judge Paul A. Magnuson.


News Release: WASHINGTON - William Faison, 23, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to second-degree murder while armed in the slaying of 19-year-old Jeffrey Covington during an attempted robbery in Southeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.


News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Joseph Jefferey Brice, age 23, of Clarkston, Washington, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty on Sept. 25, 2013 to the crimes of Attempting to Provide Material Support to Terrorists...


Iowa Woman Charged With Distribution Of A Controlled Substance

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Cushing, Iowa woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury.


News Release: Former Maverick County Solid Waste Authority general manager and chief executive officer of the Maverick County landfill Hector Chavez, Jr., faces up to ten years in federal prison, a fine of up to $250,000 and restitution to the County after pleading guilty to theft concerning programs receiving federal funds announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez.