News published on Federal Newswire in June 2013

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: HOUSTON - A member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) was sentenced today to serve 150 months in prison for his role in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on June 27, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn S. Ostby, the following individual was arraigned.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: Over Six Years She Pocketed More Than $180,000 In Cash And $132,000 In Miles.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota man convicted of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury was sentenced on June 24, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: WASHINGTON - Mercedes Romero, 36, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a 30-month prison term for robbing two banks in Northwest Washington on the same day, announced 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).

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: Jesus Abel Lopez-Perez, 29, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on June 26, 2013, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distributing methamphetamine. Lopez-Perez was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada. He received 37 months imprisonment...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The U.S. Attorney's Office has charged a fourth official of Adams Produce Company in a scheme to defraud the federal government of $481,000, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr. and IRS Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.

By State Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the below remarks as prepared for delivery at today’s full committee markup of H.R. 1897, H. Res. 131, H. Res. 273, and H. Res. 222.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Mary Elizabeth Kilpatrick, 57, of Montgomery, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell to theft of government money.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. -Fire crews have completely contained the Bull Gulch Fire. The 76 acre fire is located nine miles northeast of Cotopaxi in Fremont County. Crews will monitor the area throughout the week.

By State Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), unanimously passed four bipartisan measures: legislation urging the President to nominate a State Department Inspector General, promoting freedom and democracy in Vietnam, strengthening the U.S.-Jordan relationship, and highlighting and seeking a resolution of the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE -Terrence Joseph Kie, 34, a member and resident of the Acoma Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced yesterday to 41 months in federal prison to be followed by seven years of supervised release for his child sexual abuse conviction. Kie also will be required to register as a sex offender when he completes his prison sentence.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: The system, called Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS®), provides real-time information that determines bridge clearance measurements from special air gap sensors, as well as water level and meteorological information from long-term tide stations, providing users with critical data when transiting the harbor. Charleston will become the 23rd U.S. harbor to use the system.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Stage 1 fire restrictions on private lands within Garfield County and on Bureau of Land Management lands managed by the Colorado River Valley Field Office begin June 27.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: CHICAGO - A former suburban man was sentenced today to one month more than the mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography. The defendant, BRIAN PERRON, 41, formerly of Wood Dale, pleaded guilty in April 2012, admitting then that he had sexually molested two children...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: HOUSTON - Shawn Nelson, 39, of Houston and a former vice-president at Members Choice Credit Union, has entered a plea of guilty to embezzling approximately $340,000 from the bank, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On June 26, 2013, Arturo Eduardo Cantu, age 50, of Columbus Junction, Iowa, was sentenced to 3 years of probation for copyright infringement, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Chief United States District Judge James E. Gritzner also imposed a $3,000 fine.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Rosan J. Mack, 39, of Tonawanda, N.Y., who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 10 years in prison U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: NEDRA BELL, age 40, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced today in federal court by U. S. District Judge Lance M. Africk to serve 5 years probation to include one year of home confinement, after pleading guilty to theft of government funds, and to making false statements to an agency of the United...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013

News Release: A former Highland Park Police officer was sentenced to prison today for conspiring with three other police officers to commit extortion and protect a shipment of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.