News from June 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Jeremie Wesley Skordahl, 33, of Eugene, Oregon, was sentenced today by Chief District Court Judge Ann Aiken to 196 months in prison for bank robbery. Upon his release from prison, Skordahl will be on supervised release for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Edwin C. Mitchell, 49, of Ellenwood, Georgia, appeared in federal court today on charges of aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, and abusive sexual conduct, according to Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court yesterday, DAVID NEIL PHILLIPS, 38, of Kenly, North Carolina was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox to life imprisonment, followed by supervised release for a term of life.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Robert Kier, Jr.,age 30, of Valdosta, Georgia, was sentenced on June 4, 2013 by Senior United States District Court Judge Hugh Lawson to 168 months in prison to be followed by six (6) years of supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Clifford Eric Perian, age 53, of Denver, Colorado, was arrested last week based on a Criminal Complaint charging one count of receipt of child pornography, the United States Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced. Late last week U.S. Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: FRANKFORT, KY - A London, KY., cardiologist pleaded guilty to charges that he falsely recorded the severity of patients’ illnesses in order to receive payment for numerous heart procedures.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking public comments on the draft directive and standard for WaterSMART Grants. This directive and standard outlines the internal process used by Reclamation to review applications for funding under the program each year, including the responsibilities of each Reclamation office.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, was joined today by Senators Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging,and Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Ranking...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have reported* the first observation of the "spin Hall effect" in a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), a cloud of ultracold atoms acting as a single quantum object. As one consequence, they made the atoms, which spin like a child's...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: National Park Service Park Rangers will accompany the trip and teens will be invited to join the National Park Service Trail Crew to improve portions of the Chilkoot Trail.SAGA, Alaska Geographic, and the Klondike Gold Rush NHP all hope that getting teens out in their National Parks will serve to engage them in stewardship and leadership in Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Maxwell B. Smith, a Monmouth County, N.J.-based financial adviser and broker, was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for defrauding New Jersey investors out of more than $9 million, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA -Kimberly Watson, Malcolm Lipscomb, and Shavone Ricketts, all of Tallahassee, were found guilty by a jury yesterday of conspiracy to file false claims against the United States by filing false tax returns for 2008, 2009, and 2010. The false returns claimed over $80,000 in refunds. These defendants were also found guilty of aggravated identity theft for their use of personal information in this scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Florida man was sentenced today in connection with a scheme to defraud 200 people out of more than $700,000.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: Acting Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Doug O’Brien today announced publication of an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to request public comment on expanding renewable energy and project financing programs. USDA will host two Town Hall meetings to discuss the future proposed...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: Engraved powder horn maps, featuring the Mohawk Valley from the Colonial Era, will be revealed in a new exhibit, "Powder Horns of Early America" at Fort Stanwix National Monument on Saturday, June 8th.Guest subject matter experts will include two local horn makers, Al Sterling and Gary Elsenbeck, who...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) welcomed a proposal from the Obama Administration that outlines a solution to curb excessive payments from the federal government to federal contractors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: POCATELLO - Bruce Leighton Diehl, 43, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court in Pocatello to unlawful possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Two Kansas men have pleaded guilty to a federal dog fighting charge, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that a federal jury yesterday found J. Patrick Brester (41, Sarasota) guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution and three counts of wire fraud affecting a financial institution. Each count...
