News from June 2013
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Region 6 News Release: 13-1184-DAL. June 24, 2013. Contact: Diana Petterson Juan Rodriguez. Phone: 972-850-4710 972-850-4709. Email: petterson.diana@dol.gov rodriguez.juan@dol.gov. HOUSTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Piping Technology and Products...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Anthony Toscano, 48, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to steal an interstate shipment and theft of an interstate shipment, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $4,669.26 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On June 20, 2013, Randolph Benjamin Rodman, 60, of Crownsville, Md., and Idan C. Greenberg, 59, of Glendale, Ariz., both licensed gun dealers, were sentenced by U.S. District Chief Judge Roslyn O. Silver to 121 months and 33 months in prison, respectively. On Dec. 20, 2012, Rodman was...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: The LIRR Disability Fraud Scheme. Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEVEN GAGLIANO, a former Long Island Railroad signalman, pled guilty today to charges related to the allegedly massive fraud scheme in which Long Island Rail Road (“LIRR")...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Long Beach man who allegedly forced a 17-year-old girl to work as a prostitute has been named in a federal criminal complaint that charges him with child sex trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. -Fire crews continue the mop-up stages on the Bull Gulch Fire. Containment is at 80 percent, full containment is expected by Tuesday night. The 76 acre fire is located nine miles northeast of Cotopaxi in Fremont County. Crews are slowly being released to go assist on other fires as needed. One crew and one engine will remain on the Bull Gulch Fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Thomas Benally 53, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Gallup, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a second degree murder charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Also Fraudulently Collected Social Security Benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Donald Paul Hankey, 28, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 18 months in prison for felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Hankey to serve three years of supervised release, and pay a fine of $1,500. He pleaded guilty to the charge on March 5, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: HONOLULU - - Richard Ramon Ramirez, age 53, a resident of Gardena, California, was sentenced on June 24, 2013, by United States District Chief Judge Susan Oki Mollway to 168 months in prison and five years of supervised release following imprisonment for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jesus Omar Lopez-Valle, 28, a Mexican national from Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced this morning to 210 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales and Carol K.O. Lee, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division. Lopez-Valle will be deported after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Joplin, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for producing child pornography. Jason Dewayne Beshears, 31, of Joplin, was sentenced by U.S. District...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged the Russian government to cooperate with U.S. extradition requests for Edward Snowden, calling him a fugitive who “betrayed the trust of the American people."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Lucerte “Lisa" Abellard, age 35, of Dobbs Ferry, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud Lowe’s stores.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following joint statement today after Internal Revenue Service Principal Deputy Commissioner Danny Werfel released his 30-day top to bottom review of the agency’s operations, including the processing of tax-exempt applications...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Matthew J. Monheiser, age 38 of Sidney, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 42 months in prison by United States District Judge John G. Gerrard, for embezzling $1,364,953.66 from the First National Bank in Sidney Nebraska. In addition...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota man convicted of Assault on a Federal Officer was sentenced on June 21, 2013 by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, United States District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Frank Higginbotham (36, Hastings, Florida) to 15 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine. The court also ordered Higginbotham to serve 8 years of supervised release after his from prison. A jury found Higginbotham guilty of the offenses on Feb. 21, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Due to the continued very high fire danger and current level of fire activity in the State of Utah, Superintendent Kate Cannon has announced fire restrictions for Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep National Monuments.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Celebrate our nation's independence with artillery demonstrations, historical games, an All-American cook-out, music, and more during the 3rd Annual Community Picnic in the Park at Valley Forge National Historical Park. The picnic will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Visitor Center front lawn.
