News from June 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
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’s sentencing of defendant Cristobal Raul Puig, 25, of Miami. Puig was sentenced to 31 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monmouth County, N.J., man admitted today to conspiring to collect a debt using extortionate means, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: In ongoing investigations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and university researchers are taking a fresh look at the ability of olive powder and other plant compounds to combat foodborne pathogens and keep food safe to eat.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit crews gained containment on some area fires and today continue to battle the Wild Rose and Collins fires.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR MISSING LAS VEGAS MAN.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Joseph Cartagena, the rapper popularly known as “Fat Joe," was sentenced to four months in prison for failing to file tax returns with the IRS, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Patrick Dewayne Smith, age 34, of Athens, Alabama was sentenced Friday to life imprisonment without release for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy announced David Rivera, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Montgomery County man has been sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for marijuana trafficking, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
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 Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -Glacier National Park, in partnership with the University of Montana, is preparing to conduct a three-year research study on how mountain goats are affected by roads, people and trails in the Logan Pass area. The research is a critical component of the current Going-to-the-Sun Road Corridor Management planning effort, as human-wildlife interactions within the corridor is an identified issue of concern.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a former Homewood middle school coach and elementary school special education aide to more than eight years in prison for possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Alabama Department of Public Safety Director Hugh B. McCall.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Rogue River Man with Prior Conviction for Sex Crime, Sentenced for Transporting Two Minor Girls to California and Committing Sexual Assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas welcomed several members of the Republic of Mexico’s Congressional Delegation this morning as they began a two-day visit to North Texas. This morning, before the opening session, U.S. Attorney Saldaña, Senator Arely Gómez Gonzàlez, Congresswoman Karina Labastida Sotelo and Congressman Jorge Sotomayer Chàvez spoke to several representatives from the media.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Jonas Purisch, age 39, of Perry Hall, Maryland today to three months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for subscribing to a false tax return and failing to file a tax return. Judge Bredar also ordered Purisch to pay restitution of $210,019.04 to the IRS, including interest, and to pay a fine of $30,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Two members of a Dodge City street gang have entered guilty pleas, becoming the tenth and eleventh defendants to plead guilty in a federal racketeering case, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Akihiko Siegfried, age 54, formerly of Denver, CO, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury in Denver for mail fraud and money laundering, the Justice Department announced. At the time of Siegfried’s indictment, he was in the custody of Colorado Department Corrections where he remains today. At some point, he will be transferred to the United States Marshals were he will be advised of the charges filed against him.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. -Fire crews continue making good progress on the Bull Gulch Fire. Fire crews began mop-up operations Friday, bringing the fire containment to 80 percent. The fire is located nine miles northeast of Cotopaxi in Fremont County. The acreage of the fire changed from 150 acres to 76 acres due to better mapping.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: BODY RECOVERED AT LAKE MEAD. BOULDER CITY, Nev. - Officials have recovered a body from the area where a 30-year-old Las Vegas man went missing June 23 at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. A thorough grid search was conducted that afternoon in the cove where the victim was last scene, but was called...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Lorenzo Solomon, age 28, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 188 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for a conspiracy to import cocaine from St. Vincent and distribute it in Maryland. Judge Titus enhanced Solomon’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Six Center, Texas residents have pleaded guilty to gun and drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. The plea hearings were held today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith F. Giblin.
