News from June 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Domingo Martinez, 26, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to charges stemming from a recent home invasion in which he sexually assaulted a woman who had been asleep in her apartment, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ -As a result of a series of breaks in the Trans-Canyon Water Pipeline, Phantom Ranch at the bottom of Grand Canyon is currently experiencing a water shortage. Visitors hiking to Phantom Ranch must be self-sufficient and be prepared to carry or treat all drinking water.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced the sentencing of Christopher J. Daniels, 30, a resident of Colquitt, Georgia, on June 27, 2013 by the Honorable W. Louis Sands, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia. Judge Sands sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, N.J. contractor admitted today that he bribed a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) official so that two companies with which he was affiliated could obtain favorable treatment from the VA, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - Two Collin County, Texas men, including the former mayor of the city of Melissa, have been sentenced to federal prison in connection with a bribery scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Superintendent George Price announced that the Grand Opening for the new Herring Cove Beach Bathhouse facilities will be held on Thursday, July 11 at 3:00pm.The event will include music by Zoe Lewis and her Rubber Band, refreshments by Far Land Provisions and remarks.Parking fees will be waived for the Herring Cove parking lots starting at 2pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced the sentencing of Johnnie Kenon, 39, of Quincy, Florida, on June 27,2013, before the Honorable W. Louis Sands, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a competition to create an Advanced Materials Center of Excellence to foster interdisciplinary collaborations between NIST researchers and scientists and engineers from academia and industry. The new center will focus on accelerating the discovery and development of advanced materials through innovations in measurement science and in new modeling, simulation, data and informatics tools.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Dino Sisneros, 42, of Tucson, Ariz., after a trial of thirteen days, was found guilty as charged by a federal jury on June 25, 2013. The charges against the defendant included three counts of wire fraud and two counts of transactional money laundering greater than $10,000. The case was tried before U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson who will sentence Sisneros on Sept. 5, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Woodstock, Conn. man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Worcester for conspiring to defraud the Small Business Administration and other government contractors by falsely representing that his business was a minority and service-disabled veteran-owned and operated business.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: South Bend, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - James Self, 29, a resident of St. Helena Parish, was sentenced on June 27, 2013 to 70 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release by U. S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo after pleading guilty to cocaine and marijuana charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - The owner of a meat distribution company was sentenced today to four months in prison and four months of house arrest for evading taxes related to income diverted from his companies for his personal use, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: DAVID C. HOLLINGSWORTH, 49, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was convicted and sentenced today by United States Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan for simple assault on a Department of Defense Police Officer, announced U. S. Attorney Dan J. Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Sterling, Mass. man was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court in Worcester for conspiring to defraud the Small Business Administration and other government contractors by falsely representing that his business was a minority and service-disabled veteran-owned and operated business.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on June 27, 2013, the Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon, U.S. District Court Judge, sentenced Maria Terrazas, age 38, of Omaha, to 156 months imprisonment for her role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Following the prison term, Terrazas will serve five years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota woman convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on June 28, 2013 by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: JUNE 28 - (FORT SMITH, Ark.) - - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, and William J. Bryant, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced that 17 defendants were sentenced to a combined 113 years and 11 months in federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for False Statement and Theft of Government Property.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Marvin Palencia, 38, of Hyattsville, Md., was found guilty by a jury today of first-degree murder while armed and other charges stemming from the slaying of a man in a downtown office building, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
