News from March 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that on March 12, 2013, a Federal Grand Jury in Macon, Georgia, indicted two City of Forsyth Councilmen on public corruption charges. James Edward Calloway, age 60, and Desi Surtane Hansford, age 35, both of Forsyth...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for robbing an Intrust Bank branch in a grocery store in west Wichita, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A warrant recently unsealed in U.S. District Court details the seizure of radio transmission equipment of a pirate radio station broadcasting from Brockton.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement on Chairman Dave Camp’s release of a discussion draft to reform the tax treatment of small businesses...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: * Opening Statement of Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Thomas Williams, 43, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty by a jury today of stealing a car from an 87-year-old woman after pretending to be a public officer of the District of Columbia, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Tuesday, March 12, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. CINCINNATI - Landon Price, 36, of Cincinnati was sentenced in U.S.District Court to 180 months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm and after the court...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: Sidney Davis, 38, of Shiloh, Illinois, was sentenced today in the United States District Court to 151 months (12 years and 7 months) in prison for Receipt of Child Pornography, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced. Following his prison sentence...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Quentine L. Lone Elk, age 46, of Porcupine, South Dakota appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on March 8, 2013 and pled guilty to Assault by Striking, Beating, or Wounding. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 6 months of imprisonment and a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A citizen of Mexico has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal immigration laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Sens. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) today introduced bipartisan legislation to establish physical activity guidelines for American children and adults. The Physical Activities Guidelines for Americans Act would direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Hudson County, N.J., woman today was sentenced to 24 months in prison for using the identity of her deceased aunt to obtain access to credit card and deposit accounts, causing three banks to lose more than $30,000, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Carlos López-Roldan, 30, was arrested in Caguas on child pornography charges following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents and officers assigned to the Puerto Rico Crimes Against Children Task Force (PRCACTF) from the Puerto Rico Police Department, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: LEBANON, VIRGINIA -- United States Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy addressed drug court program graduates today at a 29th Judicial Circuit ceremony in Lebanon, Va. With the Honorable Michael L. Moore presiding, three graduates celebrated sobriety and completion of the minimum 12-month month-long program of...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin today announced that a Columbus man pleaded guilty in federal court to distribution of 28 grams or more of crack cocaine. Tyree Antonio Spraggins, 25, admitted that on Oct. 27, 2010, he stopped by the Smokin’ Aces store that was located in Huntington and sold 44.3 grams crack cocaine to an undercover agent working for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in exchange for $2,600.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Michael Richardson, 22, and Kendall Lowe, 21, both of Washington, D.C., have pled guilty to charges stemming from a robbery last fall at an apartment building in Northwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: On Thursday, March 14 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled “Examining the Role of Lower-Skilled Guest Worker Programs in Today’s Economy." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Eight residents of western Pennsylvania and two residents of Detroit, Mich., have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal drug and firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced the appointment of Erin Shanley as Special Assistant United States Attorney (SAUSA) for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. She was sworn in March 4, 2013 at the District Court Chambers in Pierre, South Dakota by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on March 12, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch, the following individual was arraigned.
