News from March 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A New Jersey man, charged with sexual exploitation, had his initial appearance today in U.S. District Court in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Wanblee, South Dakota man convicted of Distribution of a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Feb. 25, 2013 by Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: In El Paso, four individuals have been sentenced for their roles in a cocaine distribution ring that operated in El Paso and southern New Mexico announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, El Paso Division and Pecos Valley (NM) Drug Task Force Commander Carroll A. Caudill, II.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-A federal indictment unsealed last week charges eight men for conspiring to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana in Minnesota. The indictment, which was filed on March 5, 2013, charges Irineo Serio Moreno, age 34, of Minneapolis; Ryan Timothy Solon, age 34, of Eden Prairie; Christopher...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Pamela C. Marsh announced today that four individuals pled guilty before Chief U. S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers to their involvement in a fraudulent prisoner income tax refund scheme. The indictment of Cora Beard (68) of Morriston, William Scott Folk (36)...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 37-year-old St. Paul man pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining funds from several financial institutions. Christopher Terrelle Harness pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. Harness, who was indicted on Nov. 20, 2012, entered his plea before United States District Court Judge David S. Doty.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Romeo Serna Sr., 50, and Romeo Serna Jr., 26, both residents of Laredo, have been arrested for attempted distribution of cocaine base and for possession with intent to distribute marijuana in a school zone, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Javier F. Peña, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: The proposal to relocate the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will be the subject of a hearing to be chaired by Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Middlesex County woman today admitted her role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain a federal tax refund by filing a false claim with the IRS, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Rockaway Beach, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for six bank robberies, including two in Columbia, Mo., and Sedalia, Mo.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: The facility at Point Reyes National Seashore, built to LEED standards, is the first Gold LEED certified hostel building in the United States. The National Park Service secured funding for the project through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) with additional funding from the California State Coastal Conservancy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Two large-scale marijuana cultivators pleaded guilty and one was sentenced today in federal court, according to Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner. The defendants were involved in separate marijuana cultivation operations in Kern, Kings, and Stanislaus Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced the latest sentences given in his office’s ongoing efforts to punish those who cheat their fellow citizens by refusal to pay their fair share of income taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: Treacherous Officer Protected Drug Dealer, Filed False Police Reports, Planned Armed Robbery and Sold Stolen Property.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Martin, South Dakota woman convicted of distribution of a controlled substance was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken on March 1, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An inmate in the Pennsylvania State Prison system today was sentenced to 30 months in prison for sending a threatening letter to a federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Blue Springs, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to producing child pornography and related charges. Christopher R. Lockhart, 30, of Blue Springs, pleaded...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE -Cruz Tenorio, 29, a member and resident of Kewa Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty this morning to a negligent child abuse charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: Pioneering studies by U. S. Department of Agriculture -funded research molecular geneticist Robert A. Waterland are helping explain how the foods that soon-to-be-moms eat in the days and weeks around the time of conception-or what's known as periconceptional nutrition-may affect the way genes function in her children, and her children's health.
