News published on Federal Newswire in March 2013

News from March 2013


News Release: JOSE TRANSITO LOPEZ, age 33, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty in federal court today before U. S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to a one-count indictment charging him with illegal re-entry by a removed alien, announced U. S. Attorney Dana Boente.


News Release: Lead Defendant Considered Knox County’s ‘Most Wanted’.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Ali Saboonchi, age 32, a U.S. citizen residing in Parkville, Maryland, and Arash Rashti Mohammad (Rashti), age 31, a citizen and resident of Iran, on charges of conspiring to export, and exporting, American manufactured industrial products and services to Iran. The indictment was returned on March 4, 2013 and unsealed today upon Saboonchi’s arrest.


News Release: The National Park Service today signed a lease with Vapor Valley Spirits Inc. to operate at the Superior Bathhouse in Hot Springs National Park. "We are very excited about the possibilities and thrilled that another one of these beautiful buildings will be re-opening to serve visitors and offer a new...


News Release: RENO, Nev. - Two women have pleaded guilty to federal health care fraud and money laundering charges for defrauding the Nevada Medicaid program of approximately $1 million, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.


Wills Point Man Pleads Guilty To Possessing A Short Barrel Shotgun

News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 36 year old Wills Point man has pleaded guilty to possessing a short barrel shotgun announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


News Release: ROBBERY CREW MEMBER WHO IMPERSONATED LAW ENFORCEMENT SENTENCED.


Ray Kyle Nicholson Sentenced In U.S. District Court

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on March 6, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, RAY KYLE NICHOLSON, a 30-year-old resident of Billings, appeared for sentencing. NICHOLSON was sentenced to a term of.


News Release: Former Owner and President of Gladstone Engineering Firm Convicted of Tax Charges.


Pennsylvania Men Wanted In Canada For Alleged Violent Acts Committed At The 2010 G-20 Economic Summit In Toronto Extradited

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that two Pennsylvania men wanted in Canada for their alleged violent acts committed at the 2010 G-20 Economic Summit held in Toronto have been extradited to face charges in Canada.


Fifteen Charged In Telemarketing Scheme To Defraud Time-Share Unit Owners

News Release: Forty-one defendants charged to date on timeshare resale telemarketing fraud.


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada is holding a competitive oil and gas lease sale on Tuesday, March 13 at the BLM State Office in Reno at 1340 Financial Blvd. The sale room will open at 8 a.m. for registration and bidding numbers and the sale begins at 9 a.m.To comply with the BLM's Greater...



Cummings Lauds Senate Committee Passage of  Gun Trafficking Bill; Urges Vote on Bipartisan House Companion

News Release: Washington, DC - Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee today passed a bipartisan gun trafficking bill introduced by Sen. Leahy by a vote of 11-7...


News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Allegheny County has been sentenced in federal court to a nine month, time-served sentence on his conviction of making and uttering counterfeit and forged checks of an organization, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Lower Brule Man Pleads Guilty To Assault

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Elmer LaRoche, age 26, of Lower Brule, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on March 6, 2013 and pled guilty to the Superseding Information that charged him with Assaulting, Resisting and Impeding a Federal Officer.


Rapid City Man Indicted For Failing To Update Sex Offender Registration

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota man was indicted by a federal grand jury for failing to update his sexual offender registration as required.


News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Joseph C. Snowball, age 24 of Winnebago, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp for his felony conviction of driving under the influence while having a minor child present in the vehicle. Snowball was sentenced...


Two Men Charged With Real Estate Investment Fraud Scheme

News Release: NEWARK N.J. - Two men were arrested this morning and charged with engaging in a real estate investment fraud conspiracy that defrauded more than fifteen victims of approximately $5 million from 2009 to the present, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Two City Of Miami Police Officers And One State Corrections Officer Arrested And Charged In Separate Corruption Investigations

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Manuel Orosa, Chief, City of Miami Police Department, announced today that Bernard Beliard, 27, a State Corrections...