News from March 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Tyrenzo Morton has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for escaping from federal custody while serving a prison sentence, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A postal worker has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of theft of mail by a postal employee, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Eduardo Galan, 62, of Brockport, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: Defendant Concocted Convincing Story That He Was a Wounded Combat Veteran.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A man who owned and operated two now-defunct mortgage industry businesses in the Las Vegas area, his wife, and an escrow officer, were indicted by a federal grand jury today on conspiracy and bank fraud charges in relation to an $83 million mortgage fraud scheme, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa.- A resident of Centre County, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to one year and a day of incarceration and three years supervised release on his conviction of a charge of interfering with housing, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: RAFAEL ANTONIO MURILLO, age 41, a citizen of El Salvador, pled guilty in federal court today before U. S. District Judge Ivan L. R. Lemelle to a one-count indictment charging him with illegal re-entry by a removed alien, announced U. S. Attorney Dana Boente.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Superintendent Pat Kenney announced that hours of operation for the offices at the Great Island and Long Point Cabins within Cape Lookout National Seashore will be reduced when the cabins open for the season on March 16, 2013. The office hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Springfield, Mo., businessman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a series of bank fraud and wire fraud schemes that totaled more than $3.3 million in losses, as well as for money laundering and bankruptcy fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: Sophia Beltz, 54, of Philadelphia, PA was charged today by information with one count of theft of government funds, in connection with her alleged scheme to collect Social Security Administration Retirement Insurance Benefits intended for her father, after her father’s death, announced United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Angel Gonzalez, 28, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 97 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced yesterday that Gary Goldberg, 49, of Palm Beach County, was charged with production of child pornography in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2251. A Pre-trial detention hearing is scheduled for Goldberg today at 10:00 a.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) asked Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to stand by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) decision to reject a proposal to build a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. FWS issued a final Environmental Impact Statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announced today that Mickey Wayne Brazzell (56, Yulee) pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. Brazzell faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years, up to a maximum of 20 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine, and a potential life term of supervised release. He is also required to forfeit his computer media. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Jose Silva, 30, of Boise, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Shaun G. Westfall of Baden, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of theft of mail by a postal employee, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Angelo Perez, age 33, of Porcupine, South Dakota appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken on Feb. 28, 2013 and pled guilty to Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 10 years of imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Five people have entered guilty pleas for making false statements in connection with firearms purchases from local gun stores, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Richard Walker, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations, and Jesse Panuccio, Executive Director, Florida Department of Economic...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2013
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on March 6, 2013, Jamie Lee Belgarde of St. Michael, N.D., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to a charge of involuntary manslaughter.
