News from March 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Montray Lorenzo Cato, 29, of Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 120 months in federal prison, following his conviction at trial, in November 2012, on two counts of bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. Judge McBryde also ordered that Cato pay $7,747 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Kimball, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury. James Steckley, d/b/a Steckley’s Wild Dakota Outfitters, age 44, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 13, 2013 for Alteration and Falsification of Records, Making False Statements and Lacey Act Violation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - A Plano, Texas, resident was convicted this afternoon by a federal jury for conspiring to hack into his former employer’s computer network, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Brian R. Crowell, Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr, Oneonta Police Chief Dennis R. Nayor and Otsego County District Attorney John M. Muehl announce the arrest of a major trafficking ring responsible for operating a heroin drug trafficking organization based in Oneonta, NY with heroin supplied from the Bronx, NY.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Homestead, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 50 years in prison on his conviction of violating various federal laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) highlighted the 10 year anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Chairman Carper commended the Department’s employees for their dedication to its critical mission, noted the progress DHS has made over the past decade, and reiterated his commitment to ensuring that the Department continues to improve.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Sookyeong Kim Sebold, aka Sophia Kim, 52, a former resident of McLean, Va., was sentenced to 24 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $133,548 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service for embezzling more than $800,000 from the Korean Cultural and Freedom Foundation (KCFF) and failing to report the income on her tax returns.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Pauher Fresh LLC has satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Oklahoma man pleaded guilty in federal court today to extorting a 14-year-old Missouri girl into sending him pornographic photos of herself. Jeran Randall Secratt...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Jeffrey Wayne Malcolm, age 56, of Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to bank robbery.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - In a letter sent to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT)...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: - Crume Drug Store owner alleged to have billed insurance companies and government health care agencies for fraudulent prescriptions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Floyd Brooks, 38, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty by a jury today of two counts of first-degree premeditated murder and related weapons offenses for the slayings of two brothers in 2003, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that Jaris Youngblood (34, Tampa) was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine. Youngblood was the last individual to be sentenced on federal charges as a result of “Operation Pines.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: BRUNSWICK, Ga. - Alex M. Bennett, 32, of Broxton, Georgia, was sentenced yesterday by Chief United States District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to 15 years in prison for possessing an assault rifle as a convicted felon. He was also sentenced to serve 5 years supervised release upon his release from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: VALLEY FORGE, PA - The long-awaited clean-up of the asbestos release site (ARS) at Valley Forge National Historical Park is beginning. The ARS is a 112-acre area located along County Line Road and Station Lane within the park. It contains soil contaminated with asbestos and other hazardous substances...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On March 1, 2013, Arnordo Corderrel Turner, age 25, from Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 57 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Turner was also ordered to serve three years supervised release and pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund. On June 11, 2013, Turner entered and robbed Northwest Bank and Trust in Davenport, Iowa.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: Van Buren, MO- Ozark National Scenic Riverways recently recognized employees, Bill O'Donnell and Peggy Tarrence for their long dedicated service on the park's safety program committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: TUCSON - On March 1, 2013, Todd Russell Fries, aka Todd Burns, age 49, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson to 151 months in the Bureau of Prisons. Fries was found guilty by a federal jury on October 5, 2012, of unlawful possession and use of a chemical weapon and providing false information to the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Friday, March 1, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS, OHIO - Carlton E. Jones, 41, of Columbus was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 120 months in prison for conspiring to distribute more than 2,000 pounds...
