News from March 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Sixteen federal, state and local Rhode Island law enforcement agents and officers, and a federal prosecutor from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island, were recognized today with a top Department of Justice award for their achievements significantly impacting...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Darrell Lee, 24, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty by a jury today of first-degree murder while armed and related firearms charges in a killing that took place on Halloween 2009 in Southeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: Midland, MI - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement responding to President Obama’s press conference in which he called for Congress to undo some of the spending cuts called for in his sequester plan.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: New report shows visitor spending supports 367 jobs in Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Following a nine-day jury trial, Lance Kellow, 36, of, Henderson, Nev., was convicted today of one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, three counts of wire fraud and one count of bank fraud for committing mortgage fraud crimes that caused losses to federally insured financial institutions of over $1 million, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today announced the list of panelists invited to participate in its upcoming forum on mental health. The bipartisan forum, “After Newtown: A National Conversation on Violence and Severe Mental Illness," will take place on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today announced the list of panelists invited to participate in its upcoming forum on mental health. The bipartisan forum, “After Newtown: A National Conversation on Violence and Severe Mental Illness," will take place on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The United States has filed a civil asset forfeiture Complaint seeking a collection of artwork containing more than 2,200 pieces and valued at more than $15 million, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: In its public debut, the Anza Trail Coalition of Arizona Color Guard shared top honors at the 88th annual Tucson Rodeo Parade on Feb. 21, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announced today announced that Josue Faustin, 20, of North Miami, pled guilty this morning to charges of possession of unauthorized access devices and aggravated identity theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1029(a)(3) and 1028A(a)(1), (b), and (c)(4).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - An optometrist from Derby, Kan., has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a scheme to collect more than $500,000 in pay for eye exams that were never performed, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Howard Tyson, 45, of Dallas, pleaded guilty this morning, before Chief U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater, to a criminal information charging one count of possession of child pornography. Tyson faces a maximum statutory penalty of 10 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine and a lifetime...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Jonathan Adonay Fuentes, aka “Cheesy," and “Crazy Boy," 21, of Clinton, Md., was sentenced to 120 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for sex trafficking a juvenile female as part of a prostitution enterprise operated by the violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha Thirteen (MS-13).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: US, Virgin Islands - On Feb. 19, 2013, Caribbean Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Pedro J. Janer, St. Thomas Resident Agent in Charge Eric Barnard and St. Croix Resident Agent in Charge Timothy Williams met with Attorney (AG) Eric Holder along with a host of other federal agency heads in the Virgin Islands. The attendees share with AG Holder issues facing the Virgin Islands.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans to China during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A man who led law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase through Sandy, Murray and West Valley City in August pleaded guilty Friday afternoon in federal court to bank fraud and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. The plea agreement includes a stipulated sentence of 12 years followed by 60 months of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that two men and a woman from Timber Lake, South Dakota have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Third Degree Burglary of a downtown business.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: Leon Buu Dam, 48, a naturalized American citizen from South Vietnam, pleaded guilty before Chief Judge Lisa Godbey Wood on Thursday, February 28 to two charges relating to the firebombing of Cindy Nails, a business operating on South Tallahassee Street in Hazlehurst, Georgia. The bombing resulted in the total loss of the contents of the business, totaling over $21,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: STATESBORO, GA - Gary Lenion McDonald, 36, of Pembroke, Georgia, was sentenced to 20 years in prison yesterday by Senior U.S. District Court Judge B. Avant Edenfield for his role in two separate kidnappings in the Bryan County area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Susan Lee Gross, aka Ju Me Lee Gross, 48, of Trinidad, Colo., was sentenced today to 30months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for transporting women to work as prostitutes at her Annandale-based massage parlor and laundering the proceeds from that illegal activity. Gross also agreed to forfeit $248,409.
