News published on Federal Newswire in March 2013

News from March 2013


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Verona, Pennsylvania and three residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, bank fraud, filing false tax returns, and failing to file tax returns, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Porcupine Man Indicted For Attempted Aggravated Sexual Abuse And Assault Charges

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Porcupine, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly sexually and physically assaulting a female near Porcupine in August 2012.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that David Mullie, 49, of Newark, N.Y., pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, and supervised release for life.


News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted four men in connection to four separate bank robberies in North Alabama, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.


Last Of Los Zetas Money Launderers Ordered To Prison

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Laredoans Laurencio Montes, 43, and Jose Luis Gonzales, 28, have been sent to federal prison for their roles in an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) investigation relating to the laundering of millions of drug proceeds by Los Zetas, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in...


News Release: Dr. Coburn sent the following letter to OPM Director John Berry urging agency heads to avoid critical furloughs by first eliminating employees that do not show up for work, who are not performing official work, or are simply not working at all, which cost the federal government millions in lost man-hours.


Four Jefferson County Men Indicted On Federal Mail Fraud Charges

News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Four Port Arthur, Texas men have been indicted and arrested in connection with a mail fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Angel Campos Tellez, aka “Israel Campos Martinez," “Abel Cruz Bonilla," and “Abel Campos," 27, of Maryland, pleaded guilty today to helping lead a commercial sex enterprise that prostituted at least 100 different women throughout Virginia and nearby states.


Illinois Man Charged With Illegally Distributing Peptides

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Palatine, Ill., was indicted on March 26, 2013, by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of mail fraud, misbranding of drugs and money laundering, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Wynnewood Refining Co. in Oklahomafollowing the death of 2 workers

News Release: Region 6 News Release: 13-558-DAL. March 27, 2013. Contact: Diana Petterson Juan Rodriguez. Phone: 972-850-4710 972-850-4709. Email: petterson.diana@dol.gov rodriguez.juan@dol.gov. WYNNEWOOD, Okla. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Wynnewood Refining...


Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council to Meet

News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.-The Bureau of Land Management’s Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council will meet at 3 p.m. Apr. 3, at the Mesa County Courthouse Annex Multipurpose Room, 544 Rood Ave., Grand Junction, Colo.


News Release: Defendants attempt to evade law enforcement in February resulted in three deaths.


Chairman Hastings Disappointed in Lack of Transparency at DOI, Renews Request for Info on Job Destroying Coal Regulation

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 27, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today sent a to Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar expressing disappointment at the Department’s lack of transparency and failure to respond to the Committee’s legitimate oversight questions...


News Release: WICHITA FALLS, Texas -All seven defendants charged in a federal indictment with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and firearms offenses are in custody, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. Of those seven defendants, four were arrested...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Deborah Gayle Wood, 56, currently residing in Grove, Okla., was sentenced yesterday afternoon to eight months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for her bank fraud conviction. Wood also was ordered to pay $4,390.93 in restitution and a $10,000.00 fine.


News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - A series of brown-bag lunch programs are being given this April at Wind Cave National Park. Offered each Wednesday at the park visitor center, these 30-minute presentations are free and begin at 12:15 p.m.



News Release: A three-count information was filed charging a former employee of the Cuyahoga Heights School District with crimes related to the theft of more than $3.4 million from the district, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


Three Plead Guilty To False Tax Refund Scheme

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS- As Tax Day approaches, the United States Attorney’s Office reminds people be cautious of suspicious tax preparers. Earlier today in federal court, a Minnesota woman pleaded guilty to being part of a conspiracy to filing false tax returns to generate inflated refunds. Tameca Stokes specifically...


News Release: CALGARY, Alberta - A Calgary man was arrested and charged Wednesday with six child pornography related offenses. The charges are a result of a joint investigation by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams' (ALERT) child exploitation unit and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).