News from March 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: Christopher J. Gilkey, 31, formerly of Syracuse, NY, was sentenced to 27 months in prison, 3 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $17,976 in restitution, a $500 fine, and a $100 special assessment, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Debra Belcer, 58, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of stealing government funds, was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $22,609 by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By State Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded the creation of a Commission of Inquiry on crimes against humanity in North Korea.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND - Kristie Gale Meyer was sentenced yesterday to 41 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,332,329.35 in restitution to the victims and $584,092 to the IRS, arising from a multi-year scheme to embezzle funds from her employer, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and IRS-CI Special Agent in Charge Jose M. Martinez announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Richard Dennis Streck III, 37, of Walla Walla, Washington, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possessing an unregistered sawed-off shotgun, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Streck was sentenced in federal court in Boise by Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb of the Eastern District of California. Streck pleaded guilty to the charge on Dec. 20, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota man convicted of one count of Sexual Assault of a Minor and one count of Sexual Abuse of a Person Incapable of Consenting, was sentenced on March 18, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for a bank fraud scheme that targeted a woman whose home was destroyed by the May 22, 2011, tornado.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: In El Paso, 23-year old Gonzalo Delgado-Chavez of Namiquipa, Chihuahua, Mexico, was sentenced to.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that two defendants associated with the LRGP Gang pleaded guilty to federal charges before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. Franklin Richards, 31, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sturgis, South Dakota man was indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Belgrade, Montana man convicted of Possession of Child Pornography was sentenced on March 15, 2013 by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: The Zion National Park Transportation System will begin shuttle operations on Sunday, March 24, 2013 and provide daily service through Sunday, Oct. 28, 2013, with service on weekends only during the month of November. This marks the fourteenth year of operation for the shuttle system in Zion National...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Coburn, M.D., R-Okla., and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., wrote a joint letter today to the United States Postal Service Board of Governors advising them to resist political lobbying and utilize their legal authority to move forward with the modified six-day delivery plan announced on February 6, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: ALFRED COLEMAN, age 54, and his wife TYIST DECQUIR COLEMAN, age 42, residents of Harvey, Louisiana, were sentenced today in federal court by U.S. Court Judge Eldon E. Fallon for conspiracy to steal government funds, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Corey A. Coley, Sr. and Albert E. Moore, Jr. with conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims. Coley is a Probation Officer for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. If convicted on all counts, Coley and Moore each face a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: Maurice M. Connelly, 20, of Philadelphia, PA was charged today by Indictment with three counts of robbery which interferes with interstate commerce and three counts of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. These charges stem from Connelly’s involvement in three separate gun-point robberies of store robberies; one on June 24, 2012, June 25, 2012, and Aug. 27, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Whitnee Eagle, 24, and Abraham Red Cloud, 31, both of Pine Ridge, South Dakota appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on March 12 (Eagle), and March 13 (Red Cloud), 2013 and pled guilty to a charge of Involuntary Manslaughter. The Magistrate Judge is expected to recommend their pleas be accepted by the District Court. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 8 years’ imprisonment and/or a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a 41-year-old Hopkins woman was sentenced for conspiring to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine between May of 2009 and April of 2011. United States District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced Daphne Denise Walker to 120 months in prison on one count of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Walker was indicted along with two co-defendants on Feb. 22, 2012, and pleaded guilty on Aug. 27, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 21, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after passage of the Republican Budget Resolution.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 21, 2013 - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on “America’s Mineral Resources: Creating Mining and Manufacturing Jobs and Securing America," combined with a legislative hearing on seven mining bills that will create jobs, streamline...
