News from March 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on March 21, 2013, Timothy M. Felton, age 37 of Lincoln, was sentenced to 12 ½ years, (150 months), in prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, also known as crack cocaine, and two counts of distribution of cocaine base between February of 2007 and April of 2010. Following the prison term, Felton will serve five years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Manderson, South Dakota man convicted of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on March 15, 2013 by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Diane Williams, 51, of New York, NY, was charged today by indictment with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to use stolen bank cards to buy department store gift cards, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Donna Peterson, age 48, of Mission, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Roberto A. Lange on March 18, 2013 and pled guilty to one count of Theft of Government Funds. The maximum penalty upon conviction is ten years in custody, a $250,000 fine, and 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for robbing a Raytown, Mo., bank last summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 34-year-old Port Neches, Texas, man has pleaded guilty to child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: GERARD J. HOFFMAN, JR., 59, a resident of Mandeville, Louisiana, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to conspiracy to commit bribery, announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Clarence Janis, age 30, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on March 7, 2013 and pled guilty to Assaulting a Federal Officer. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 1 year of imprisonment and/or a $100,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pukwana, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: MICHAEL PAGE, 36, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Court Judge Lance M. Africk to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base (“crack"), announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Washington woman was sentenced for her role in embezzling $289,000 from Trident Seafoods.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: Spokane - Today, Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Kara Lynn Stahi, age 20, of the Yakama Nation Indian Reservation, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty in December, 2012, to Discharging a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: Ocala, Florida - U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that a federal jury today found Michael A. Collier (48, Jacksonville) guilty of attempting to entice a child to engage in sexual activity. Collier faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in federal prison, up to a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing has not yet been set. Collier was indicted on Oct. 31, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Mauricio Becerril, 40, a Mexican national formerly living in Ontario, Oregon, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Boise to 36 months in prison and a $200 special assessment for aggravated identity theft and perjury, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Becerill appeared today before Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb of the Eastern District of California. He pleaded guilty to the charge on Dec. 20, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: Victim Ends Up In Hospital on Three Separate Occasions After Violent Attacks by Domestic Partner.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Whisper Montileaux, age 30, of Potato Creek, South Dakota appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on March 13, 2013 and pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. The penalty upon conviction is a minimum of 5 up to 40 years’ imprisonment and/or a $5,000,000 fine.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking nominations for the Mushroom Council.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: Tanika Victoria Little, 34, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged today by indictment with one count of illegally possessing a firearm with obliterated serial numbers, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that on Oct. 1, 2012, Little knowingly possessed a Glock model 19, 9mm pistol, serial #TN460US, with a forcibly removed serial number plate from the frame and scratched serial number on the slide of the firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: The meeting of the Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (RAC) scheduled for April 4-5 at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carson City District office has been cancelled. The RAC is still tentatively scheduled to meet at the BLM's Winnemucca District Office in August.RACs...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Clayton J. Fire Thunder, age 38, of Manderson, South Dakota appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on March 13, 2013 and pled guilty to Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 10 years' imprisonment and/or a $250,000 fine.
