News published on Federal Newswire in March 2013

News from March 2013


New Jersey Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Luring Teen To Pennsylvania, Downloading Images Of Child Sex Abuse

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Sussex County, N.J., man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for luring a teenage boy to Pennsylvania for illegal sexual activity, as well as downloading and receiving images on his home computer of children being sexually abused, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Mexican national has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for illegal possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.


News Release: BISMARCK- U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on March 19, 2013, Adan Rodriguez-Garza, 40, of Salinas Hidalgo, Mexico, pleaded guilty and was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of reentry of deported alien.


Three Sentenced In Gift Card Scheme

News Release: Mark Mobley Stole Gift Cards, Gave Them To Friends.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Second Degree Burglary and Larceny.


News Release: At 2:00 p.m. this afternoon David Laurienti's body was found in the Upper Fay Lakes drainage on the north slope of Ypsilon Mountain. His body has been protected and moved to a more secure location. The six-person park team who located his body will be coming out of the backcountry tonight.


News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - A 19-year-old Texarkana, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.


News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today JASON BEGANY, 31, of Erwin, North Carolina, pled guilty before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle to converting property of another that came into his possession as a result of his employment with a department of the United States, and aiding and abetting another, all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 654 and 2.


Federal Grand Jury In South Bend Returns Indictments

News Release: South Bend, IN-The United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in South Bend, Indiana, returned the following Indictments on March 13, 2013.


News Release: A Highland woman, convicted of Access Device Fraud, was sentenced in federal district court on March 19, 2013, to 3 years of home detention as a condition of a term of her sentence of 5 years of probation, ordered to pay $8,099.68 in restitution, and ordered to pay a special assessment of $100.00, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.


Lowey Statement at Hearing on Military Quality of Life

News Release: We must not turn our backs on those who are serving our country. That is one of many reasons why Congress should avoid full implementation of sequestration by passing a balanced plan that closes tax loopholes, trims entitlements, and slows future growth of spending.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Colorado man was indicted by a federal grand jury for failing to appear in federal court on another matter pending against him.


Baucus Outlines Job-Creating Trade Agenda

News Release: WASHINGTON - In a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) laid out an aggressive trade agenda for 2013 aimed at boosting U.S. exports, creating American jobs and ensuring the nation’s workforce is prepared to compete in an increasingly intertwined global economy. Senator...


Retired Henderson Fireman Sentenced To Prison For Tax Evasion

News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A retired Henderson fireman convicted by a jury in October of five counts of willful tax evasion and one count of filing a false and fictitious tax return, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay the IRS $177,310 in restitution, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CID), Miami Field Office, announce today’s sentencing of defendant Domingos Trofino, 64, on charges of conspiracy...


News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors in April. To celebrate the Merrie Monarch Festival's 50th anniversary, special cultural presentations are offered April 3 and 4. All programs are free, but park entrance fees apply. Mark the calendar for these upcoming events.


News Release: Complaint Alleges Armed Deputy Arranged Purchase Of Seven Kilograms of Cocaine.


Moran Statement at Hearing on Indian Health

News Release: Good health is a person's greatest asset but for many Native Americans their health status is impaired. In category after category, Native Americans suffer sickness and disease at greater rates than other Americans.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on March 18, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, JASON BRYAN MARTIN, a 29-year-old resident of Helena, appeared for sentencing. MARTIN was sentenced to a term of.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Madison, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for counterfeiting.