News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas- U.S. Customs Broker Alejandro Santos, 32, has entered a guilty plea in relation to the smuggling of goods into the country, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Santos pleaded guilty to entry of goods by false classification, smuggling goods into the United States and making a false statement to a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent late yesterday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Scott Hacker.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two Pennsylvania men and a resident of Texas have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: National Park Service News Release. - MAY 14, 2013. KAREN HUGHES, ACTING CHIEF RANGER, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 X223. Teachers Become Rangers at Montezuma Well. RIMROCK, Ariz. - Each summer, children from around the Verde Valley descend on Montezuma Well for Junior Ranger Day Camps. Kids between 8 and 16...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Jesse Scott Fleming, 24, of Garden City, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Boise to unlawfully possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND - Ana Mendoza-Roman and Ricardo Mendoza-Roman were sentenced today to 10 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to produce and transfer false identification documents, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. Ana and Ricardo Mendoza-Roman are siblings who are citizens of Mexico and are unlawfully present in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge John E. Steele sentenced Michael James Harrell (33, Fort Myers) and Matthew Rollins (27, Fort Myers) yesterday for armed bank robbery, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, attempted bank robbery, conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery and conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, N.J., man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for attempting to purchase 13 kilograms of cocaine for distribution in and through New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: Thomas C. Phelan, 34, of Wayne, PA, is charged by Indictment, unsealed today, with participating in a mortgage fraud conspiracy involving more than five properties and more than $1 million in fraudulent loan proceeds, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Phelan is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit loan and wire fraud, and three counts of loan fraud and one count of wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - John F. “Jef" Curran, III, age 42, of Westminster, Maryland pleaded guilty today to securities fraud, in connection with the sale of $1.9 million worth of stock in his company, Gargoyles, Inc.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: Chances are you know how many miles your car logs for each gallon or tankful of gas, but you probably have only a foggy idea of how much energy your house consumes, even though home energy expenditures often account for a larger share of the household budget.
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced five appointments to the 15-member National Pork Board. The five appointees will each serve 3-year terms.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Maurice Kenneth Hardy, age 37, of Bridgeville, Delaware, today to 16 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine and cocaine base (crack cocaine).
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: Alleged Fraudulent Billings Exceed $17 Million; Medicare Billed For Facials And Massages.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two Spring Hill, Tenn., men pleaded guilty in federal court today for their involvement in a racially-motivated conspiracy to interfere with the housing rights of African-American residents of the Spring Lake subdivision of Spring Hill, the Justice Department announced. Dakota James Calderhead, 20, and Kristian Chancellor Mathis, 19, each pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Nashville, Tenn., to one count of conspiracy to deprive a person of his civil rights.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A citizen of Mexico has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of re-entry of an illegal alien, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RALSTON WILLIAMS, also known as “Chris," 43, of New Haven, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 168 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin and crack cocaine. WILLIAMS also was ordered to pay a $100,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: Police Week salutes our heroic members of law enforcement.
By State Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Two bipartisan bills introduced by U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and two ambassadorial nominations to Libya and Chad cleared the committee today and will now proceed to the full Senate for approval.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: FUEL SERVICES AT COTTONWOOD COVE MARINA TEMPORARILY INTERRUPTED MAY 15.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at The George Washington University has announced that five researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are among 13 federal employees being honored with 2012 Arthur S. Flemming Awards.
