News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 22-year-old man, formerly of Maine, was indicted for making bomb threats at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and the Mall of America (“MOA"). Dana William Ashey was specifically charged with two counts of false information and hoaxes.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: Although made of fire-resistant materials, terracotta and cement roof tiles are vulnerable to penetration by windblown embers generated in wildfires, according to new research findings* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Juan Roberto Rincon-Rincon, one of the highest ranking members of the Gulf Cartel, has been ordered to federal prison for life following his convictions related to a large drug trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and United...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-A federal indictment unsealed yesterday charges a 62-year-old man from the western Minnesota community of Graceville with distributing and possessing images of child pornography. The indictment, which was filed on May 7, 2013, charges John Rolland Parent with five counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. The indictment was unsealed following Parent’s initial appearance in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Pamela Belt, age 49, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on May 8, 2013 and pled guilty to Assault on a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Tony Andy Gonzales, 61, of Roswell, N.M., pleaded guilty this afternoon to carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Gonzales’ guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales and Thomas G. Atteberry, Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Porcupine, South Dakota man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, and Wounding was sentenced on May 3, 2013 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr., announced that DANIEL GARCIA, age 36, pled guilty today before United States District Court Judge James Brady to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the State of Louisiana’s Motion Picture...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, two Twin Cities-area men pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, among other drugs. Jose Francisco Hernandez-Perez, age 26, of West St. Paul, and Jose Enrique Mederos-Benitez, age 23, of Minneapolis, pleaded guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: A Criminal Complaint Is A Formal Accusation Of Criminal Conduct, Not Evidence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s New England Field Division; United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven M. Paré; Providence Police Chief Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr. and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Pedro Garcia-Morales, a legal permanent resident from Cuba living in Donna, has been found guilty of possession of more than 15 unauthorized access devices with intent to defraud, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. The McAllen federal jury returned its verdict just a short time ago following one day of trial and less than two hours of deliberation.
By Homeland Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) highlighted a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) titled, “Data Center Consolidation: Strengthened Oversight Needed to Achieve Cost Savings...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Joshua Ray Parton, age 25, of Elmore County, Alabama, was sentenced on Friday, May 10, 2013, to serve 30 years in federal prison for producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney George L. Beck, Jr., announced. Between 2007 and 2012, Parton raped two minor boys-a twelve-year-old and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, NJ - A Passaic County, N.J., man today admitted participating in a multi-year, international conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Geoffrey Lechner, 52, of Brighton, N.Y., and his brother, Douglas Lechner, 51, of Rochester, N.Y., who were convicted of employing unauthorized aliens, were fined $3,000 each by U.S. Magistrate Judge Marian W. Payson.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - A joint-federal-agency 15-day research expedition in the northern Gulf of Mexico yielded innovative high-resolution seismic data and imagery that will help refine characterizations of large methane hydrate resources in the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today before United States Magistrate Judge James E. Gates, KITRINA DIANE RHODES, 43, of Magnolia, North Carolina pled guilty to Making Material False Statements, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) - - Stanley Smith, 61, of Douglas, Georgia, pled guilty yesterday before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood for distributing drugs to his customers without a legitimate medical purpose.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Jason Maclaskey, 33, has been charged with conspiracy, theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft related to his participation in a scheme to use stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
