News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A federal jury today found drug kingpin Kaboni Savage, 38, and his sister Kidada, 30, guilty of orchestrating the murders of a federal witness’ family and of conspiring to participate in a long-term, large-scale violent drug trafficking enterprise (RICO conspiracy). The Savages’ co-defendants...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: William Lester Donaldson, 53, of Celina, Tennessee was sentenced on May 10, 2013, by Chief United States District Judge William J. Haynes, Jr., to serve 15 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release and a fine of $25,000 for possessing Hydrocodone with the intent to distribute, announced David Rivera, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that YONG WANG, who operated 18 Chinese-language websites containing child pornography, pled guilty to advertising in connection with the sexual exploitation of children. WANG pled guilty Friday in Manhattan federal court before U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Kenneth M. Griffin, 45, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, to conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud and conspiring to engage in money laundering activities. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $500,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on May 13, 2013, Garrett Glenn Setterholm of Fargo, N.D., was sentenced before U.S District Judge Ralph R. Erickson on a charge of harboring illegal aliens.
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Underscoring the Obama Administration’s commitment to support the next generation of energy leaders, the U.S. Energy Department today announced the six regional winners of its National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition. The initiative inspires university teams across the country to...
By State Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wrote an op-ed below titled “Pakistan vote the first step on a long road," published on CNN.com. The op-ed appears below:
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - - A West Hollywood doctor surrendered to federal authorities this morning after being indicted last Friday on federal drug trafficking charges that allege he wrote more than 1,200 prescriptions for powerful painkillers after a federal order revoked his authority to prescribe those drugs.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: On Thursday, May 16 at 10:00 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will mark up the Smarter Solutions for Students Act (H.R. 1911) and the Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act (H.R. 1949). The markup will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced today that Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt sentenced WILLIAM NEVILLE DOWE, of Timberlake, North Carolina, for Bribery of a Public Official, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 201(b)(2)(C). DOWE was sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment, followed by a three-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., employee pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a scheme in which hundreds of public employees defrauded their health insurance program of more than $300,000 by falsely claiming to have run marathons and competed in triathlons for cash incentives.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park's longtime volunteer Sjors Horstman recently received a Governor's Lifetime Achievement Volunteer Service Award - the highest volunteer award in the state of Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
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By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Representatives from the State of Florida, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the National Park Service (NPS) met in early May to continue consulting on Biscayne National Park's General Management Plan. Partner agencies made significant progress developing science-based adaptive management strategies...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANTHONY CHIASSON, a former portfolio manager and co-founder of the hedge fund Level Global Investors (“Level Global"), was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 78 months in prison for crimes stemming...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2013
News Release: Olympic National Park has released its sport fishing regulations for 2013-2014 and announced the closure of recreational fishing in the Hoh River watershed effective immediately.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2013
News Release: (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - - United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today Terrance Lamar Wiggins, a/k/a “T-Wig," a/k/a “Barnwell" (32) was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Senior United States District Judge Margaret B. Seymour imposed the life sentence after a jury had found...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON- Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press with David Gregory, Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., spoke about the Committee’s investigation into the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of certain tax-exempt organizations for their political beliefs.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2013
News Release: Amb. Pickering Declines to Defend White House, State Department Accounts of Attack
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, N.J., man today admitted using a computer in his home to distribute images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
