News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Three former employees of The Vacation Ownership Group LLC admitted to conspiring to defraud owners of timeshare properties by offering phony consulting services, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. One of the defendants also admitted to illegally collecting unemployment benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Jeffrey Volk, age 42, of McLaughlin, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on May 9, 2013 and pled guilty to Count III of the Information that charged him with Lacey Act Violations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Blake David Coleman O’Gara, 30, of Ashburn, Virginia, was sentenced this morning to 78 months imprisonment, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, after his guilty plea to receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: COVINGTON, KY - A federal grand jury returned an indictment Thursday charging 34-year-old Rebecca Hatfield with bank embezzlement, 46 counts of false entries in bank records, and making a false statement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Elizabeth Nevarez, 44, of Laredo, has been ordered to prison for nearly five years following her conviction of one count of money laundering, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Nevarez entered into a written plea agreement on Monday, Nov, 5, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ahead of an impending report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), the Internal Revenue Service today disclosed that it had targeted certain tax-exempt organizations for their political beliefs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Peoria, Ill. - Sentencing is scheduled in October 2013 for a Bloomington, Ill., man charged last summer with cocaine trafficking in the Bloomington-Normal area. Perry Harrington, 34, of the 300 block of Riley Drive, was one of the defendants arrested and charged as a result of the cooperative investigation known as “Operation Blue Bulldog" that targeted an alleged network of more than 15 defendants charged with distribution of cocaine and crack cocaine in the area.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - Vietnam Veteran Clarence "Tiger" Davis will be the featured speaker at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 26, 2013, at the annual Memorial Day Service in Andersonville National Cemetery.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Veolia Water North America, the contractor operating and maintaining the Elwha Water Treatment Plant (EWTP,) will use the Milwaukee Grade access road to haul sediment material off-site, beginning May 13 and continuing intermittently throughout the summer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Shreveport/Lafayette/Alexandria/Lake Charles/Monroe, La. : Communities across the United States will come together during National Police Week - May 12th through May 18th - to honor and remember those law enforcement officers who made the ultimate sacrifice, as well as the family members, friends and fellow officers they left behind. The U.S. Attorneys will be honoring local heroes at their offices.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: JOSE MARCO AGUILAR, age 42, a citizen of Mexico, was charged in a one-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury today with illegal reentry by an alien previously removed, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Today, another four defendants, who pleaded guilty to their respective roles in a major methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in Wichita Falls, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor in federal court in Wichita Falls, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) apologized for targeting conservative groups...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt sentenced HYSEN SHERIFI, 29, of Raleigh, North Carolina, to life imprisonment. SHERIFI’s co-defendants, SHKUMBIN SHERIFI,23, and NEVINE ALY ELSHIEKH, 48, were also sentenced to 36 months and 42 months imprisonment, respectively, both followed by 3 years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota woman appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge William D. Gerdes on May 9, 2013 and pled guilty to a Superseding Information charging Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding and Simple Assault.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On May 9, 2013, Ferlin Patrick Edgington, age 55, of New London, Iowa, was sentenced to 100 months imprisonment for distribution of methamphetamine and for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Chief United States District Judge James E. Gritzner also sentenced Edgington to four years supervised release, and Edgington forfeited $9370.00 in drug proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on May 10, 2013, Rene Antonio Ramos Rodriguez, Sr., age 41 of Lincoln, was sentenced to 11 years and three months (135 months) in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine between February of 2011 and December of 2011. Following the prison term, Rodriguez will serve five years on supervised release. Rodriguez will also forfeit $7,644 in cash to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La.: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley will be the keynote speaker for the 2013 Southern University Law Center (SULC) Commencement on Saturday, May 11, 2013, in the F.G. Clark Activity Center on the Southern University Baton Rouge campus. During the day’s event, U.S. Attorney Finely will speak to 173 graduates receiving their juris doctorate degrees.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Apollo, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of mail and wire fraud conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By State Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that the Committee will meet on Wednesday, May 22 to consider the bipartisan Nuclear Iran Prevention Act (H.R. 850).
