News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: Used Hijacked Company Names to File For Fuel Tax Refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Pakistani citizen was sentenced today in the District of Columbia to 50 months in prison for conspiracy to provide material support to the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), often referred to as the Pakistani Taliban, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Two co-defendants were sentenced for the same charge in December 2011 to 40 and 36 months in prison.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service (NPS) will again offer shuttle bus service between Grand Canyon National Park and the neighboring town of Tusayan, Arizona in 2013. The Tusayan Route shuttle will be available from Saturday, May 11 through Friday, September 6 and will run at 20-minute intervals between 8 a.m. and 9:30 p.m., daily.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Arieal J. Bishop, 28, and David J. Golson, 26, have been ordered detained pending trial on charges of sex trafficking and producing child pornography, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: TOKUMBA MILLER, age 35, a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, was sentenced by U. S. District Judge Helen G. Berrigan today to 120 months imprisonment for being part of a conspiracy to traffic in heroin, possession with intent to distribute heroin, and of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven sentenced Jonathan Gamson (53, Tampa) today to 4 years and 9 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography. The court also ordered Gamson to forfeit a computer and external hard drive involved in the offense. Gamson pleaded guilty on February 4, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 8, 2013 - Today, the House Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearing entitled “DOI Fracturing Rule: A Recipe for Government Waste, Duplication, and Delay." This hearing focused on the potential impact that the Obama Administration’s proposed hydraulic fracturing regulations on federal lands would have on job creation, economic growth, and energy development in America.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Corey Thompson was sentenced yesterday to30 months in prison for his involvement in a sophisticated stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. In July 2012, Thompson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to file false claims and to one count of aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Yesterday in federal court in St. Paul, a 31-year-old career criminal from St. Paul was sentenced for possessing a 20-gauge sawed-off shotgun. On May 7, 2013, United States District Court Judge Susan Richard Nelson sentenced Michael Allen Smith to 180 months in prison on one count of being a career criminal in possession of a firearm and one count of possession of an unregistered firearm. Smith was indicted on July 17, 2012, and was convicted on Dec. 14, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Joseph Terranova, entered a guilty plea before the Honorable Gregory M. Sleet to a one count felony information charging him with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Lena Flying By, age 46, of Eagle Butte, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on May 7, 2013 and pled guilty to Count II of the Indictment that charged her with Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democratic and Republican leaders on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today joined together in introducing bipartisan legislation that would create American jobs by investing $13.8 billion over five years through the State Revolving Fund (SRF) and other efforts to improve water quality.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Marshall, Minnesota man charged with Failure to Pay Legal Child Support was sentenced on May 3, 2013 by U.S. Magistrate Court Judge John E. Simko.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: Devils Tower, Wyoming - A 300 acre prescribed burn ignited on Tuesday morning succumbed to high winds late Wednesday afternoon. A small spot fire, observed midday in the SW corner of the Monument, was pushed up a steep hill side by high winds and quickly torched woody plants out side of the burn area. Fire officials quickly converted the classification of prescribed burn to a wildland fire which allowed for additional firefighters to be ordered for containment of the fire.
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: I thank the Chairman for holding this hearing. Today, we will review the results of an Internal Revenue Service project on colleges and universities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: Victims Were Sexually and Physically Assaulted, and Forced to Work as Prostitutes,.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: A former health care clinic director and licensed clinical psychologist pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN), announced U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida; Acting...
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: TUSKEGEE, AL - Join the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) and become an important member of a cadre of dedicated individuals who work and play in the national parks. As a member of the Youth Conservation Corps you will personally have a role in protecting the nation's precious resources.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Crystal Lake, Ill. man was indicted yesterday on federal charges of mail fraud. MICHAEL S. MACKAY, 46, was charged with two counts of mail fraud for his role in a “secret shopper scheme," where victims applied to work-at-home advertisements on the Internet believing they were being hired to work as a “secret shopper" or payment processor.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: Everglades National Park would like to encourage anyone interested in providing public comment on its Draft General Management Plan / East Everglades Wilderness Study / Environmental Impact Statement (Draft GMP) to do so soon. The Draft GMP was released February 27 and the public comment period ends this Sunday, May 12, 2013.
