News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Defendant Manufactured an Improvised Explosive Device.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Samuel Sterling, age 35, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 15 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a gun. Judge Hollander enhanced Sterling’s sentence upon finding that he is an armed career criminal based on three previous convictions for a drug offense and violent crime.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Jason Garreau, age 26, of Eagle Butte, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on May 3, 2013, and pled guilty to a Superseding Information that charged him with Possession of a Controlled Substance. Garreau was sentenced to time served with no supervised release to follow, a $1,000 fine, and a $25 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Lauryn N. Hill, the Grammy-winning singer and actress, was sentenced today to three months in prison and three months of home confinement with electronic monitoring for not reporting more than $2.3 million in income by intentionally failing to file tax returns for five years, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - A caregiver who concealed the death of an elderly man in her care by burying his body, has pleaded guilty to the theft of more than $200,000 in Social Security retirement benefits paid on his behalf. Carel June Cody, 47, of Cottage Grove, pleaded guilty in federal court this morning...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Defendant And His Organization Allegedly Trafficked Cocaine And Marijuana And Laundered Tens Of Millions Of Dollars In Narcotics Proceeds.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway and the National Elk Refuge released today for public review the Snake River Headwaters Comprehensive River Management Plan and Environmental Assessment (CRMP/EA). Prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), this environmental assessment will be open for review and comment for 57 days from May 6 - June 30, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Pipestone, MN: Superintendent Glen Livermont announced today that Pipestone National Monument has scheduled a prescribed burn during the period of May 13 -May 31, 2013. When appropriate wind, temperature, and humidity conditions exist between these dates, approximately 104 acres of tall grass prairie will be burned.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A man from Olathe, Kan., has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Last week in federal court, a 64-year-old woman from the southeastern Minnesota community of Wykoff was charged with embezzling approximately $35,520 from the Security State Bank where she was employed as the head teller. On May 3, 2013, Cheryl Lynn Holzer was charged with one count of bank embezzlement.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Kenneth Stensby, 73, set off on a day hike to Vernal Fall Sunday Morning May 5.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - SHELLY RENEE HENSON, 40, from Oklahoma City, was sentenced by United States District Judge Stephen P. Friot to serve 60 months in prison for mail fraud related to an adoption scam, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. Judge Friot also ordered Henson to serve three years of supervised release upon release from prison and to pay $49,361.47 in restitution to the victims.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The BLM Royal Gorge Field Office today released a preliminary environmental assessment analyzing the proposed sale of oil and gas leases on 11 parcels totaling 2,528 acres of public mineral estate in Bent, Kiowa, Huerfano and Weld counties.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Date: May 3, 2013. Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: (313) 234-4310. LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected 50 percent more pills than the previous one, demonstrating the American...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Wally Reynolds, 37, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiring to possess and distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court in Minneapolis, a North Oaks couple was sentenced for committing health-care fraud, specifically making false statements to garner, county, state, and federal benefits and assistance for their disabled children. James N. Hood, age 69, was sentenced to 42 months...
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement upon release of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) report on the Ways and Means Committee Tax Reform Working Groups. The report includes a summary of present law and suggestions for reform submitted to the 11 Tax Reform Working Groups.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of Virginia. Monday, May 6, 2013. NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Jeffrey A. Martinovich, 46, of Norfolk, Va., was convicted today by a federal jury for his involvement in fraud related to the mismanagement of a Newport News-based hedge fund. Specifically...
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking nominations for individuals to serve on the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board of Directors. There is one vacancy for a producer member and one vacancy for a person with expertise in finance and management.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
