News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on May 6, 2013, Aaron E. Masser, 29, Bismarck, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of coercion and enticement. Masser pleaded guilty to the charge on Feb. 19, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Former State Senate Minority Leader Used Embezzled Escrow Funds To Finance DA Campaign.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The owner of a San Fernando Valley jewelry store was charged today with receiving insider information from a senior partner with KPMG LLP and using that confidential information about KPMG’s clients to make illegal stock trades that generated well over $1 million in illicit profits.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Devils Tower National Monument will implement a prescribed burn on Tuesday, May 7 through Wednesday, May 8. Fire management officials from the Northern Great Plains Fire Office and Devils Tower managers plan to burn 325 acres in the Belle Fourche Burn Unit of the Monument to remove build-up of dead fuels, exotic plants and woody herbaceous growth in the area which will encourage the growth of native prairie grasses and forbs and lessen the chances of possible wildland fires.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Andrew Oldaker collected more than 600 pictures and videos of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: U.S. Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Wanblee man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on May 6, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Jeffrey M. Chips, a/k/a Jeffrey M. Chipps, age 23, was sentenced to 36 months of imprisonment, 2 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Jimmy Rollins, 45, of Palmer, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 300 months in federal prison, five years supervised release and a $100 special assessment, by the Honorable Harry S. Mattice, Jr., U.S. District Judge. Rollins pleaded guilty in February 2013 to production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - A resident of Taiwan, who the U.S. government has linked to the supply of weapons machinery to North Korea, and his son, who resides in suburban Chicago, are facing federal charges here for allegedly conspiring to violate U.S. laws designed to thwart the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jefferson City, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in a conspiracy to help an inmate at the Morgan County jail in an unsuccessful escape attempt.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John Morton, Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE"), announced today the return to the Mongolian government of a nearly complete Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton (the “Bataar") that was unlawfully taken from Mongolia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: ERIE, Pa - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal firearms laws United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: In celebration of National Park Week, Lounica Hughett completed her tour of duty as a Teacher-Ranger-Teacher for Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area by presenting afterschool programs for students and families of Fairview Elementary School during the week of April 29-May 3. Participants...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Miguel A. Lavenant, age 38, of San Diego, California, was convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute five (5) kilograms or more...
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Enjoy the late spring sunshine by walking in the footsteps of John Muir on a free, ranger-led saunter up Mt. Wanda, part of the John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) in Martinez, CA. Join us on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 9 AMfor a two-hour nature walk to discover the many plants and animals living in this diverse landscape. The park has identified more than 82 species of native plants on Mt. Wanda, and hikers may see California buttercups, purple Chinese houses and mule’s ears.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Crystal Barner, age 28, and Maureen Brown Little, age 39, both of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to a scheme in which the conspirators stole wallets from women’s purses, removed the cash, credit cards and driver’s licenses and used the credit cards to make purchases at nearby stores.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Ong Rikki Sonephady, 42, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to growing marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, and Edward J. Hanko, Special Agent in Charge, Philadelphia Field Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today the return of a rare glass bottle to the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Martin woman convicted of Distribution of a Controlled Substance was sentenced on April 29, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court. Tillie Dawn Dubray, age 43, was sentenced to 1 year of probation, a $250 fine, and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Boston - Geoffrey Portway, 40, a citizen of the United Kingdom and most recently of Worcester, Mass., pleaded guilty today to solicitation to commit a crime of violence (kidnaping of a child) and distribution and possession of child pornography.
By DOL Newswire | May 6, 2013
News Release: Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. EST, House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) will join Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and House Republicans to hold a roundtable discussion with private sector employees and working parents at THE CENTECH GROUP in Falls Church. Following the roundtable, they will hold a brief press conference highlighting this week’s House vote on the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013.
