News published on Federal Newswire in May 2013

News from May 2013


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A former Hudson County, N.J., resident admitted today that he defrauded an elderly woman of approximately $279,000 while she was hospitalized for cancer treatment, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRANDON BAILEY-SANTOUSE, also known as “Bo," 27, of Hartford, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.


Harrisburg Ambulance Company Pleads Guilty To Submitting False Statements To Medicare

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Harrisburg-based ambulance company has pleaded guilty to multiple False Statement charges related to Medicare fraud.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Tommy T. Branch, 22, of Fort Washington, Md., was found guilty by a jury today of charges stemming from a pair of attacks last summer, including one in which a man was severely beaten with a baseball bat, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.


News Release: Carlsbad Caverns to Increase Entrance Fee.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on May 1, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, FREDERICK PAUL DEPUTEE, JR., a 25-year-old resident of Hardin and an enrolled member of the Crow Tribe, appeared for sentencing. DEPUTEE was sentenced to a term of.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on April 30, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, YVONNE OWENS-MORRIS, a 48-year-old resident of Hungry Horse, pled guilty to theft of government money. Sentencing has been set for Aug. 18, 2013. She is currently released on special conditions.


News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) concluding that implementing principal reduction programs for underwater mortgages backed by Fannie Mae...


Detroit Man Indicted By Federal Grand Jury For Possessing Heroin

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -A federal grand jury sitting in Charleston indicted a Detroit man on Tuesday, April 30 for allegedly possessing heroin. According to the indictment, Jalin Tyref McArn, 19, allegedly possessed with intent to distribute heroin on April 24, 2013 near Huntington, W.Va.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Between April 17 and May 29, 2013, eleven defendants have pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud and other fraud-related charges. This criminal activity involved the owners, operators, employees, and affiliates of several real estate-related businesses located in Annandale, Virginia and nearby Northern Virginia towns.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pennsylvania man, convicted of the Unlawful Sale of Migratory Waterfowl, was sentenced on April 29, 2013, by US District Judge Charles B. Kornmann. Mike Bishop, age 46, was sentenced to 11 months in custody; $7,200 in restitution (joint and several...


Federal Grand Jury Indicts Mercer County Man On Mine Safety Violations

News Release: CHARLESTON, W. Va. - A Mercer County man who allegedly falsified mandatory mine safety reports while employed at several West Virginia mining operations was indicted on April 30 by a federal grand jury sitting in Charleston for violating mine health and safety laws, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin.


Randeep Mann Resentenced To Life In The 2009 West Memphis Bombing Of Doctor

News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, released this statement today regarding the re-sentencing of Randeep Mann, age 54, in the 2009 West Memphis bombing case. Mann was re-sentenced by United States District Judge Brian Miller to life plus 360...


News Release: Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park has been selected to receive a 2013 "Ticket to Ride " grant from the National Park Foundation (NPF), the official charity of America's national parks. The Ticket to Ride program, supported by a $500,000 grant from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, helps students explore the outdoors by providing transportation and program support to national parks around the country.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Wakpala man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on April 30, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Adrian B. Spotted Horse, age 33, was sentenced to 21 months of imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.


News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JOSHUA CONDE, a former employee of a child care and after-school program in the Bronx, pled guilty to producing and causing the production of numerous pornographic images of a child victim. He pled guilty in Manhattan federal court this afternoon before U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe.


News Release: "The Forgotten Faces of Fort Union" will be featured on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at 7:00PM at the CCHP/Santa Fé Trail Interpretive Center, 116 Bridge Street, Las Vegas, NM, 87701.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on May 1, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, MARK JAMES DENNY, a 33-year-old resident of Hardin, appeared for sentencing. DENNY was sentenced to a term of.


News Release: United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced the arrest today of a Phoenix, New York man on federal child pornography charges.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that on May 1, 2013, in Great Falls, at a federal district court trial before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, the following individuals were charged with the following counts.