News from May 2013
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 24, 2013 - Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today calling on the Obama Administration to allow more time to review and comment on its final rule on hydraulic fracturing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Tom J. Parsons, age 49, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on May 24, 2013, and pled not guilty to an Information that was filed on May 6, 2013, charging him with Injurious Articles as Nonmailable. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 1 year of imprisonment, a $100,000 fine, or both. The charge is merely an accusation, and Parsons is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Alazajuan Gray, 20, and Clifton Smith, 21, have been found guilty of armed robbery and other charges stemming from a series of attacks, including three separate incidents against Metrorail passengers, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. -On May 22, 2013, a federal grand jury indicted 42 individuals as a result of an investigation led by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HIS), United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) and the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota man charged with Failure to Pay Legal Child Support was sentenced on May 20, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Jesse L. Brown Otter, age 45, was sentenced to time served, a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund, and child support restitution in the amount of $25,342.12.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: The LIRR Disability Fraud Scheme. Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that PETER J. AJEMIAN, a Board-certified orthopedist, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to eight years in prison for his role in the alleged massive fraud scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: On May 22, 2013, Michael Patrick Sullivan, Jr., 37, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was charged in a federal indictment with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. If convicted, Sullivan is subject to a term of imprisonment of up to 25 years, a fine of $250,000 and five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Dennis Mallow, age 47, of Black Hawk, South Dakota appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on May 14, 2013 and pled guilty to Theft of Government Property. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 10 years of imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: Plead Guilty to Pandering Charge. -Two Admit Luring Young Woman Into Prostitution-. WASHINGTON - Amina Hamid 20, and Charles Mayberry, 19, both of Oxon Hill, Md., pled guilty today to a charge of pandering, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced. Both defendants pled guilty in the Superior Court...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that Karen Galo (33, Key West) pleaded guilty yesterday to unlawfully disclosing a federal grand jury subpoena to a third party with the intent to obstruct a judicial proceeding. Galo faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Following a multi-week trial, three top executives and a favored borrower have been convicted by a federal jury in Norfolk, Va. Accused of masking non-performing assets at the Bank of the Commonwealth for their own personal benefit and to the detriment of the Bank, this long-running scheme contributed to the failure of the Bank in 2011, costing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) an estimated $268 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Tyson J. Keepseagle, age 26, of Little Eagle, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on May 20, 2013 and pled guilty to Count I of the Indictment that charged him with Child Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: Prosecution is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: Dana J. Boente, U. S. Attorney; Michael Anderson, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Mike Fields, Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General; Fred Duhy, Louisiana Department of Justice’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and Gabriel Grchan, Special Agent in...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces the return of an indictment charging Walter Brown (41, Kissimmee) with one count of conspiracy to knowingly and without lawful authority produce identification documents and nine counts of aggravated identity theft. If convicted, Brown faces up to 15 years in federal prison for the conspiracy charge and two years in federal prison for each count of aggravated identity theft charge.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park will open late morning today, Friday, May 24. Due to heavy melting on the road during the day and freezing temperatures at night, visitors should plan for likely night closures in their travel plans. Alpine Visitor Center and Trail Ridge Store are expected to open sometime next week.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Foster. Good morning Dean O’Brien, distinguished faculty, trustees, proud parents and family, friends, and esteemed graduates of the Class of 2013! Congratulations!.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: In recent weeks Congaree National Park has experienced significant flooding as a result of rain in the Midlands and the Congaree River watershed.The remnant bottomland hardwood forests at the park are a good example of how dynamic floodplain processes shape the habitats that support a diversity of plants and animals. Many of the park's natural systems not only withstand flood events, but they depend on periodic flooding from the Congaree and Wateree Rivers to thrive.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that pharmaceutical company ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. pleaded guilty to conspiracy to introduce a misbranded drug into interstate commerce and conspiracy to pay illegal remuneration in violation of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute before...
