News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two men who attempted to flee police in a vehicle containing illegal drugs and thousands of dollars’ cash in March 2011 were each sentenced to prison on federal drug charges, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Stephen Michael Hopkins, 36, of Huntington, was sentenced on May 23...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on May 23, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, MICHAEL ANDREW KANNEGIESSER, a 22-year-old resident of Billings, appeared for sentencing. KANNEGIESSER was sentenced to a term of.
By USDA Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a final rule to modify the labeling provisions for muscle cut commodities covered under the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Images Produced By Defendant Found In Three Other Investigations Across The U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a grand jury in Williamsport has returned a one-count indictment today charging a convicted bank robber with escaping from federal custody while serving his federal bank robbery sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Warrensburg, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for attempting to distribute child pornography over the Internet. Jonathan R. Gilbert, 24, of...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jesus Antonio Cotto, 43, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted following a jury trial of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to 78 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Quentin A. Sherer, 33, a resident of Toledo, Ohio, was sentenced on Tuesday to 45 years in federal prison after having been found guilty by a jury of bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during that bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Robert D. Foley, III, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: What's the most formidable challenge faced by the staff of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)? Designing atomic clocks accurate for billions of years? Manipulating individual atoms to create new alloys? No, the one task that will even have a quantum physicist shaking in his boots is answering the question, "What is NIST?"
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man with prior felony convictions was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a semiautomatic handgun, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By USDA Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: For every gallon of olive oil that's pressed from the ripe fruit, about 38 pounds of olive skins, pulp and pits are left behind. Known as pomace, these leftovers typically have low-value uses. But U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agricultural engineer Rebecca R. Milczarek and her colleagues are...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Kenneth Robinson, 37, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 20 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ERIN DAVIS, former sales manager for the now defunct Buy-A-Home real estate brokerage business, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 24 months in prison for participating in a multi-million dollar...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal complaint has been unsealed charging Dante Phearse, 32, of Houston, with calling in bomb threats to two synagogues located in Houston, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Roy L. Austin Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Albany, New York -United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and David McNulty, U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of New York, announce the filing of a criminal Complaint charging EUGENE PERIARD, age 33, of Saratoga Springs, New York, with failing to update his sex offender registration information.1...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today GEORGE MADDISON VENTERS, 52, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Terence W. Boyle to 160 months’ imprisonment and lifetime supervised release for distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on May 23, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, WAYLON RONALD BURNS, a 35-year-old resident of Lame Deer and an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, was sentenced to a term of.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: The Potash Road within Canyonlands National Park will be closed from June 10th through June 22, 2013 for replacement of large culverts in the roadway.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Death Valley, CA-Firefighters have contained a 15 acre wildland fire on Thursday near historic Scotty's Castle in Death Valley National Park. Scotty's Castle is a Spanish style mansion built in the 1930s that hosts daily living history tours. The Castle is closed until water and power are restored to the area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Summers County pill dealer pleaded guilty today in federal court to drug charges, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Michael Harshaw Jr., 36, of Hinton, Summers County, W.Va., pleaded guilty in federal court in Beckley to distribution of oxycodone. On Oct. 3, 2012, Harshaw sold five oxycodone tablets to an individual cooperating with law enforcement authorities. The pill transaction occurred at Harshaw’s Summers County residence.
