News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: TNEWARK, N.J. - An internal medicine specialist who wrote illegal prescriptions for oxycodone was convicted today by a federal jury in New Jersey for his role in a conspiracy that put tens of thousands of prescription pills on the streets for resale, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 27-year-old Mexican national living in White Bear Lake was indicted for using someone else’s name, date of birth, and Social Security number for the past several years. Jesus Emmanuel Castro was charged with one count of false claim of citizenship and one count of aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: (313) 234-4310. COVINGTON, Ky. - A Cincinnati man who previously admitted to participating in a conspiracy to distribute heroin was sentenced to 162 months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge David Bunning sentenced 43 year-old Lee Moore on...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Alan Preston Prine, 59, of Daphne, was convicted today by a federal jury in Mobile for attempting to entice two children for sex via the internet. Following a day of testimony, the jury deliberated for less than hour before returning a guilty verdict this morning. Prine was taken into the custody of the United States Marshals Service after the verdict.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on May 21, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, MICHAEL BEARHILL, JR., a 21-year-old resident of Wolf Point and an enrolled member of a federally-recognized tribe, pled guilty to robbery. Sentencing has been set for Aug. 27, 2013. He is currently detained.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) created the Take 25 campaign to encourage families to take 25 minutes to talk to their children about safety and abduction prevention. NCMEC estimates that 800,000 children are reported missing in America every year, which is more than 2,000 children each day. Fortunately, most of these children are quickly located.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - In the District of Minnesota, separate charges have been filed against three foreign nationals who allegedly entered the United States illegally after being deported as criminals.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Following a two-day trial in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, before U.S. District Judge John McBryde, a federal jury has convicted Jermaine Duane Irvin, 41, on a superseding indictment charging one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Boston - Edward J. MacKenzie, Jr., was arrested this morning after being indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston of racketeering, RICO conspiracy, mail fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy, extortion and bribery.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Bear Necessities: Black Bears in Rocky Mountain National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Julio Francia, 22, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty this morning to robbing five Albuquerque-area businesses and to carrying a firearm during a crime of violence under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Francia’s guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a bungled bank robbery attempt.
By US DOT Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and David Vitter (R-LA) announced a groundbreaking, bipartisan agreement to modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and ensure the safety of everyday consumer products to better protect American families. Their legislation would significantly ...
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today released the following statement after the Obama administration threatened to veto H.R. 1911, the Smarter Solutions for Students Act...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Arturo Hawkins, 51, and Alejandro Garcia-Ortega, 26, have been sentenced to federal prison following their convictions of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute in excess of 100 kilograms of marijuana, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Hawkins, of Laredo, and Alejandro Garcia-Ortega, of Mexico, pleaded guilty Dec. 27, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee adopted several bills aimed at increasing government transparency and accountability at a full committee business meeting.
By EPA Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval Act, with bipartisan support by a vote of 241 to 175. Sponsored by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), this bipartisan, commonsense legislation will end the regulatory delays blocking construction of the Keystone...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: BUSHKILL, PA: Superintendent John J. Donahue announced today that the National Park Service (NPS) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a 10-year lease of the nine-hole Cliff Park Golf Course (commercial use) within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The property is located at 155 Cliff Park Road, in Dingmans Township, Pike County, just outside of Milford, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GERARD CANINO, the president and owner of First Class Equities (“FCE"), was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 97 months in prison for his participation in a $66 million mortgage fraud scheme. CANINO pled guilty in April 2012 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud in connection with the scheme, and was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert P. Patterson.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: SACRAMENTO - -Brandon A. Conley 31, of Stockton, was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez for growing marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. A jury found Conley guilty on Feb. 15, 2013 after a three-day trial.
