News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: MAY 20 - SEATTLE - A drug trafficker who came to the attention of law enforcement after his roommate was shot and killed in November 2012 was convicted on May 16, 2013, following a three day jury trial. Juan Hidalgo-Mendoza, 33, of Lakewood, Washington was convicted of conspiracy to distribute controlled...
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Leah McGinnis, a 23-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS), has been named superintendent of Capitol Reef National Park in Utah. McGinnis is currently the chief of staff at Grand Canyon National Park. She reports for duty at Capitol Reef on June 16, replacing Al Hendricks, who retired in 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: - Victims were under five years of age.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Roscoe, Ill. man pleaded guilty today in federal court to two counts of transporting child pornography via the internet. In pleading guilty, JASON NICOSON, 35, admitted before U.S. District Court Judge Frederick J. Kapala that in December 2011 and January 2012, he used the internet to transport...
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area announces an entomological creature feature at the Blue Heron Campground on Saturday, May 25. Please join NPS Ranger Bill Herman at the Blue Heron Campground Campfire Circle at 7:30 p.m. (EDT) to experience first-hand the fascinating world of many...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: Portland, Ore. - An inmate of the Oregon State Penitentiary, Andrew Laud Barnett, 32, today received an additional 80-month federal sentence for a series of crimes against law enforcement personnel occurring from 2008 through 2012. U.S. District Judge Marco A. Hernandez ordered that 63 months be served consecutively to the prison term Barnett is currently serving in Oregon state custody.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man has pleaded guilty to a federal firearm charge, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: Convictions linked to a series of robberies and drug trafficking.
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: Dear Attorney General Gansler: We are writing to request information from the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) about a relatively new financial product where investors make a lump sum payment in exchange for an interest in retirees’ pension benefits. Recent news reports indicate that...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: Police found 17 firearms, hundreds of marijuana plants at defendant’s residence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Eric Williams, 34, of Lockport, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and the distribution of, cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, a $5,000,000 fine, or both.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on Cuban Independence Day:
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Two Topeka men have pleaded guilty to federal charges in separate armed robberies, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: HUNTSVILLE - A federal judge today sentenced a former museum security guard to more than eight years in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Postal Inspector R. Frank Dyer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, and officers assigned to the Puerto Rico Crimes Against Children Task Force (PRCACTF) arrested Reinaldo Díaz-Camacho, aka “Rei Díaz", 48, from Moca, PR, an executive at Pfizer Pharmaceutical, for production of child pornography, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: Tucson, Ariz. (May 20, 2013) --- Effective Wednesday, May 22, the Gila District of the Bureau of Land Management, all districts of Coronado National Forest, Saguaro National Park, Coronado National Memorial, Chiricahua National Monument, Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Tumacacori National Historical Park, and the Arizona State Forestry Division will implement campfire and smoking restrictions in southeastern Arizona.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: MyNOAACharts, which can be used on land and on the water, has GPS built-in capabilities that allow users find their positions on a NOAA nautical chart. They can zoom in any specific location with a touch of the finger, or zoom out for the big picture to plan their day of sailing. The Coast Pilot has...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Mark A. Ellison, 64, of Boise, Idaho; David D. Swenson, 35, of Boise, Idaho; and Jeremy Snow Swenson, 40, of Meridian, Idaho, appeared today in United States District Court and entered pleas of not guilty on a Superseding Indictment charging them with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: Operation Had Connections to Florida, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On May 20, 2013, Carl Lee Glass, 33, of Unicoi, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 106 months in prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Upon his release from prison, he will be subject to three years of supervised release.
