News from November 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Angel Gregorio Liriano Cruz will be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Roanne L. Mann, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, on heroin and cocaine trafficking charges. Liriano Cruz is alleged to be the leader of an international drug organization...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. November 19: Live Webinar on Pedestrian-Friendly Nighttime Lighting. Webinar Sponsor: EERE's Building Technologies Office. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled "Pedestrian-Friendly Nighttime Lighting" on Tuesday, Nov. 19, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in New England, announced that AARON MIODUSZEWSKI, 33, of Voluntown, was arrested today on a six-count indictment charging him with possessing and distributing controlled substance analogues over the Internet, and possessing LSD.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Allen Locke, 64, a New Hampshire native who moved to Vermont in early 2013, pleaded not guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to a charge that he travelled in interstate commerce without updating...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: Defendant’s Organization Allegedly Transported Multi-Ton Quantities Of Cocaine From Central America To Mexican Drug Cartels For Importation Into The United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in Hartford has found BENJAMIN GREEN, III, 45, of Stratford, guilty of engaging in a corrupt tax refund scheme. The trial before U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant began on November 7 and the jury returned its verdict yesterday afternoon following a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Vanessa Louise Wagner, 30, of Plummer, Idaho, was sentenced today to 90 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Wagner to forfeit $5,600. She pleaded guilty to the charge on July 22, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Dean Tuan Trinh was sentenced yesterday to 5 months home detention, and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine to the Lacey Act Reward Fund, along with $14,400 in restitution for his involvement in the illegal take and sale of California leopard sharks from the San Francisco Bay and nurse sharks from Florida State waters, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By State Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: Washington D.C. - U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s ranking member, introduced H.Res. 404, a resolution that expresses deep sympathy and support to the people of the Philippines for the terrible loss of life and massive destruction as a result of Typhoon Haiyan, which landed on November 8, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement after the Administration released the number of applications processed for coverage through the state- and federal-based marketplaces and Medicaid during the month of October...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), held a hearing to consider the nomination of Jeh Johnson, President Obama’s pick to be the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Doris Hayes, 36, of Houston, has entered a guilty plea to two counts of making false statements involving a Social Security number, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A woman has pleaded guilty in a federal drug trafficking case from Salina, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice, the FBI, and the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) remind the public that there is a potential for disaster fraud in the aftermath of a natural disaster. Suspected fraudulent activity pertaining to relief efforts associated with Typhoon Haiyan should be...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: HARRISON, Arkansas - Buffalo National River is increasing the fee at five developed campgrounds. EffectiveNov. 15, the fee for drive-in sites at Buffalo Point (which include electrical service) will increase from $17 to $22 per night. The fee for walk-in sites at Buffalo Point and Tyler Bend will...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today issued the following comment on the introduction of anti-Alaska legislation that would permanently ban oil and natural gas development in the non-wilderness portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that Manuel L. Maroño, 41, the former Mayor of the City of Sweetwater and Jorge L. Forte, 41, a lobbyist...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: Istvan Zoltan Foris, 44, of Szarvas, Hungary, was charged on November 8, 2013, by Information, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and possession of a fraudulent passport, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Foris conspired with others to defraud persons who sought to purchase used...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 13, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and 74 Members of Congress sent a today to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe in support of the June 2013 proposed rule to nationally delist the Gray Wolf as “endangered" or “threatened"...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: Randall Stein, 55, of Bryn Mawr, PA pleaded guilty today to three counts of filing a false tax return for the years 2006, 2007, and 2008. Stein is the co-founder and former President of WP Realty, Inc. Stein founded WP Realty (formerly known as Weingarten Properties) with Bryan Weingarten in 1995. WP...
