News from November 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Joseph Anthony Clements, 51, of Gautier, pled guilty to three counts of mail fraud in connection with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Samuel George Hurd, III, 28, was sentenced late this afternoon, by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis, to 15 years in federal prison for his role in a cocaine and marijuana distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Jose Nicholas Alvarado, 35, of Gloucester, Va., was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, synthetic drugs also known as “Bath Salts" and “Spice." The synthetic drugs were being sold out of a store called “A Lil Of This N That," located in Gloucester County, Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - A former vice president of a company that was based in west suburban Downers Grove was sentenced today to four years in federal prison for a fraudulent invoicing scheme in which he obtained more than 100 company checks totaling more than $3.9 million and stole the money for himself. The defendant...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Keanta M. Lathrop, 35, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 47 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Lathrop to forfeit the firearm he unlawfully possessed. He pleaded guilty to the charge on Aug. 22, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Craig Johnson, 42, a/k/a AGeez,@ of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 288 months (24 years) in prison for two counts of sex trafficking of minors. Johnson operated a prostitution venture in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As part of that venture, in June 2012, Johnson recruited young...
By State Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded the State Department’s announcement of an up-to-$1-million reward for information leading to the dismantling of the Zaysavang Network, one of the most notorious transnational criminal organizations engaged in trafficking wildlife. Vixay Keosavang, the network’s ruthless leader, was featured recently in the New York Times.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: The Energy Department on November 7 launched a new mobile app to help drivers find stations that provide alternative fuel for vehicles. Developed by the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) with support from the Energy Department, the Alternative Fueling Station Locator app...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released enrollment numbers for the first month of the Affordable Care Act marketplaces.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today posted a new issue of Healthy Animals. This semi-annual online newsletter compiles ARS news and expert resources on the health and well-being of agricultural livestock, poultry and fish.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement after the Obama Administration announced only 106,000 individuals have selected a health insurance plan through the ObamaCare exchanges, as of November 2nd...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Maryland man was convicted yesterday in United States District Court in Springfield on a number of charges related to the altering of U.S. currency in connection with a “black money" scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced today that U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson has sentenced Michele Spurgeon to 60 months (5 years) in federal prison, and has ordered the defendant to pay more than $1.7 million in restitution to a victim company and the government.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: In 2003, the National Park Service (NPS) completed the Vessel Quotas and Operating Requirements Environmental Impact Statement (VQOREIS). Subsequent regulations delegated the authority to set annual cruise ship quotas to the park superintendent. The VQOR EIS Record of Decision (ROD) states that a determination...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Mexican National Jose Luis Zavala-Rodriguez aka Jose Juan Zavala-Rodriguez or Jose Juan Rodriguez-Rosa, 22, and Johnny Jose Redrovan-Pesantez, 23, of Ecuador, have been charged with assault of a federal officer causing bodily injury, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Zavala-Rodriguez is also charged with conspiracy to transport aliens and transporting an alien for personal financial gain.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: BOULDER CITY, NEV. ? The Lower Colorado Region of the Bureau of Reclamation is increasing the entrance fees to some Hoover Dam Visitor Center attractions, and the cost of parking in the garage and Arizona spillway lot. The rate hikes go into effect on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Missouri man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for selling counterfeit designer goods at a store in Kansas City, Kan., including shoes labeled as Nike Air Force 1 and shirts labeled as Polo Ralph Lauren, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By State Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: Washington D.C. - Ranking Member Eliot Engel, the senior Democratic Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced a bipartisan resolution with Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce; Europe Subcommittee Ranking Member William Keating; and Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade Subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Massachusetts woman has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the harboring of undocumented workers as part of a human trafficking scheme, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
