News from November 2013
By State Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: I am writing to express my concern with the abysmal state of affairs in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) and urge meaningful and practical engagement by the State Department. Since Seleka rebels seized Bangui, forcibly ousting President Francois Bozize and installing a rebel...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A North Attleboro man was sentenced yesterday on fraud and tax evasion charges arising from his operation of a financial planning service called The Center for Senior Financial Planning.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Robert Joubert, 60, of Manchester, was found guilty on three counts of sexual exploitation of a child, and one count of possession of child pornography following a three-day jury trial in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Federal Election Commission's (FEC) draft decision to allow Bitcoin contributions to campaigns, as reported by Politico last night.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that EDWIN VARGAS, a detective with the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), pled guilty to computer hacking crimes. Specifically, VARGAS paid others to hack into e-mail accounts, including e-mail accounts...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Nov. 8, 2013, Daniel Greatwalker Jr., 23, Belcourt, N.D., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to a charge of second degree murder and a charge of altering, destroying, or concealing a tangible object in a federal investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: Federal authorities dismantled an organization that operated 13 phony.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: “Subject to the Court’s acceptance, today four SAC Capital companies pled guilty to serious federal crimes that undermined the integrity of our securities markets. Financial institutions should know that they are not automatically immune from prosecution, and we will hold companies, as well as individuals, accountable wherever appropriate.".
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: Noe Loera, 35, from Grand Island, Nebraska, was convicted of distribution of five grams or more of methamphetamine following a jury trial which concluded on Aug. 1, 2013. Today, the Honorable Joseph Bataillon sentenced Loera to 5 years of imprisonment, to be followed by 4 years of supervised release, and was ordered him to pay a $100 special assessment.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: Annual ceremony to occur on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: SALEM, MA- Portions of the forward and middle masts onboard the Friendship of Salem will be removed by a large crane on November 15th, 2013 as part of scheduled maintenance work. The entire length of Derby Wharf and the Friendship will be closed to the public while the work is underway. Park visitors...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: Sentence Will Run Concurrent To 20 Year State Sentence For Armed Robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: A special book signing and lecture to feature Tim Hauf's latest photo book "Channel Islands National Park and National Marine Sanctuary: California's Galapagos" will be held at the Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two more men were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy to provide false identity documents so that more than 100 illegal immigrants could fraudulently obtain driver’s and non-driver’s licenses from the license office in St. Joseph, Mo., which is operated by a contractor for the Missouri Department of Revenue.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
Release: By Brian Guse, Director, FAS Trade and Scientific Exchanges Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Walter Douglas, 34, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for his role in a series of smash-and-grab robberies. Douglas and his co-defendants were also ordered to pay $1,251,978.75 in restitution to the victims of these robberies.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: Fee Free Day - November 9-11, 2013 at all.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Blossburg, Pennsylvania, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on November 6, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on November 8, 2013, Darron A. Suggs, 39, of Washington Park, Illinois, pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging that he engaged in a scheme to commit health care fraud. Sentencing has been...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah and Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released enrollment data from the four health insurance companies participating in the Washington, D.C., exchange set up via the President’s health care program. The Obama Administration has refused to provide enrollment numbers to the American people.
