News from November 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Randall Michael Lawson, 58, of Limestone, Tenn., was sentenced on Nov. 6, 2013, to serve 216 months in prison, followed by lifetime of supervised release, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Lawson was also ordered to pay restitution to the Social Security Administration in the amount of $10,784.16; forfeit two firearms, and pay a $3 million judgment to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Timber Lake, South Dakota, woman convicted of Misprision of a Felony was sentenced on November 4, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -- On, Thursday, Nov. 14, Grand Canyon National Park will be celebrating National Native American Heritage Month with special presentations and demonstrations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND - George Branch was sentenced today to 204 months in prison, for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine; conspiring to commit robbery affecting interstate commerce; and possessing a firearm during and in relation to and in furtherance of a crime of violence and drug trafficking crime, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Riehl announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in partnership with the Chattanooga National Cemetery, invites the public to participate in a program focusing on Civil War related stories about soldiers involved in the 1863 Campaign for Chattanooga. This is a free program and will take place in The...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha County man was indicted on Nov. 5 by a federal grand jury sitting in Charleston for being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to a single-count indictment, Dorsey Woolwine, Jr., 62, of Belle, W.Va., allegedly possessed 19 firearms near Belle, W.Va. on March 24, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - An indictment has been partially unsealed following the arrest of Santiago Martinez, 37, and Casimiro Bautista, 38, alleging their involvement in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Tom Beall has been appointed First Assistant, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: Crew From Riverdale Avenue, Known As “Two Gunz Up," Alleged To Be Violent Drug Trafficking Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Antonio Davis, age 33, of Baltimore, today to 295 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for: a robbery and drug distribution conspiracy; conspiring to possess and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and a crime of violence; and for being a felon in possession of a gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - W. Wayne Perry, Jr., 54, of Suffolk, Va., was indicted by a federal grand jury today on one count of health care fraud, twenty-four counts of false statements relating to health care matters, one count of alteration of records and four counts of aggravated identity theft. Angela Perry, 51, of Suffolk, Va., was indicted on the same charges. Allison Hunter-Evans, 46, of North Chesterfield, Va., was indicted on one count of alteration of records.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. -Patricia Durr, 49, of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and Lisa Coroniti, 46, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, both sales representatives for Gallant Pharma International Inc., headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to selling misbranded Botox and other drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage man was sentenced today in federal court after being found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the government and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Michael Tobacco, age 21, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on Oct. 31, 2013, and pled guilty to Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON A U.S. Foreign Service Officer, Michael T. Sestak, 42, pled guilty today to conspiracy, bribery, and money laundering charges in a scheme in which he accepted more than $3 million in bribes to process visas for non-immigrants seeking entry to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On November 5, 2013, Ivhan Herrera-Chiang, 31, a former U.S. Border Patrol agent, and Michael Lopez-Garcia, 30, a former state prison guard, were sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt to prison terms of 15 years and 9 years, respectively, for their involvement...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park joins national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees all three days of the upcoming Veterans Day weekend, Nov. 9-11, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A corrections officer with the Essex County Correctional Facility is expected to appear in court this afternoon for allegedly sexually assaulting a pretrial detainee in the facility and then lying about it to investigators, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - DR. ERICK FALCONER pled guilty to making a false statement to federal agents regarding his purchases of misbranded Botox® from a foreign unlicensed drug wholesaler, some of which had counterfeit exterior packaging.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Hartford Police Chief James C. Rovella announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Hartford returned a superseding indictment today charging DOMINIQUE MACK, also known as “Lil Sweets," 23, and KERONN MILLER, also known as “Fresh," 23, both of Hartford, with the 2010 murder of Ian Francis of Hartford.
