News from November 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Sentence Recommendation Between 7 And 10 Years In Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Two individuals charged in connection with the operation of a fraudulent lottery scheme were arrested today in south Florida following their indictment by a federal grand jury in Miami on Oct. 31, 2013, the Justice Department, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Craig L. Fenton, 47, of Bluford, Illinois, was sentenced on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, in United States District Court in Benton to a term of 24 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Sonia Leticia Solis, 55, has entered a plea of guilty to voting more than once in connection with the 2012 primary runoff election held in Cameron County on July 31, 2012, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Defendant Also Ordered to Pay $830,000 in Restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: David M. Hightower, a 23-year old, St. Louis, Missouri, man was sentenced on November 4, 2013, in federal district court in East St. Louis, Illinois, on one count of failure to register as a sex offender, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Hightower was sentenced to 18 months in prison, five years of supervised release, ordered to pay $100 special assessment and a $200 fine.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), James Inhofe (R-Okla.), and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), sent a letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Berlin, Maryland-NPS plans to release a prospectus to solicit proposals to provide equipment rentals, food and beverage, merchandise and other services within Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland District within 30 days. Once the prospectus has opened, bidders will have 90 days to respond.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Nov. 4, 2013, Tiffany S. Anderson, 24, Lompoc, California, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on two counts of communicating a threat to destroy property by explosive and one count of interstate threatening communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced today that five individuals were sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt after being convicted of possessing hundreds of counterfeit credit cards as part of a credit card fraud scheme allegedly based in New York. This follows a collaborative investigation by the United States Secret Service and the Clarksville Police Department.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., released new HealthCare.gov meeting notes stating Administration concerns about what Americans will find once technical website problems are addressed. The meeting notes show officials fretting over future...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: David K. Hechler, 28, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, in federal court to 70 months in prison for Possession of Child Pornography, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Following his prison sentence, Hechler will be on federal supervised release for 10 years and will also be required to register as a sex offender for the remainder of his life.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Fermore Craig, Jr., had previously pled guilty to Abusive Sexual Contact and Making False Statements to the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of New York. Monday, November 4, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Global health care giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiaries will pay more than $2.2 billion to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from allegations relating to the prescription drugs Risperdal, Invega and Natrecor, including promotion for uses not approved as safe and...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: PAGO PAGO, American Samoa-Seventeen elementary students from Tutuila and Manu’a schools submitted artwork to help celebrate the National Park of American Samoa’s 25th anniversary. Their artwork, drawn with a variety of mediums including crayons, paints, markers, and pencils, depicts the natural and cultural significance of the national park and their village.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Walt Green announced that the defendant, Gerald Estrade, 56, Baton Rouge, LA, pled guilty today, on the morning of trial, before the Honorable James J. Brady for threatening to murder a former federal law enforcement officer in violation of federal law. An Indictment was returned on Jan. 10, 2013, formally charging Estrade with this offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: - Wore Taylor County Sheriff’s Department uniform and drove law enforcement vehicle during alleged distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SEMEN DOMNITSER was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to eight years in prison for his participation in a $57 million fraud scheme that targeted programs administered by the Conference on Jewish Material...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2013
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- A federal grand jury in Chattanooga returned nine indictments charging 32 people on Oct. 22, 2013. Indictments charge Robert Stephon North, 34, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Juanzell Jenkins, 37, of Adairsville, Ga.; Joe Jenkins, 40, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Jumoke Johnson, Jr., 20, of Chattanooga...
