News from November 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to six months imprisonment and three years supervised release on her conviction of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK -United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI") Albany Special Agent in Charge Andrew W. Vale, announced today the arrest of RYAN LETCHER, age 38, of Endicott, New York. LETCHER was indicted by a federal grand jury of one count of knowingly and willfully making a false statement in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1001(a)(3).
By USDA Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today applauded U.S. Department of Agriculture efforts that will help U.S. beef producers increase exports. USDA today announced the final comprehensive BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) rule that will help ensure other countries aren’t able to place non-tariff trade barriers on U.S. beef.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to Nancy Stoner, Acting Assistant Administrator of the Office of Water of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding the Agency's insufficient response to State concerns over ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - On Oct. 30, 2013, U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday sentenced Ronald Mark Nixon, Jr. (22, St. Petersburg) to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for carrying firearms during and in relation to drug trafficking crimes. Nixon pleaded guilty to that charge on Aug. 15, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: On Oct. 31, 2013, DeAnthony Tillman, a twenty-seven year old East St. Louis, Illinois, man pled guilty in federal district court, in East St. Louis, to distribution of cocaine base, in the form commonly known as “crack" cocaine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Bridget Michelle Bland, 44, of Forest, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan, III, for conspiring to launder the drug proceeds of Jessie Hall, of Forest, Mississippi, and for causing a business to file a false IRS return, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Gabriel Grchan, Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Jackson, TN - More than 120 law enforcement officials from 13 different agencies participated in a takedown Wednesday of a group of individuals indicted for their roles in distributing methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana throughout West Tennessee, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III and Brian K. Chambers, Resident Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Memphis office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: South Bend, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Dwayne Smiley, Sr., age 49, of Detroit, Michigan, today to seven years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Taurice L. Jourdan, 35, of Oakland, Ca., was sentenced today to 96 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Jourdan was also ordered to pay restitution and forfeit criminal proceeds in the amount of $260,535.62.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who attempted to destroy a local children’s autism learning facility with Molotov cocktails and gasoline, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and was also ordered to pay approximately $80,000 in restitution, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) today asked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide information concerning the role of worker centers in implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The request is part of an ongoing effort examining the activities of worker centers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Lashanda E. Harris, 38, of Natchitoches, La., pleaded guilty on Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell to aiding and assisting in making and subscribing a false return.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PETER TURNER, 57, of Burlington, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge William I. Garfinkel in Bridgeport to one count of wire fraud stemming from an embezzlement scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Louisiana. Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that former tugboat captain Kenneth Dwight Dickey, 57, of Foley, Ala., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that two defendants were sentenced and one pleaded guilty to child pornography related charges. The hearings were held before U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Nov. 1, 2013, before U.S. District Sam E. Haddon, ATHALIAH VENUS ALLISON, a 36-year-old resident of Belgrade, was sentenced to a term of.
