News from November 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: South Bend, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss - A federal grand jury returned an indictment against eight individuals from the Meridian, Mississippi area in connection with illegal gambling operations, announced U. S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, Gabriel Grchan, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation and Daniel McMullen, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough and Bernalillo County Sheriff Dan Houston announced that Jessica A. Tyler, Chief Deputy of the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, has been elected Chairwoman of the Rio Grande Law Enforcement Information Exchange (LInX) Advisory Group. Deputy Chief Tyler replaces Chief Julian Gonzales of the Bernalillo Police Department, who is retiring after 37 years in law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: RAFAEL DOBARD, age 39, and QUINCY JONES, age 33, both New Orleans Police Department (N.O.P.D) narcotics detectives, were indicted today by a federal grand jury for charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, and theft and bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, announced U. S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: B Christopher Wilcox, 30, and Parrish Roberts, 21, both of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and Ricardo Ronodean Mitchell II, 23, of Coral Springs, Florida, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court, to conspiracy to commit bank fraud as part of the group known as the “Felony Lane Gang," announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a Christmas Open House at the Cravens House located on Lookout Mountain. The Cravens House will be decorated in a manner very similar to the Civil War era. This special holiday event will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: (NEW HAVEN, Conn.) - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Fredrick Cox, Sr., also known as "Bama-Lama," 43, of New Haven, was sentenced today...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A twenty-five count superseding indictment was unsealed today charging five defendants-Rosita Vilchez, 39, of Lima, Peru; Armando Pino, 53, of Centerville, Va., currently in Peru; Edgar Vilchez, 38, of Manassas, Va.; Lorene Chittenden, 57, of Centerville, Va.; and Rocio Benavides, 28...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in, on Nov. 22, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn S. Ostby, KERA DAWN EVANS "a/ka/ Kera Dawn Hoots", a 30-year-old resident of Big Timber, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Sentencing has been set for March 13, 2014. She is currently detained.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released a statement following President Obama’s nomination of John Roth to be the Inspector General (IG) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Chairman Carper has called on the Obama Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Helena, on Nov. 21, 2013, before Senior U.S. District Judge Charles C. Lovell, WILKERSON P. PHILLIPS, SR., a 50-year-old resident of Louisiana, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the administration’s delay of the 2015 open enrollment period...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Velnita Hairy Chin, age 41, of Bullhead, South Dakota, pled guilty to Child Abuse and was sentenced on Nov. 18, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) Superintendent Barclay Trimble announced today the approval of a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Construction of New Development that Facilities Public Access Environment Assessment (EA).The FONSI was approved on Nov. 18, 2013 by Southeast Region office and culminates nearly two years of planning in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Johnson County man has been convicted of tampering with a witness in a federal criminal case, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Paul Smith, 33, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a prison term of 24 years for kidnapping two men and assaulting a police officer last Christmas morning, all while armed, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and Kenneth Magidson, United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas announced Ivan Velasquez-Caballero, aka “Taliban" and “50" has been extradited to the U.S. and made his initial appearance this morning in federal court in Laredo, Texas. He is set for an arraignment and detention hearing at 10:00 a.m. on Nov. 27, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Superintendent Barclay Trimble announces early availability and a new option for purchasing annual and weekly Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) permits for designated ORV routes in Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) for the 2014 season.Offering the online option will further streamline the process for many visitors and local residents of obtaining the necessary ORV permits.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Jeron Cartwright, 31, and Tyree Scott, 31, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were charged Nov. 20, 2013, by Indictment, with conspiracy to commit a Hobbs Act robbery, drug, gun, and other offenses, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the indictment, between mid-August 2013...
