News published on Federal Newswire in November 2013

News from November 2013


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a seven page proposed rule on Nov. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a three page rule on Nov. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page rule on Nov. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page rule on Nov. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a three page rule on Nov. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published an eight page rule on Nov. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Former Hedge Fund Manager Indicted For Defrauding Investors And Obstructing The SEC

News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga.- Stanley J. Kowalewski has been arrested in South Carolina after being indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta for defrauding investors of hedge funds of up to $8 million, and for obstructing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s subsequent investigation of his activities.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former business manager for a Brookside physician’s office pleaded guilty in federal court today to a fraud scheme in which she embezzled at least $130,000 from her employer.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ronald Martinez, 40, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Borrego Pass, N.M., entered guilty pleas this afternoon to two aggravated child sex abuse charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Martinez will be sentenced to 42 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court. Martinez will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.


News Release: Maria Landin, age 46, of Helotes, TX, faces between 10 years and life in federal prison after a jury in Del Rio convicted her this afternoon for her role in a scheme to smuggle into the United States 878.2 grams of pure crystal methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman.


Previously Convicted Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Serve A Total Of 258 Months In Federal Prison On Firearms Convictions

News Release: DALLAS- Erik Willis, 31 of Purdon, Texas, was sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis to serve a total of 258 months in federal prison following his conviction at trial in July 2013 on three felony firearms offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Eric Lee Crabb, 42, of Carlsbad, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to ten years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. The sentence was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough, Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the DEA’s El Paso Division, and Commander Carroll Caudill of the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force.


News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Danny L. Hubbard, 49, of Panama City, was sentenced today to serve 30 months in federal prison for committing wire fraud by stealing approximately $91,600 from the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 1380.


Ringleader In Two Credit Card Fraud Schemes Sentenced To Over 17 Years In Prison

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced ringleader, Oluwaseun Sanya, age 28, of Beltsville, Maryland late on Nov. 19, 2012, to 212 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for two separate credit card fraud schemes, one of which he committed while...


News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced a Hueytown man to 18 years in prison for a series of armed pharmacy robberies in 2011 and 2012, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.


Phillip Dennis Keith Found Guilty In U.S. Federal Court

News Release: The United States Attorney(s Office announced that on Nov. 20, 2013, in Billings, after a federal district court trial before District of Wyoming U.S. District Judge Scott W. Skavdahl, PHILLIP DENNIS KEITH, a 66-year-old resident of Billings, was found guilty of false statements to a federally insured banking institution. A sentencing date will be set at a later time. He is currently released on special conditions.


Washington County Man And Woman Sentenced To Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Nov. 20, 2013, Kurt James Brookhart, age 46, was sentenced by United States District Judge John A. Jarvey to 110 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute at least 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine and 50 grams of actual methamphetamine, announced...


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, William Santiago-Reyes was arrested for carjacking, possession of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and two Hobbs Act violations, one which resulted in murder, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. William Santiago-Reyes was indicted on November 5, 2013.