News published on Federal Newswire in November 2013

News from November 2013


Federal Grand Jury In Fort Wayne Returns Indictments

News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, returned the following Indictments on Nov. 20, 2013.


Long Island Nurse Practitioner And Brooklyn Podiatrist Plead Guilty To Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

News Release: Defendant Deslouches Funneled More Than 422,000 Oxycodone Pills To Drug Dealers And Addicts.


BLM Plans Pile Burns to Reduce Hazardous Fuels

News Release: Gunnison, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Gunnison Field Office plans to begin burning slash piles for two hazardous fuels reduction projects as early as Wednesday, Nov. 20, or as conditions allow. One of the project sites is on BLM-managed lands near the Blue Mesa subdivision. This project...


News Release: TULSA, Okla. - A former oil and gas company manager has pleaded guilty to wire fraud involving the embezzlement of $693,300 and for tax crimes, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams, Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma.


John Ryan Hugs Sentenced In U.S. District Court

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Nov. 20, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, JOHN RYAN HUGS, a 33-year-old resident of St. Xavier, was sentenced to a term of.



Ten Indicted In Central New York Synthetic Marijuana Conspiracy

News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York announced the indictment of 10 individuals in connection with a large synthetic marijuana distribution organization in Central New York. Those arrested in the synthetic marijuana distribution conspiracy this morning include the following...


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Birch Tree, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm and for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.


Man Who Arranged Sham Marriages Between Nigerians And U.S. Citizens Found Guilty Of Immigration Fraud

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles man was found guilty today of six felony immigration-related offenses for illegally arranging sham marriages that allowed Nigerian nationals to fraudulently obtain legal permanent residency in the United States.


News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Carl Junction, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving child pornography over the Internet. James Lee Hagerman, 51, of Carl Junction, was sentenced...


News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a Gadsden man to 17 years and six months in prison for his role in the 2008 robbery of the Wachovia Bank in Lenlock, Ala., announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.


News Release: A 46-year-old Livonia man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison on three counts of mail fraud, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.


Comments on Updated Guidance for Role-Based IT Security Training for Federal Employees Requested by Nov. 30

News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting comments on its updated draft publication on information technology and cybersecurity role-based training for federal organizations.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - David Anthony Holman, 46, of Philadelphia, was charged today by Information with one count of conspiracy to commit loan and wire fraud and one count of loan fraud for his participation in an alleged mortgage fraud ring, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Holman is the...


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Birch Tree, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm and for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.


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News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-A federal grand jury in the District of Minnesota, sitting in Minneapolis, returned the following indictments yesterday. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation, and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. Any sentence is determined by a federal district judge.



News Release: Cases Are Part of United States Attorney’s Initiative Against Armed Robberies.


Panama City Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Federal Prison for Tax Fraud

News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Anthony Q. Atkinson, 31, of Panama City, Florida, was sentenced today to serve 37 months in federal prison for filing fraudulent tax returns using the personal identifying information of other individuals. The sentence imposed by the court was announced by United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, Pamela C. Marsh.