News from October 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Dodge City gang member has pleaded guilty to conspiring to attempt to kill a rival gang member in connection with a federal racketeering case, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, announced that this past weekend’s National Prescription Take Back Day resulted in the collection and destruction of almost 15,000 pounds, or 7.5 tons, of expired, unused, and unwanted prescriptions throughout New Jersey. This was the seventh National Take Back Day sponsored by the DEA.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Julia Carlene Deshaw, 45, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on Oct. 29, 2013, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distributing at least 200 grams but less than 350 grams of methamphetamine. Deshaw was arrested in Casper, Wyoming.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Cary, Ill. business owner was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to 63 months in federal prison for conducting a three and half year, multi-million dollar, international fraud scheme. Judge Kapala also ordered that CLARE THOMAS ANDERSON, 45, serve...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Raymond Kugler (59, North Port) today pleaded guilty to making a false statement. Kugler faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., announced he has subpoenaed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for documents related to the troubled launch of HealthCare.gov, which so far the department has refused to provide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Joseph M. Arabit, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s El Paso Division and U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough, announced the indictment of 18 individuals who allegedly participated in a tri-state drug trafficking organization that obtained methamphetamine from Arizona and Texas and distributed the drugs in Otero and Doña Ana Counties, N.M.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Mexican national pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a $9 million drug-trafficking conspiracy that distributed hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine in the Kansas City area.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked the nomination of Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) to be director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA):
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Sentenced For Involvement In Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Defendant Threatened to Kill Everyone in the Bank’s Lobby.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -- As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to deploy every available source of American energy, the Energy Department today announced a new concentrating solar power (CSP) project led by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). The project will integrate utility-scale...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Yousef Mohamid Al-Khattab (a.k.a. Joseph Cohen), 45, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, pleaded guilty yesterday to using his position as a leader of the “Revolution Muslim" websites to use the Internet to place others in fear of serious bodily injury.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Valley Forge, PA - Valley Forge National Historical Park will commemorate the Continental Army's legacy and honor all of America's military, past and present, with special events on Veterans Day, November 11. The public is welcome to attend a commemoration ceremony at the National Memorial Arch beginning...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Winter visitor center hours will be in effect at Theodore Roosevelt National Park beginning on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Belchertown, Mass., man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for running an advance fee fraud scheme that defrauded 130 victims of $800,000 and possessing a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: The site has developed a new Junior Ranger booklet for 10 - 16 year-olds., available as a PDF download, will take you on an exploration of the historic sites surrounding Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters NHS and highlight the many changes happening in Cambridge in the days leading up to the American Revolution. You can also pick up a copy of the booklet in the Visitor Center!.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District Pennsylvania announced that Marlon T. Holmes, a/k/a “Peanut," age 37, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on Oct. 30, 2013, before Senior U.S. District Judge Wm. Fremming Nielsen, BENJAMIN QUINN McCHESNEY, age 36, and LLOYD JOHN ROMERO, age 29, were sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Three suspects are facing federal charges following the seizure of more than eight tons of marijuana and several hundred pounds of cocaine linked to an elaborate cross border tunnel shut down Wednesday night during an operation by federal and local law enforcement agencies.
