News from October 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: B Joseph D. Wheliss, Jr., 44, of Brentwood, Tennessee, former owner and operator of National Embroidery Works, Inc., was sentenced on Oct. 25, 2013, by Chief United States District Court Judge William J. Haynes, Jr. to twenty-four months in prison, to be followed by a five year term of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Louisiana. Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Mary Kilpatrick, 57, of Montgomery, La., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell, to three months in prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Charlie Hernandez, 36, of Corpus Christi, has been ordered to serve 240 months in federal prison following his conviction of sexual exploitation of a child, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. He pleaded guilty Aug. 1, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: Memphis, TN - Anthony Grandberry, 32, of Memphis, Tenn., was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison today by U.S. Senior District Judge Jon P. McCalla for conspiracy to engage in child sex trafficking, announced U. S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III. Grandberry pled guilty to the charge on July 1, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Norman V. Charlton was indicted yesterday on tax fraud charges. The thirteen-count indictment charges Charlton with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, theft of government property and aggravated identity theft. He is also...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Randall C. Coleman, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and Stuart Thomas, Chief of the Little Rock Police Department, announced Mark Anthony...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Roger Preston Kuhn, 29, of Goldsby, was sentenced today to serve 210 months in federal prison for downloading and possessing child pornography by United States District Court Judge Stephen P. Friot, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, today hailed the Senate passage of bipartisan legislation that will ensure that chimpanzees owned or supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-that are no longer used for medical research-can continue to...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - In honor of those that serve and have served in the United States military, national park units around the country, including Grand Canyon National Park, will be offering everyone fee-free entry during the Veterans Day weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - The United States Attorney’s Office, Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office, U.S. Secret Service’s Boston office and Bridgewater State University today hosted researchers from the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) to provide law enforcement, school personnel and university officials with information on Managing Threatening Situations and Creating Safe School Climates. Over 200 attended the conference which was held at Bridgewater State University.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Oct. 29, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, the following individual was arraigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: GUAM -ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced the filing on Oct. 30, 2013, of federal criminal charges against MICHAEL SAN NICOLAS SANTOS stemming from recent bomb threats directed at the Dededo Mall.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service will close the regular public restrooms in the Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center at Liberty Square starting on Monday, November 4, 2013 to replace the failing water pumping system. The work is expected to take three to four days. Two portable toilets will be available, including one accessible to disabled visitors. The Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center is located at 340 Concord Street in Charleston, next to the South Carolina Aquarium.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: The value and pounds of fish and shellfish caught remain higher than the average for the previous ten years of 9.2 billion pounds and $4.1 billion, although this represents a small decrease from the high level of landings and value in 2011.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: Region 6 News Release: 13-2042-DAL. Oct. 30, 2013. Contact: Diana Petterson Juan Rodriguez. Phone: 972-850-4710 972-850-4709. Email: petterson.diana@dol.gov rodriguez.juan@dol.gov. CROSSETT, Ark. - Sherman Brothers Trucking Inc., doing business as Team Transport Inc., has been cited by the U.S. Department...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed two members to the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center. Members will serve a three-year term of office beginning January 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A 38-year-old Ohio man was sentenced to ten years and ten months in federal prison for his role in a crack cocaine distribution conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today. Renardo Darnell Owens, of Akron, Ohio, previously pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: It means Dave and Cole Mannix - two proud family ranchers from Helmville, Montana - can expand their market for some of the best-tasting beef that I’ve ever had. It means global brewers like Anheuser-Busch InBev can use more Montana malt barley in their beer. It means international companies like Siemens can have even more reason to work with educational institutions like Flathead Valley Community College to develop the skills of Montana’s workforce.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -AMAR NATH BHANDARY, M.D., 53, from Edmond, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by United States District Judge Joe Heaton for health care fraud, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. Following his release from prison, Judge Heaton ordered Dr. Bhandary to serve three years supervised release and pay a $20,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man today admitted that he stole more than $2.5 million dollars from the U.S. Government through a food stamps scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
