News from October 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Complaint Alleges Political Consultant Received Fraud Proceeds As Benefit From State Senator.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Kimberly Dennis, age 26, of Baltimore, Maryland pleaded guilty today to a racketeering conspiracy for smuggling drugs and other contraband for members of the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) gang inside several correctional facilities.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Below is the full story of Mr. James Chambers, who Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin referenced in his questions of CMS Administrator Tavenner at this morning’s Committee Hearing. Mr. Chambers is a Republican from Michigan who spoke with Rep. Levin’s office yesterday after signing up for coverage...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Rodney Hubert, a/k/a “Noah," age 38, of Parkville, Maryland, with sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 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 individuals were arraigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston pill dealer who illegally possessed a 9-millimeter pistol in January 2013 and then turned it in at a local pawn shop for cash was sentenced today to three years and one month in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Anthony Dawson, Jr., 30, previously...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its annual Winter Film Festival by showing the documentary film Black, White, and Brown on Friday, November 8, and Saturday, November 9, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: With Yosemite National Park Open, Cross Country Skiers and Snowshoers Can Make Plans to Stay Overnight at Historic Ostrander Ski Hut.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - The former chief financial officer for a manufacturing firm in Emporia has been charged in federal court with embezzling more than $265,000 from the company, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Freeport physician Robert L. Ignasiak, Jr., 58, pled guilty today to 12 counts of health care fraud, 29 counts of illegally distributing controlled substances, and one count of failing to appear for trial. The plea was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County, N.J., man today admitted producing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Berlin, Maryland - It has been a year since Hurricane Sandy made an unwelcomed visit to the Delmarva Peninsula. While recovery has been ongoing, there are lessons to be learned that can help community and park managers better prepare for these events in the future. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Mexican national Moises Rodriguez-Ortega, 36, has been ordered to federal prison for 10 years for possessing with intent to distribute almost 10 kilograms of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Rodriguez-Ortega pleaded guilty July 8, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Springfield, Mo., man has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to a scheme to sell thousands of counterfeit DVDs over the Internet.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Gary Woody, of Columbiaville, Michigan, was arrested and arraigned today in federal court on an indictment charging him with three counts of filing false tax returns, United States Attorney Barbara McQuade announced today. Ms. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Carolyn Weber, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 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, CHAUNCEY LEO ELK, a 24-year-old resident of Poplar, pled guilty to false statement during a firearms transaction. Sentencing has been set for Jan. 14, 2013. He is currently released on special conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Douglas W. Coleman, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced that this past Saturday, DEA collected over 10,000 pounds of prescription medications, demonstrating the public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables and kitchen drawers.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Washington -Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced four appointments to the 2014 Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Board. Each appointee will serve 3-year terms.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement urging the Senate to reject the nomination of Richard Griffin as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board...
