News from October 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Randolph Scott, 70, of Doylestown, PA, an attorney whose practice included estate and probate matters, was charged by Indictment on Oct. 3, 2013, with defrauding a client’s estate of more than $1.7 million. Scott maintained a law office - Randolph Scott Associates - in Warrington, PA.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement on President Obama’s intent to nominate Jeh Johnson to be the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: In El Paso yesterday, U.S. District Judge Frank Montalvo sentenced 61-year-old Gary Lange of Haslett, Michigan, to two years in federal prison and ordered him to pay more than $2.89 million in restitution for scheming to secure and maintain a lucrative El Paso Independent School District special education services contract announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: A PML team has delivered a state-of-the-art 10 V voltage standard to the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), where it will serve as the organization's newest primary transfer standard for voltage comparisons with national metrology institutes around the world.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Saugus, MA - Salem Maritime and Saugus Iron Works National Historic Sites reopened to the public today. Visitors can now access the visitor centers, bookstores, restrooms, grounds and historic buildings located at both sites. Free ranger-led tours for the visiting public and school programs for local students have resumed normal October schedules. Both Salem Maritime and Saugus Iron Works have been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in Congressional appropriations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Repeat Offender Arrested In Stalking Incident, Continued Criminal Conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Randolph Hurst, 50, of West Warwick R.I., a former Assistant District Manager for the Social Security Administration in Rhode Island, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence on October 9, 2013, to stealing the identity of a Coventry man and using the victim’s identity to fraudulently sell more than $160,000 worth of stock certificates belonging to the victim. Hurst also pled guilty to failing to pay $61,999 in taxes owed to the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Alton May, age 49, of Washington, D.C., today to 25 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for the robbery of an armored car employee. Judge Titus enhanced May’s sentence upon finding that he is a career offender based on previous drug and assault convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on Oct. 16, 2013, Karashia A. Tabbs, 45, of Cahokia, Illinois, pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging that she engaged in a scheme to commit health care fraud. Sentencing has been set for...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: CompUtopia Executive Admits Defrauding Rockland Trust Company Of More Than $5.3 Million Dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Mayetta, Kan., man has been indicted on federal charges of habitual domestic violence assaults that took place on tribal lands, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Oct. 18, 2013, Ceneca Romale Johnson, age 32, from Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 262 months in prison, for bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Judge Jarvey ordered Johnson to serve five years...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Stephanie Chapman, 28, of Fairfax, Va., was convicted today by a federal jury on charges of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a child, sex trafficking of a child, and interstate transportation of a minor for the purposes of prostitution.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Final preparations for the Estero Prescribed Fire resumed today at Point Reyes National Seashore. This project, which was originally scheduled for early October, is now planned for next Wednesday, October 23 or Thursday, October 24. Assuming weather conditions remain favorable, fire management staff...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Barbara Stanley, 60, of Nottingham, Pennsylvania was charged by Indictment, filed Oct. 15, 2013, with a scheme to defraud the government regarding worker compensation benefits, announced United States Attorney Zane D. Memeger. Stanley is charged with five counts of wire fraud, two counts of theft...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA - Oct. 17, 2013 - North Cascades National Park Service Complex re-opens to visitors today. Visitors can access public areas and roads immediately while facilities and other public services are being re-opened.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: CARLSBAD, New Mexico - Carlsbad Caverns National Park re-opened to visitors today, Thursday, Oct. 17. Visitors can access all public areas and travel on park roads immediately, as well as use park facilities and other public services. The park has been closed since Tuesday, Oct. 1 because of the lapse in congressional appropriations of funds to operate the national parks.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Biscayne National Park joins other national parks and federal agencies in returning to normal operations and welcoming visitors back following the closure that was in effect since the first day of October.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that on Oct. 2, 2013, James Daniel Kasper (29, Jacksonville) pleaded guilty to using a minor to produce images of child pornography. Kasper faces a mandatory minimum penalty of not less than 15 years and up to 30 years in federal prison. Kasper has been in custody since his arrest on March 20, 2013. A sentencing hearing has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - John Solano, 30, a former teacher from Washington, D.C., was sentenced on Oct. 7, 2013 to five years in prison for receiving child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
