News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- Two Birmingham men charged in connection with the heroin overdose deaths of two young men in Tuscaloosa early this year are among defendants still being sought in an arrest roundup today that is part of an ongoing law enforcement effort to attack the supply side of the growing heroin problem in the Northern District of Alabama, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and federal Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay A. Morris.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 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 regarding the latest in a series of partisan Republican staff reports released by Committee Chairman Darrell Issa about the attacks in Benghazi. After...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Alexis Estevez-Alvarez, 46, of Havana, Cuba, has been sentenced to prison following his convictions of possession with intent to distribute marijuana and failure to appear, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Estevez-Alvarez was convicted July 9, 2013, following less than two days of trial and approximately 30 minutes of deliberation.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Acting Superintendent Lisa Etherington announced today that a 13-knot vessel speed limit in mid-Glacier Bay will be implemented due to a shift in whale distribution into an area of regular vessel traffic. This change goes into effect beginning at 5AM Tuesday September...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHARLES ROSS, 41, of Surprise, Ariz., pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton in Bridgeport to one count of wire fraud stemming from his role in an extensive federal income tax refund scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: Pipestone, MN: All National Park Service sites, including Pipestone National Monument, will offer free entrance on Saturday, September 28th for National Public Lands Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Missouri tax preparer has pleaded guilty to preparing false income tax returns resulting in a total tax loss of more than $316,000, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A 30-year-old woman was sentenced to 21 months in prison today for her role in a heroin distribution scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Ashlei Steinbrecher, of Huntington, previously pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the distribution of heroin.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), and Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) highlighted the report from the Government Accountability Office (“GAO")...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: Event Kicks off a Myriad of Yosemite National Park Anniversary Activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that art dealer GLAFIRA ROSALES pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to participating in a scheme to sell more than 60 fake works of modern art to two New York art galleries. Her victims paid more than...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: Brian Vance a/k/a Birdman, 30, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday to 16 ½ years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for drug conspiracy, accessory after the fact to a drug-related robbery/murder and conspiracy to commit a separate drug-related robbery, announced David Rivera, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney(s Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Sept. 12, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, KAYLENE SHANE RED WOLF, a 44-year-old resident of Hardin, pled guilty to theft from local government receiving federal funding. Sentencing has been set for Jan. 1, 2014. She is currently released on special conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: WHAT: Press conference. WHEN: MONDAY, Sept. 16, 2013. 2 p.m. WHERE: DEA Office. 920 18th Street North. Birmingham, AL 35203. First Floor. Media should arrive approximately 30 minutes prior to press conference for set up. NOTE: All media must show driver's license and valid media credentials. For additional...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: Natchez, Miss - Paul Winfield, 40, former mayor of the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, pled guilty in U.S. District Court today to bribery in connection with a pre-event disaster contract for the city of Vicksburg, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: Alleged Possession of Three Thumb Drives Containing Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty today to unlawfully possessing and making explosives at his home in Las Vegas, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: U.S. House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., today said legislation expected to be considered by the House of Representatives this week will only make it harder to pass a new farm bill this Congress. H.R. 3102 cuts $40 billion from nutrition programs over ten years.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - Help the Bureau of Land Management’s Royal Gorge Field Office celebrate the 20th anniversary of National Public Lands Day by volunteering for a project this fall. National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a federal grand jury in Williamsport returned an indictment on September 11 charging an inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Allenwood, Pennsylvania.
