News published on Federal Newswire in September 2013

News from September 2013


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Alton Woman Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud

News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on Sept. 11, 2013, Roslyn James, 46, of Alton, IL, pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging that she engaged in a scheme to commit health care fraud. At her sentencing James will face up...


Batesville Man Under Federal Indictment For Setting Fire To State Probation Office

News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; and Grover Crossland, Resident Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) - Little Rock Field Office; announced that Douglas McArthur Adams, III, age 51, of Batesville...


Sewickley Woman Sentenced To Probation For Participating In ID Theft Scheme

News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Sewickley, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to two years probation on her conviction of identity theft, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.



Mexican Drug Cartel Working With Members Of Mexican Mennonite Community Indicted For Large Scale Marijuana Trafficking

News Release: DENVER - A federal grand jury in Denver returned a nine-count indictment charging seven individuals with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, a Schedule I Controlled Substance, and use of a communications device (phone) to facilitate drug...


News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of McKees Rocks, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to probation for a term of three years with six months home detention to include electronic monitoring on her conviction of identity theft, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Jemez Pueblo Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Second Degree Murder Charge

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Lucas Michael Ray Toledo, 25, a resident and enrolled member of Jemez Pueblo, pleaded guilty this morning to a second degree murder charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Toledo will be sentenced to a prison term between 28 years and 32 years followed by a term of supervised release...


Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for Nigeria

Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of hard red winter wheat to Nigeria during the 2013/2014 marketing year.


Two Doctors And A Salesman Admit Roles In Bribes-For-Test Referrals Scheme Involving New Jersey Clinical Laboratory

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two New Jersey doctors and a company salesman pleaded guilty today to their roles in a long-running bribes-for-test referrals scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, N.J., its president, and numerous associates, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a grand jury in Scranton returned an indictment Tuesday charging Aric T. Branch, age 34, Queens, New York and Crystal Sunshine Smith, age 35, Holbrook, New York, with conspiracy to pass, receive, and deal in counterfeit United States Federal Reserve Notes. Branch and Smith are also charged with aiding and abetting each other in the passing, receiving, and dealing in counterfeit notes.


Atlanta Man Found Guilty Of Human Trafficking And Production Of Child Pornography

News Release: Jackson, Miss - Marco Laquin Rogers, age 27, of Atlanta, Georgia, was found guilty in U.S. District Court today to human trafficking of a minor child and the production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, Raymond R. Parmer, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans, and Commissioner Robert C. Haas of the Cambridge, Massachusetts Police Department.


Former Old Saybrook Resident Sentenced To Nearly Six Years In Prison For Operating Multiple Fraud Schemes

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PAUL E. BRENNAN, 45, formerly of Old Saybrook, Conn., and Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 71 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for operating multiple fraud schemes.


News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Twelve individuals, including six state correctional officers, one female correctional nurse, one civilian correctional employee, one state court marshal and three other individuals were charged in nine separate indictments for attempting to introduce heroin into state prisons...


Little Eagle Man Sentenced For Child Abuse

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man convicted of Child Abuse was sentenced on September 9, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced today that a Camillus man has been sentenced for his role in building and possessing a pipe bomb.


Energy Secretary Moniz Dedicates Clean Energy Research Center, New Supercomputer

News Release: DENVER, Colo. - During a visit to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today dedicated the nation’s first major research facility focused on clean energy grid integration and wide-scale deployment. The new Energy Systems Integration Facility...


News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement commemorating the twelve anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks...


Engel Reaction to President Obama’s Address to the Nation

News Release: Washington D.C. - Congressman Eliot Engel, the senior Democratic Member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement reacting to the President’s speech on Syria.