News from September 2013
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: (UPDATED) On September 21 and 22, the National Park Service will sponsor a World War II living history weekend at the Eisenhower National Historic Site. See authentic recreations of Allied and German army camps, complete with original World War II vehicles. Several hundred living history enthusiasts from over 40 organizations will portray military personnel from the European Theater in 1944.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that David P. Oswald, age 47, was sentenced to 140 months in prison today by Chief Judge Christina Reiss of the U.S. District Court in Rutland, Vermont. Oswald lived in Vermont for six years, from 2006 - 2012, as Bobby Lee Triplett...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, Michael J. De Palma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Senior United States District Court Judge James M. Munley sentenced Huby Ramkissoon, age 38, of New York, New York, to 11 years’ imprisonment for the May 14, 2008 robbery of Dunay Jewelers, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Fourteen people from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area have been charged separately with fraudulently obtaining thousands of dollars each in unemployment benefits from the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services. All told, the defendants are alleged to have generated more than $250,000 in fraudulent benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the filing of a Criminal Information in U.S. District Court in Scranton Wednesday charging Patricia A. Tokash, age 42, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, with bank embezzlement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: SIRANUSH TULUMDZHYAN, age 28, of Van Nuys, CA, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Eldon Fallon for her role in a health care fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente. TULUMDZHYAN was sentenced to 3 years probation with 6 months in a half-way house. TULUMDZHYAN was ordered to pay restitution to Medicaid in the total amount of $31,589.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: CANTON, S.D. - Adams Thermal Systems Inc. has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to pay more than $1.33 million to resolve criminal penalties and OSHA fines levied as a result of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Hugo Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and David Pharo, Resident Agent in Charge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Office of Law Enforcement (OLE), announce...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 38-year-old Beaumont woman has been sentenced to federal prison for bank fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: Marcus Akiem Ricketts, 36, of Boyertown, Pennsylvania was charged today by superseding indictment with armed bank robbery and using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. These charges stem from four armed bank robberies. The indictment...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: Saipan, MP - United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands Alicia A.G. Limtiaco, together with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Attorney General’s Office, and CNMI Department of Public Safety announced today the filing of a federal charge stemming from a joint investigation of sex offenses involving children.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Clayton Carroll Owenby, 45, of Newport, Tenn., was sentenced on September 5, 2013, to serve 135 months in prison, by the Honorable Leon Jordan, U.S. District Judge. Owenby pleaded guilty to a March 2013 federal indictment charging him and nine others with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. Additionally, Owenby pleaded guilty to a separate federal indictment, filed in May 2013, charging him with threatening to retaliate against a witness.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Joplin, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a wire fraud scheme following the May 22, 2011 tornado.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Monica Quilt, age 41, of Lower Brule, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on September 4, 2013, and pled guilty to the Information that charged her with Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: NEW YORK - Jennifer T. Nersesian has been selected as the next superintendent to lead Gateway National Recreation Area, according to Joshua Laird, commissioner of the National Parks of New York Harbor. Nersesian replaces Linda Canzanelli who retired earlier this year. Gateway National Recreation Area...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Utah. Thursday, September 5, 2013. Other Counts Allege Firearms, Drug Violations. SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury returned an indictment Thursday morning charging Roberto Miramontes Roman, age 41, a citizen of Mexico, with intentionally killing...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: Natchez, Miss - Margaret Turner, 54, of Hermanville, Mississippi, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 12 months and 10 days in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for submitting fraudulent tax returns to the IRS, announced U. S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Gabriel Grchan, Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation. Turner was also ordered to pay $122,465 in restitution to the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Richard Shusterman, age 50, of Highland Beach, Florida, and Jonathan E. Rosenberg, age 44, of West Orange, New Jersey, on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud, in connection with a scheme to defraud equity investors and asset-based lenders in medical accounts receivable of more than $275 million. The indictment was returned on September 4, 2013 and unsealed today upon the arrest of the defendants.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2013
News Release: Olympic National Park, WA - ARAMARK Parks and Destinations has been selected to be awarded a new 10-year concession contract to operate overnight accommodations, food and beverage, retail, non-motorized boat rentals, and related services at Log Cabin Resort within Olympic National Park.
