News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lantry, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Contact with a Minor.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: sub title. PORTLAND, Ore. - Honorable Ancer Haggerty, U.S. District Judge for the District of Oregon, sentenced Yusaf Jawed, age 44, of Portland, to 78 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered him to make restitution to the victims of his fraudulent investment program in the amount...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: Two men associated with a Hiawatha, Iowa residence that contained over 330 pounds of marijuana, four loaded firearms, and over $37,000 in cash, were sentenced to federal prison today.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich sentenced Maurice Larry today to eight years and five months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States Treasury through tax fraud and aggravated identity theft. As part of the sentence, a forfeiture money judgment...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Julio Francia, 23, of Albuquerque, N. M., was sentenced this afternoon to 17.5 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for robbing five Albuquerque-area businesses and for carrying a firearm during a crime of violence. Francia’s sentence was announced by Acting...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Mark Coates, 28, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a 23-year prison term on a charge of second-degree murder while armed for the slaying of a man at a park in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that IGOR BELYANSKY pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to bribe New York State Assemblymember Eric Stevenson in connection with a scheme to obtain Stevenson’s assistance in drafting, proposing...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
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By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: Biscayne National Park and Tropical Audubon Society have launched the Biscayne Birding Trail, a fun certificate-earning program for visitors who like wildlife and the outdoors. The program awards achievement certificates at various levels based on the numbers of bird species spotted in the park. The...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Donald John Sachtleben, a former FBI bomb technician who later worked as a government contractor for the agency, has filed a petition to plead guilty to newly filed charges of unlawfully disclosing national defense information relating to a disrupted terrorist plot. Sachtleben previously had filed a petition to plead guilty to charges of possessing and distributing child pornography resulting from a separate investigation.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: Maine potato farmers have new cost-efficient options for increasing yields and improving production sustainability, thanks to research by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Rhonda M. Glover, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that former Meriden Police Officer EVAN COSSETTE, 26, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 14 months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a five-count indictment charging Andre Jones, Jr., 25, and Carvis McCutcheon, 33, both of Lackawanna, N.Y., with narcotics conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine and crack cocaine. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, a $5,000,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Arthur Carapia, 23, a U.S. citizen from Dallas residing in Nuevo Laredo, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for possession with intent to distribute 3.39 kilograms of a mixture containing methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Carapia pleaded guilty May 13, 2103.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two members of a large-scale and sophisticated identity theft scheme today admitted their roles in defrauding banks and credit card companies out of millions of dollars, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By EPA Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its oversight of the $67 million Navigator grant program, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight Director Gary Cohen regarding questions and concerns raised during last week’s Oversight and Investigations...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: Earlier today, Francis “BF" Guerra, a long-time associate of the Colombo organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra (the “Colombo crime family"), was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain and distribute prescription drugs. The sentence was imposed by the Honorable Sandra L. Townes, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, at the United States Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York.

By DOE Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its oversight of the $67 million Navigator grant program, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight Director Gary Cohen regarding questions and concerns raised during last week’s Oversight and Investigations...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
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By US DOT Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today in Dallas, Texas, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, presented the inaugural Climate Hero Award to the George W. Bush Presidential Center for achievement in energy conservation, renewable energy, and sustainable design. Former First Lady Laura Bush accepted the award on behalf of the Bush Center and provided a tour of the center and its surroundings.