News published on Federal Newswire in September 2013

News from September 2013


Former Stock Promoter And Attorney Arrested In Securities Fraud Conspiracy

News Release: Defendants Allegedly Deceived Potential Investors About ConnectAJet.com.


Hagerstown Dentist Indicted On Charges Of Enticing A Minor To Engage In Sexual Activity And Distribution Of Oxycodone

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment today charging Vaqar Ahmad Choudry, age 42, of Germantown, Maryland, with distribution of oxycodone and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.


News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that a Federal jury sitting in Spokane found Valentin Cardenas Gonzales, age 74, formerly of Ford, Washington, guilty of two charges of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor and two charges of Abusive Sexual Contact with a Minor. These criminal charges involved three minor children from the Spokane Indian Reservation.


Justice Department Awards Cleveland $1 Million Grant For Crime Prevention And Enforcement

News Release: The United States Department of Justice awarded the City of Cleveland a $1 million grant aimed at improving the Mount Pleasant neighborhood by expanding crime prevention programs, continuing targeted enforcement efforts and increasing programs for people returning to the neighborhood from prison, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


News Release: Steven G. Gayman, 55, of Loveland, Colorado, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on Sept. 19, 2013, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Gayman was arrested in Platte County, Wyoming. He received 138 months imprisonment, to be followed by four years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment and a $250.00 fine. This case was investigated by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, announced today that Martin S. Kimber, 60, of Ruby, New York, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Lawrence E. Kahn to 14 years in prison, 5 years supervised release thereafter, forfeiture...


News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is one of only a few National Park Service units legislated to allow hunting. Due to changes in the Tennessee hunting regulations, wild hogs may be hunted in the Big South Fork NRRA as well as the Obed Wild and Scenic River from Sept. 28, 2013...


Jury Finds New York Man Guilty Of Drug Trafficking And Gun Crimes

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on Sept. 19, 2013, a federal jury sitting in Brattleboro returned guilty verdicts against James Collins, 33, of Hudson, New York, on charges of distribution of crack cocaine, possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. The verdict came on the third day of the trial.


NIST Awards $7.4 Million in Grants for Additive Manufacturing Research

News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today* announced the award of two grants totaling $7.4 million to fund research projects aimed at improving measurement and standards for the rapidly developing field of additive manufacturing. Benefits of additive manufacturing include producing goods quickly and on-demand, with greater customization and complexity and less material waste.


Franklyn Don Hammontree Sentenced In U.S. District Court

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Sept. 19, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, FRANKLYN DON HAMMONTREE, a 40-year-old resident of Billings, was sentenced to a term of.


Goodwin Charges Mingo Judge In Second Conspiracy

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin today charged Mingo County Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury in a second conspiracy to deprive a Mingo County resident of his constitutional rights. In a court filing this morning, Goodwin alleged that Thornsbury conspired with other Mingo County elected officials to cover up evidence of illegal drug use and other misconduct by late Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum.


News Release: Superseding Indictment Charges Convenience Store Employee With.


Levin Statement on Treasury IG’s Investigation of Leaked IRS Document

News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released the following statement after the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration opened an investigation into the leak of sensitive taxpayer information to USA Today. The newspaper published a story Wednesday that...


Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans to unknown destinations during the 2013/2014 marketing year.


Troy Man Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Entice A Minor To Engage In Sexual Acts

News Release: Defendant Used his Cellular Telephone to Attempt to Arrange a Sexual Encounter with a.


News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: (313) 234-4310. DETROIT - A Franklin, Michigan resident, one of sixteen individuals indicted on federal drug charges, was sentenced to 190 months in prison on September 13th, 2013, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced. McQuade...


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, announces that TERRELL WRIGHT, age 29, of Syracuse, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court in Syracuse to the Indictment, which charged him with: (1) assaulting two detectives from the Syracuse Gang Violence Task Force (“GVTF") (Count One); (2) use and carry of a handgun during the assault (Count Two); and (3) being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun (Count Three).


News Release: Christopher Gilmer, 44, formerly of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced in federal court today for Conspiracy to Defraud the Internal Revenue Service By Submitting False Federal Tax Returns to Make False Claims for Tax Refunds, Aggravated Identity Theft in Using a Social Security Number of Another during...


Chairman Hastings: Our Federal Forests are Being Badly Managed and There Have Been Devastating Consequences

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 19, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings delivered the following statement on the House floor today in support of H.R. 1526, the RestoringHealthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act.


News Release: Orlando, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway today sentenced Scott Michael Patrick (48, Portland, Oregon) to 8 years and 4 months in federal prison for assault resulting in serious bodily injury. He was found guilty by a federal jury on June 12, 2013. Patrick will begin serving the sentence...