News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Anthony Skinner, 20, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to murder in aid of racketeering activity (RICO) and attempted murder in aid of racketeering involving the shooting of a rival gang member before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison, a fine of $500,000 or both.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on recruiting and employment at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The report, entitled "DHS...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Mark A. Lewis, 29, of Swansea, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in East St. Louis on charges that he stole unemployment benefits from the United States Railroad Retirement Board.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: On September 18 at 10:00 a.m., Rocky Mountain National Park will begin to incrementally reopen. As conditions improve, additional road, trails and facilities will open. The following is a summary of the current situation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney(s Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Sept. 17, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, the following individuals were arraigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Sept. 18, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, HENRY ANTHONY COMBS, a 56-year-old resident of Humboldt County, California, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), today held a hearing entitled, “Keeping College Within Reach: Improving Access and Affordability through Innovative Partnerships."
By DOL Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement after the Committee voted to pass the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2013 (CCDBG), a bill that will expand access to and improve the quality of child care for the more than 1.5 million children and families that benefit from the federal child care subsidy program...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: JOHN PHILIP MORRILL, JR, age 32, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle to 57 months imprisonment, after pleading guilty to one count of assault upon a federal officer, two counts of access device fraud and one count of bank...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: SAN JOSE - Jonathan Hoang, of San Jose, California, pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose on Sept. 16, 2013, to impersonating a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Agent securities fraud, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Marci Johnson, 46, of Kaufman, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis to 18 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $772,000 from her employer, Spaeth Communications. Judge Solis also ordered that Johnson serve a one-year term of supervised release with the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - The Saint Louis County Police Department and St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department will share the proceeds of a $1 million U.S. Department of Justice grant with three local social service providers to serve victims and enhance the prosecution of human trafficking crimes in the Eastern...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A federal jury in Trenton, N.J., today convicted a Trenton man for illegally carrying a loaded shotgun as a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - George G. Kahl, 42, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Wounded Knee, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on Sept. 12, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Wicahpi Collins Holy, a/k/a Star Collins, age 20, of Eagle Butte, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on Sept. 16, 2013, and pled guilty to a Superseding Information that charged her with two counts of Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A California man who led a group of individuals selling methamphetamine in the Reno area, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison and five years of supervised release for his conviction on federal drug trafficking charges, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: Washington - The White House Rural Council met today with officials from economic development districts, county governments and non-profit organizations to discuss ways to replicate successful regional economic development strategies.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -Lucesita Argueta, 34, of Richmond, Va., was sentenced today to 108 months in prison, and Juanita Diaz, 44, of Henrico, Va., was sentenced to 12 months home confinement for their participation in a violent and highly sophisticated jewelry theft ring that operated out of Richmond, Va.
