News published on Federal Newswire in September 2013

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013

News Release: Springfield, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough today sentenced Mary Ann Bohlen, 47, a former Illinois Department of Corrections employee, to serve 21 months in federal prison for embezzlement. Bohlen was also ordered to pay restitution of $27,174 to the Illinois Department of Corrections and...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dennis Henry Bainbridge, 42, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Teec Nos Pos, Ariz., was sentenced on Sept. 26, 2013 to a year and a day in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his arson conviction.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that it intends to file a lawsuit against the State of North Carolina, the North Carolina State Board of Elections, and the Executive Director for the State Board of Elections over recent voting changes made by North Carolina House Bill 589, which was...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013

News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 24 indictments charging 26 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013

News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Tulsa, Okla., physician was charged in federal court today with using a minor to produce child pornography. Shelby Coleman, of Tulsa, was charged with using a minor...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to three years probation and $14,164.91 in restitution on his conviction of theft of government property and making a false statement, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By US DOT Newswire | Sep 30, 2013

News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, asked EPW Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), to hold a full committee hearing on the fraudulent activity of former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) senior official, John C. Beale, who last week ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013

News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida, announced today that on Sept. 27, 2013, Jose M. Perez, (Miami, 39) also known as “Goofy," was found guilty of racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, and directing the activities of a criminal gang after a three week trial in Orange County. Perez faces life in prison, and will be sentenced on Oct. 25, 2013.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013

News Release: MACON: United States Attorney Michael J. Moore announced today that the U.S Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has awarded a $95,783 Hiring Grant to Roberta Police Department.

By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2013

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released the following statements regarding the Postal Service’s default on its payment to the U.S. Treasury to fund its future retiree health care obligations...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013

News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Troy Brandon Woodard, 37, of Norfolk, Virginia, was sentenced today to 8 years in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and three counts of unlawful participation in a loan. The Court further ordered Woodard to pay approximately $2.4 million in restitution to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and to forfeit over $4 million in proceeds from the offense.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013

News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge John E. Steele today sentenced Frederick R. Green to 4 years in federal prison for false claims against the government, possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices, and theft of government money. The court also ordered Green to forfeit $10,322.00 in...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KRYSTOPHER DiBELLA, 25, of West Suffield, was sentenced today by U.S. Magistrate Judge Holly B. Fitzsimmons in Bridgeport to three years of probation for assisting in the transfer of firearms to individuals who failed to complete required forms at the gun store where he was employed. He also was ordered to pay a $250 fine.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013

News Release: Defendants Stole Over $185,000 In Union Pension Funds.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013

News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A man who was armed with a shotgun when he robbed a bank in Cloud County, Kan., has been sentenced to federal prison, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013

News Release: A 19-year old fugitive from Illinois was sentenced to almost four years in federal prison after he was caught in Cedar Rapids with a gun that had been stolen during a home burglary.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2013

News Release: A criminal information was filed charing a North Canton man with embezzling $219,000, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2013

News Release: $450M in grants to nearly 270 community colleges partnering with more than 400 employers nationally WASHINGTON — Training America's workers with the skills they need for a good job can help middle class families and help American businesses grow our economy. While America's businesses have created 10 ...

By State Newswire | Sep 29, 2013

News Release: Washington D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed by a vote of 384 to 37 a bipartisan State Department authorization bill to improve security at U.S. embassies and diplomatic facilities around the world, H.R. 2848, the “Department of State Operations and Embassy Security Authorization Act...

By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2013

News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park's Trail Ridge Road has reopened after being closed for two days due to weather. There is a high wind advisory for high profile vehicles, motorcycles and bicycles on the road. Travelers should expect snow and icy conditions as well as high winds. This scenic road connects...