News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Keith Bowers, age 59, of Jessieville, Arkansas, was arrested today by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Arkansas based on an indictment returned in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia on Sept. 13, 2013, charging him with transmitting threats in interstate commerce.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: A team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA, Alexandria, Va.) has demonstrated an improved microfluidic technique for recovering DNA from real-world, complex mixtures such as dirt. According to a recent paper,* their technique...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - FRED W. ROBINSON was sentenced to 24 months in prison on multiple fraud charges involving his submission of false time sheets in the Treasurer’s Office and his diversion of federal and state education funds from the Paideia Academy Charter School. The Judge also ordered restitution of $419,333.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairmen: We are writing to request additional witnesses for tomorrow’s joint hearing on “Federal Implementation of ObamaCare: Concerns of State Governments.". As you know, the landmark Affordable Care Act already bans insurance companies from discriminating against people with preexisting...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge, New York Division and Bridget G. Brennan New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor, announced today the sentencing of Robert Whitfield, formerly a Correction Officer with the New York City Department of Correction, to eight years in state prison for receiving a bribe of $100,000 in cocaine after he promised to secure an inmate's early release.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Citing concerns over the threat of fraud and abuse in the President’s $2.6 trillion health law, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today announced the Trust But Verify Act, legislation to delay enrollment for both the federal and state health insurance exchanges until...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO ― A Milwaukee man was arrested on a federal charge of sex-trafficking a minor and the alleged 15-year-old victim, from Madison, Wis., was returned to her home, federal law enforcement authorities announced today. The defendant, DAJUAN KEY, also known as “Dejuan Key," 30, was scheduled to return to Federal Court in Chicago at 2:30 p.m. today for a detention hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel Martin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Hermosa, South Dakota, woman convicted of Misprision of a Felony was sentenced on Sept. 16, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced more than $7 million in grants to five organizations to fund pilot projects as part of the government's National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 26-year-old Mexican national was indicted for entering the United States illegally after previously being deported as an aggravated felon. Joel Aguayo-Gomez was specifically charged with one count of illegal re-entry after deportation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Joseph Ruda, 62, of Rockville Center, N.Y., and Ruda’s closely held corporation, Gutlove and Shirvint, Inc. of Long Island City, N.Y., pleaded guilty to cigarette smuggling before Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations for individuals to serve on the American Egg Board for the 2014-15 term.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: The busy summer season has ended at Denali National Park and Preserve, and visitors can now drive private vehicles on the Denali Park Road as far as the Teklanika Rest Area at Mile 30, weather permitting. As the weather can change rapidly at this time of the year, visitors are advised to call ahead for current road information.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: One Defendant Faces 15-20 Years In Prison For Crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA - Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013 - On Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, the body of a 31-year-old climber from Seattle was recovered in North Cascades National Park by NPS rangers, supported by a contracted helicopter from HiLine Helicopters out of Darrington, WA. On the afternoon of September...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service is partnering with the Washington State Patrol in a criminal investigation of an incident that took place on Sept. 14, 2013 in Kettle River Campground within Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas and Randall C. Coleman, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Little Rock Field Office announced today that United States District Judge James M. Moody sentenced Marci Ann Ingram, age 41, of Searcy, to 24 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for mail fraud related to Landmark Closing Company, Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY - The former owner of businesses operating in Hardin County, Kentucky pleaded guilty in United States District Court before District Judge John G. Heyburn II, today to charges of aiding and abetting with others in an illegal pyramid/ “Ponzi" scheme and engaging in a conspiracy to commit mail fraud, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: DENVER - The Macalan Group, Inc., formerly known as NEK Advanced Securities Inc. (NEK), a security contractor headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, has agreed to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims in connection with a contract with the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), U.S. Attorney John Walsh announced on behalf of the Justice Department and its investigative partners.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Joseph Morrisette, age 43, of Parmelee, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Sept. 16, 2013, and pled guilty to Count I of the Indictment that charged him with Child Abuse.
