News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Alicia A.G. Limtiaco, Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, was invited to speak on Jan. 31, 2014, with approximately seventy-five 5th grade students at Harry S. Truman Elementary School, about bullying and cyberbullying, including the dangers and tragic consequences of bullying and cyberbullying, and ways to keep safe.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Pamela C. Marsh announced thatAlbert Hendrik “Henk" Van Der Merwe, 46, of Crawfordville, Florida, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert Hinkle to serve 12 months in prison for importing merchandise under false invoice and for receiving...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Patricia Harrington, age 50, of Liverpool, New York, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today in connection with her guilty pleas to 11 Wire Fraud, Tax Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft charges according to U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Carol Mack, 43, of Humble, has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and defrauding her former employer of hundreds of thousands of dollars, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: A Detroit area produce business was sentenced Tuesday for bribing a Teamsters Union business agent, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: An Indictment Is A Formal Accusation Of Criminal Conduct, Not Evidence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Annamalai Annamalai, a/k/a Dr. Commander Selvam, a/k/a Swamiji Sri Selvam Siddhar, the former leader of the now defunct Hindu Temple of Georgia, has been charged in a superseding indictment with 32 counts of fraud and obstruction-related charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich today sentenced James Lee Minyard (42, Tampa) to 30 months in federal prison for possessing destructive explosives. Minyard pleaded guilty on Dec. 12, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: Zion National Park, in conjunction with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR), proposes to perform management actions on desert bighorn sheep within the Park. Desert bighorn, a native species, were previously extirpated and reintroduced to the Park in 1973, and have grown to a herd size of more...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Gjavit Thaqi, one of the leaders of an international drug trafficking syndicate run by ethnic Albanians located in the United States, Canada and Europe (the "syndicate"), and Robert Rudaj, a member of the syndicate, were sentenced to 120 months and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: The former Chief Information Officer of the Wayne County government was sentenced to 57 months in prison today for taking $70,000 in bribes from a businessman who had millions of dollars in contracts with Wayne County, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A 57-year-old man from North Richland Hills, Texas, Joseph F. Greth, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 80 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in November 2013 to one count of possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: The Energy Department today announced $3 million for research and development to help grow U.S. low-to-moderate-temperature geothermal resources and support a domestic supply of critical materials, such as lithium carbonate and rare earth elements. By partnering with the geothermal and mineral industries, the Department is working to expand the geographic diversity of clean, renewable geothermal energy beyond the traditional western region of the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: Sandy Springs: On Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, Feb. 15, 16, and 17, 2014, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CRNRA) will join the other 401 units of the National Park Service in waiving entry fees as part of the National Park Service’s celebration of Presidents’ Day weekend. The usual $3 fee will not be collected at boat ramps, picnic areas, and parking lots in the CRNRA.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Timothy Dale Jackson, 49, of Pass Christian, Mississippi, an orthopedic physician, has been charged in a five count felony indictment alleging income tax evasion and obstruction of the due administration of the internal revenue laws, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Gabriel L. Grchan.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office today announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Walter O. Guillory, 51, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Foote, to receiving bribes while running two housing authorities in the Acadiana area and also for his part in a conspiracy to award bids to a preferred contractor in Opelousas.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its annual Winter Film Festival by showing the documentary film Tuskegee Airmen Friday, Feb. 28, and Saturday, March 1, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that John Cedric Dauphin, 36, of Lafayette, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Foote to 120 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine. Dauphin pleaded guilty on Oct. 17, 2013.
