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US Attorney's office releases identities of those arrested in Fairmont ...
May 17,2012 07:45 AM
FAIRMONT — The following are the names of individuals arrested in a joint law enforcement operation between the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and ...
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Eight indicted in tornado benefits fraud
May 17,2012 06:23 AM
By Jeff Lehr news@joplinglobe.com The US attorney's office in Springfield announced Wednesday that eight people have been accused in indictments of fraudulently obtaining federal disaster benefits after the Joplin tornado a year ago.
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Lawyers: Criminal probe targets egg magnate, aides
May 17,2012 06:23 AM
Military-dominated Myanmar's international rehabilitation is getting another boost as its foreign minister meets with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and looks for progress in US plans to ease economic... Prosecutors and defense lawyers at ...
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Jim Letten, U.S. attorney, has 10 days to respond to recusal request ...
May 17,2012 02:59 AM
Broussard's defense team has argued that Letten should step aside just as he did in the investigation of the River Birch landfill.
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Special Counsel to U.S. Attorney in D.C. Honored on Eve of ...
May 17,2012 02:59 AM
After nearly three decades with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, Special Counsel Patricia Riley will retire later this year. The District of Columbia Council recently honored her with a ceremonial resolution (PDF) that went ...
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US Attorney may review deadly NJ police shooting ...
May 17,2012 12:58 AM
A grand jury in Middlesex County last week declined to indict New Brunswick Police Officers Brad Berdel and Daniel Mazan in the 2011 shooting death of ...
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Us Attorney's Office - Herndon, VA Patch
May 17,2012 12:58 AM
The charge carries a minimum mandatory of five years in prison and a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison, U.S. Attorney's office spokesman Peter Carr said.
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US Investigation of Medtronic Ends
May 16,2012 09:21 PM
Medtronic said Wednesday that the Justice Department and the United States attorney's office in Massachusetts had closed their investigation related to the omission of safety issues of its orthopedic product Infuse and its off-label use.
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In payroll fraud defense, Aaron Broussard gains attorney, loses request for ...
May 16,2012 06:08 PM
| By Richard Rainey, The Times-Picayune In a setback for his defense against federal payroll fraud charges, former Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard has lost his demand to see employment records from the US attorney's office. See all stories on this topic » |  NOLA.com |
Special Counsel to US Attorney in DC Honored on Eve of Retirement
May 16,2012 04:48 PM
After nearly three decades with the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, Special Counsel Patricia Riley will retire later this year. The District of Columbia Council recently honored her with a ceremonial resolution (PDF) that went into ...
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Kicking Ass and Taking Names: Another Anti-Medical Marijuana Candidate Bites ...
May 16,2012 04:48 PM
Last night, the medical cannabis advocate community defeated a second anti-medical marijuana candidate in a state Attorney General race. In Oregon, Dwight Holton, a former US attorney, lost in a landslide after medical cannabis became a campaign issue.
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Rosenblum defeats Holton in Oregon AG race
May 16,2012 04:48 PM
Former interim US Attorney Dwight Holton was better known and had more money than longtime judge Ellen Rosenblum. But Democrats did not respond to Holton's tough-on-crime message or his support from most of the sheriffs and district attorneys around ...
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Seattle Gives DOJ Police Reform Counterproposal
May 16,2012 04:48 PM
The plan was hand-delivered to the US Attorney's Office on Wednesday morning, a little more than five weeks after the DOJ gave the city a proposed settlement calling for a wide array of changes to Seattle police policies, training and accountability.
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Medtronic Receives Notification That U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. ...
May 16,2012 04:48 PM
MINNEAPOLIS, May 16, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced it has been notified by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts that federal prosecutors ...
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Lawyers: Criminal probe targets egg magnate, aides
May 16,2012 04:48 PM
Peter Deegan, a spokesman for the US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa, based in Cedar Rapids, said Wednesday he could not confirm the existence of the investigation. The office's jurisdiction covers the rural area of northern Iowa ...
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Ga. Man Gets Prison Time in Tenn. Courthouse Plot
May 16,2012 10:51 AM
The US attorney's office said in a release that 42-year-old Darren Wesley Huff of Dallas, Ga., was sentenced Tuesday in US District Court in Knoxville. He was convicted on a federal firearms charge last October. Huff was armed with a handgun and an ...
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Rosenblum defeats Holton in Oregon
May 16,2012 10:51 AM
A retired state appeals court judge rode support from marijuana advocates to get closer to Oregon's top law enforcement job, defeating a former federal prosecutor to win the Democratic nomination for Oregon attorney general. Former interim US Attorney ...
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US Attorney: Nifty Fifty's owners cheated IRS, 5 charged
May 16,2012 10:51 AM
| PHILADELPHIA - May 16, 2012 (WPVI) -- The five owners and managers of the Nifty Fifty's restaurant chain have been charged with cheating the IRS out of millions of dollars, the US Attorney's office announced on Wednesday. Robert Mattei, 73, of Del Ray ... See all stories on this topic » |  6abc.com |
US Attorney may review deadly NJ police shooting
May 16,2012 09:11 AM
A spokeswoman for the US Attorney's Office tells The Home News Tribune of East Brunswick (http://mycj.co/Lak3Hs ) that prosecutors will evaluate the facts to determine whether a federal probe in warranted.
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U.S. Attorney's Office may review Deloatch shooting
May 16,2012 09:11 AM
B69462038Z.1 KATHY JOHNSON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / Courier News NEW BRUNSWICK — The US Attorney's Office appears to be leaving the door open for a possible federal review of the Barry Deloatch police shooting case after a grand jury declined to indict ...
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Thu, 17 May 2012 16:36:40 GMT
FLA Man Pleads Guilty to Pointing Laser at Planes WJHG-TV (AP) -- The US Attorney's Office says a 49-year-old man faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to aiming a laser pointer at a plane departing from Orlando International Airport. Prosecutors say Glenn Stephen Hansen pointed the laser at ... |
Thu, 17 May 2012 16:27:51 GMT
Hearing for five alleged Ohio bombers focuses on informant ID, entrapment ... WKSU News Meanwhile, the US attorneys are trying to get the judge to try to keep the identity of the FBI informant in the case secret. Defense attorneys claim entrapment, saying the informant engineered the whole plot. He's been identified as a convicted felon ... |
Thu, 17 May 2012 16:22:51 GMT
Evans Man Sentenced For Harboring Illegal Aliens WJBF-TV ... will be transferred into the custody of immigration authorities once his sentence is finished. The deportation process is expected to begin then. The US Attorney's office says Diaz will also have to forfeit millions of dollars worth of assets. |
Thu, 17 May 2012 16:22:39 GMT
Prosecutor: Man upset by bill spread mercury in Albany hospital Utica Observer Dispatch According to the US Attorney's Office, 59-year-old Martin Kimber, of Ruby, is accused of placing mercury on various surfaces in the cafeteria and in the food being served on a total of four separate occassions between March 2011 and March 2012. |
Thu, 17 May 2012 16:19:06 GMT
 NOLA.com | Slidell man gets 10-year sentence for massive child pornography collection NOLA.com By The Times-Picayune A 77-year-old Slidell man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for possessing thousands of pictures and videos depicting children as young as 6 weeks old engaging in explicit sexual activity, the US Attorney's office said. |
Thu, 17 May 2012 16:16:00 GMT
Martin Kimber indicted for bringing mercury to AMC YNN Hudson Valley ALBANY, NY -- The US Attorney's office announced the indictment of the Ulster County man accused of planting mercury at Albany Medical Center. Martin Kimber, 59, is charged with two counts of violating the chemical weapons statute and one count of ... |
Evansville man found guilty of gun-related crimes in pawn shop burglary - Evansville Courier & Press
Thu, 17 May 2012 16:04:15 GMT
Evansville man found guilty of gun-related crimes in pawn shop burglary Evansville Courier & Press By Staff Report EVANSVILLE — A 45-year-old Evansville man was found guilty of federal gun-related crimes late Wednesday, according to a news release issued by the US attorney's office. Ricky Dillard was found guilty at the conclusion of a three-day ... |
Thu, 17 May 2012 15:58:41 GMT
51 months in prison Shawnee News Star By Anonymous The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that Tammy Lynette Corley, a/k/a Tammy Lynette Brewer, 38, of Eufaula, was sentenced to serve 51 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons followed by ... |
Thu, 17 May 2012 15:57:46 GMT
State charges dropped, federal charges being pursued in Lynchburg drug case WSLS Last month, a US Attorney's Office spokesman said they would be charged both federally and locally. Christopher Lee Wood and Julian “Jamaica” James were arrested in February after members of a local, state and federal drug task force in Lynchburg ... |
Thu, 17 May 2012 15:39:20 GMT
NM man sentenced to 121 months for child sex abuse KFDA The Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/La4t8u) reported Thursday that 53-year-old Allen Stafford Smith will serve 121 months for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old in his home, according to the US Attorney's Office. Prosecutors say Smith will be on ... |