This was originally posted on November 19, 2013. I have decided to reblog this blog to serve as a reminder that before this was an election year that Governor Nikki Haley showed no interest in education let alone specifically literacy. In 2013 Governor Nikki Haley was vetoed funding for literacy program. Governor Nikki Haley claims … Continue reading
U.S. Attorney’s Office August 29, 2013 Southern District of Texas (713) 567-9000 Local Man Gets 10 Years for Methamphetamine Possession CORPUS CHRISTI, TX—A Corpus Christi man will be serving a significant sentence in federal prison following his conviction of one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, … Continue reading
U.S. Attorney’s Office August 29, 2013 Northern District of Illinois (312) 353-5300 Chicago-Area Man Indicted for Allegedly Obstructing Justice and Soliciting the Murder of an Undercover FBI Agent CHICAGO—A Hillside man was indicted today on federal charges for allegedly soliciting the murder of an undercover FBI agent after the defendant was arrested last September and … Continue reading
U.S. Attorney’s Office August 29, 2013 District of Massachusetts (617) 748-3100 Attleboro Man Charged with Securities Fraud BOSTON—Federal charges against an Attleboro man were unsealed today after his arrest this morning on securities fraud charges. Robert Burton, 36, the managing director of Pinnacle Financial Consulting LLC, Pinnacle Strategic Investments LLC, and the Pinnacle Asset and … Continue reading
U.S. Attorney’s Office August 29, 2013 District of Minnesota (612) 664-5600 Former Armored Truck Driver Pleads Guilty to Stealing from ATMs MINNEAPOLIS—Earlier today in federal court, a former armored truck driver pleaded guilty to stealing money from automated teller machines (ATMs) in numerous locations in Minnesota and North Dakota. Christopher James Diestler, age 31, of … Continue reading
U.S. Attorney’s Office August 29, 2013 District of Minnesota (612) 664-5600 Red Lake Man Sentenced for Assaulting a Woman MINNEAPOLIS—Yesterday in federal court in Duluth, a 44-year-old Red Lake man was sentenced for causing serious bodily injury to a woman after assaulting her while on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. On August 28, 2013, United … Continue reading
U.S. Attorney’s Office August 29, 2013 District of South Dakota (605) 330-4400 Dupree Man Charged with Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and Sexual Contact with a Child United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Dupree, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for aggravated sexual abuse of a … Continue reading
U.S. Attorney’s Office August 29, 2013 Eastern District of Pennsylvania (215) 861-8200 Bank Employee Charged in Fraud Scheme Horng Dai, a/k/a “James Dai,” 46, of Newtown, Pennsylvania, was charged today by indictment with seven counts of receipt of commissions or gifts for procuring loans, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. If convicted on all … Continue reading