News from December 2012
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - A federal jury convicted a Florida doctor of conspiring with a pain clinic owner and others to illegally prescribe hundreds of thousands of pills to Kentucky residents.
By State Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON DC - Representative Howard L. Berman (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today hailed the inclusion of a provision in the conference agreement for the fiscal year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 that will help restore America’s global competitiveness...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: On Dec. 27, join in at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and be part of the longest running Citizen Science survey in the world: Audubon's 113th annual Christmas Bird Count. Counts are taking place across the country from Dec. 14, 2012 to January 5, 2013. Families...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: DEC 18 -- (Little Rock, Ark.) - Beginning in April 2012, the DEA Little Rock Tactical Diversion (TDS) began receiving information from various pharmacies in the Central Arkansas area regarding call-in and facsimile prescriptions written in the name of James Derek Johnston. Johnston, who is a Certified...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) urgently needs the public's help to identify a suspected child pornography producer. The agency is seeking the arrest of an unidentified woman for producing child pornography and the rescue of a 4 to 5-year-old victim of sexual exploitation.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: Recent storms have brought additional snow to the park, and the Acting Superintendent has determined that there is now adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in the areas of the 1980 park additions that are north of the crest of the Alaska Range.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. sentenced Michael Metayer, a/k/a “Big Mike" (40, Miami) to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride. A federal jury found Metayer guilty of the offense on July 26, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: NIST scientists and engineers have been recognized as inventors in a variety of research areas, including the biosciences, building and fire research, materials science and manufacturing. This past year, NIST was awarded nine patents for original technologies and methods.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: FORKS, Wash. - An extensive helicopter search by the U.S. Coast Guard paid off Tuesday when a crew located a large ocean-drifting dock washed ashore in an extremely rugged and remote section of coast in the Olympic National Park.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking nominations for the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: BUSHKILL, PA: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Superintendent John J. Donahue has announced that Peters Valley Craft Center (Peters Valley), a park partner located in Layton, NJ, has received the National Park Service's 2012 Northeast Region George and Helen Hartzog Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service in the Volunteer Group category. Peters Valley will represent the Northeast Region of the NPS for the national award which will be announced later this month.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - David Chavez Sr., 53, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Chairman Inouye. He was the epitome of public service, from the Medal of Honor in recognition of his service in WWII, to his steadying leadership as President pro Tempore of the Senate, and Chair of its Appropriations Committee. His quiet strength, fierce dignity and passion for his beloved Aloha state and this country were obvious in everything he did.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing After Dark in the Park and Hawaiian cultural programs with the community and visitors throughout January - which is also Volcano Awareness Month, established by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. These programs are free, but park entrance fees may apply. Mark your calendars for these upcoming events.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: Today, Representative Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-Va.), Ranking Member of the Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, and Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the full House Judiciary Committee, led a letter from House members to President Obama requesting that he ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 18, 2012
News Release: December 18th, 2012. Press Contact: Ryan Nickel (202) 225-3481. “I knew Senator Inouye since my earliest days working for Senator Warren G. Magnuson and have worked with him throughout my career in the House of Representatives. His death represents a great loss for the nation, and a deep personal loss...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2012
News Release: Japan-based Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co. Ltd. and various affiliated entities (collectively, Toyo Ink) have agreed to pay $45 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly failing to pay antidumping and countervailing duties, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton today sentenced Azibo Aquart to death for murdering three Bridgeport, Conn., residents on Aug. 24, 2005, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, David B. Fein, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut and Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in New Haven.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2012
News Release: The United States and the city of Portland, Ore., have jointly filed in federal court a proposed court enforceable settlement agreement to remedy constitutional claims that the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) engages in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional uses of force in response to “low-level offenses” ...
