News from April 2013
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean, WV, April 15, 2013 - The National Park Service is asking for the public's assistance and cooperation with regard to pet regulations within the parks. Park regulations require that all pets be crated, caged, or restrained on a leash no longer than six feet. Pets may not be left unattended and tied to an object. Please keep your pets leashed at all times within park boundaries including the trails, campgrounds, and other public areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: A Williamson County, Illinois, man was indicted on April 2, 2013, in an indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -A Kanawha County resident who collected more than 600 images of child pornography was sentenced on April 15 to two years in federal prison followed by 15 years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Michael Lee McCormick, 42, of Winifrede, Kanawha County, W.Va....
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Media Advisory. Plant a Tree at Flight 93 Coverage Procedures. FOR GUIDANCE AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY -. NOT FOR BROADCAST. WHAT: As part of National Park Week, the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation are continuing a major reforestation effort that will eventually result in 150,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Thomas G. Grogan, 50, and Debra A. Grogan, 54, both of Lawrenceville, Illinois, were each sentenced on Friday, April 12, 2013, in United States District Court in Benton to 3 year terms of probation for fraudulently concealing assets from the United States Trustee and chapter 7 trustee during the pendency...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Senate Judiciary COMMITTEE Ranking Member Chuck Grassley released a joint staff report “Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Quid Pro Quo with St. Paul: How Assistant...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RAYMOND BITAR, the former Chief Executive Officer of Full Tilt Poker, pled guilty today to unlawful internet gambling and to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud and was sentenced to time served...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO. N.Y. - In the wake of the shooting tragedies in Webster, New York and Newtown, Connecticut, U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office is sponsoring the third training session dedicated to preventing mass shootings and violence. The focus of...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Law enforcement vehicles to display “End Sexual Abuse" teal decals throughout the month of April.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, April 15, 1013 - Spring in West Virginia highlights our 10th annual New River Gorge Wildflower Weekend, April 19th - 21st, where we celebrate the glories of Appalachian spring. Free programs that highlight these natural wonders are scheduled at New River Gorge National River...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is extending for five years its agreement to work with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other partners to help develop a viable biofuel for the aviation industry. The Secretary signed the agreement with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood at the Advanced Biofuels Summit at Gaylord National Harbor in Maryland.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED TO APRIL 27.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement in response to the bombings in Boston Massachusetts today during the Boston Marathon...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and cooperators have provided knowledge about the chemical composition and potential bioavailability of nutritious compounds in a representative group of five colorful rice varieties. The findings could help breeders select for these traits from among 18,000 rice samples, called accessions, at the National Small Grains Collection in Aberdeen, Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: A federal inmate pleaded guilty today for the violent murder of a fellow inmate in Pennsylvania’s Allenwood Correctional Complex, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Peter J. Smith.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has filed and simultaneously settled a civil fraud lawsuit against Electrical & Electronic Controls, Inc. (“E&E"), a small distributor of electrical components, for knowingly supplying...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough today sentenced Laura J. Sigler, 26, to serve 262 months (21 years, 10 months) in federal prison and to remain on supervised release for life following her release from prison. Sigler has been detained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since her arrest in March 2012, along with co-defendant Anthony L. Ferguson, 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Mythili Raman, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: In El Paso this morning, former Aliviane Chief Executive Officer Cirilo “Chilo" Lara Madrid was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for conspiring to embezzle federal program funds announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Mark Morgan.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif.) - Five cases against five men involved in separate marijuana cultivation operations in Fresno, Tulare and Kern Counties were resolved today in federal court, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
