News published on Federal Newswire in April 2013

News from April 2013


Maxton Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking

News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court Thursday, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced MICHAEL DEAN JONES, 42ofMaxton, North Carolinato 120 months imprisonment followed by 4 years supervised release.


Watch the Antics of Strutting Sage Grouse

News Release: To celebrate the arrival of spring, park ranger naturalists will lead early-morning tours to observe strutting sage grouse as they perform their annual courtship dance on an historic lek (mating arena) located just off the Antelope Flats Road near Mormon Row. Strutting grouse trips will be offered on the following weekends: April 13-14, April 20-21, and April 27-28, 2013.


Quad Cities Man Sentenced To 30 Years Imprisonment For Armed Bank Robbery

News Release: DES MOINES, IA - Des Moines area real estate developer John C. Kline was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his participation in a bank fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Chief Judge James E. Gritzner also ordered Kline to serve a term of 5 years of supervised release following release from prison, pay $1,169,490.72 restitution and directed Kline to pay a $200 special assessment to the crime victims fund.


Robert Dean Boucher Sentenced In U.S. District Court

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on April 8, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, ROBERT DEAN BOUCHER was sentenced to a term of.


Former Schneider Hospital CEO Charged With Tax Fraud

News Release: St. Thomas - United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe and Special Agent in Charge José A. Gonzalez,.


Jr. Ranger Program Launches National Park Week

News Release: Did you know April 20-28 is National Park Week? Come celebrate the annual observance in Grand Teton National Park. Join us for special events and programs that are fun and free for the whole family. This is also a perfect time to plan a special getaway to experience the wonders of Grand Teton National Park with free park admission from April 22-26.


Sanford Statement at Hearing on Installations on BRAC

News Release: I am concerned that if another BRAC is authorized, we will never get to any real savings, just moving military families around from one base to another.


News Release: WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Three defendants, who pleaded guilty to their respective roles in a major methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in Wichita Falls, were sentenced today, in federal court in Wichita Falls, by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.


Dynamic Teacher Wanted for Summer Professional Development Opportunity at Andersonville National Historic Site

News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - Andersonville National Historic Site is accepting applications from teachers interested in a challenging and fun professional development opportunity at the park this summer. One teacher will be selected as a Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT), working with park rangers for eight to ten weeks to develop lesson plans focused on park resources.


Boustany Questions Why ObamaCare Exchange Application Is Collecting Voter Information

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding the inclusion of a voter registration application form in HHS’s application for federal Exchange subsidies under ObamaCare.



Chairman Royce Statement on Agreement with Japan in Trans-Pacific Partnership Consultations

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the announcement of agreements with Japan as part of the bilateral consultations regarding Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership...


Camp Statement on the President’s Budget

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement in response to the President’s FY2014 Budget.


Fayetteville Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking

News Release: GREENVILLE - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court Wednesday, United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced JARVIS MCCOY, 35ofFayetteville, North Carolinato 264 months imprisonment followed by 5 years supervised release.


Three Members Of Jewelry Theft Ring Plead Guilty To Racketeering Conspiracy

News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Members of a violent and highly sophisticated jewelry theft ring pleaded guilty this week for their participation in a racketeering conspiracy.


Nevada Deploys First U.S. Commercial, Grid-Connected  Enhanced Geothermal System

News Release: WASHINGTON -- As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department today recognized the nation’s first commercial enhanced geothermal system (EGS) project to supply electricity to the grid. Based in Churchill County, Nevada, Ormat Technologies’ Desert Peak 2 EGS...


DEA Continues To Act Against Synthetic Drugs

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) published a Final Rule to permanently control 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-(methylone) and a Notice of Intent to temporarily schedule three synthetic cannabinoids.


Chairman Royce Statement on State Department Release of “Magnitsky List” of Russian Human Rights Offenders

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the Secretary of State’s release of the Magnitsky Act-mandated list of Russian human rights offenders...


Owner Of Marijuana Storefront Sentenced To Prison For Drug Dealing

News Release: SEATTLE - Jing Jing Mo, 32-year-old Seattle woman who co-owned and operated two marijuana storefronts was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 42 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute marijuana and conspiracy to engage in money laundering. Mo was a co-owner of Seattle Cannabis...


Rudolph Lee Shane, Sr. Sentenced In U.S. District Court

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on April 10, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, RUDOLPH LEE SHANE, SR., a 64-year-old resident of Crow Agency, was sentenced to a term of.