News from April 2013

By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: Philadelphia -- Patricia "Trish" Kicklighter has been selected as the new superintendent of New River Gorge National River and the associated Gauley River National Recreation Area and Bluestone National Scenic River. Since 2009, she has been the Superintendent at Assateague Island National Seashore.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: OSNIN ISAAC URBINA-MARADIAGA, age 25, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today in federal court by U. S. District Judge Lance M. Africk, announced U. S. Attorney Dana Boente. URBINA was sentenced to approximately five months imprisonment. In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Africk ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Mercer County was indicted on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, today commented on the Treasury Department’s release of a list of individuals it has determined to be in violation of human rights in Russia as required by the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act enacted last December.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: - U.S. District Court Judge Orders Held Payment Released From Sale Of Defendant Paul Barth’s Former Home.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The owners of several liquor stores on the Las Vegas Strip have been charged with federal felony tax crimes for failing to report approximately $4 million in income from their stores on their federal individual and corporate tax returns, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Over the past 18 months, ten Bay Area residents have been charged with federal passport offenses, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Diplomatic Security Service Special Agent in Charge Dean K. Shear announced.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: During this year's National Park Week, April 20-28, Superintendent Barclay Trimble invites the public to experience their national parks across the country, and those here on the Outer Banks; Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial. Special programs will be offered during National Park Week and a portion of the week, April 22-26, will be fee-free days for entry to Wright Brothers National Memorial.

By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) wrote to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Steven Miller to find out how much taxpayer money will be used to implement the Democrats’ health care law and how many IRS employees have...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: The Commodity Future Trading Commission is the unsung hero of America's fiscal stability.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: In celebration of National Park Week, all three Cochise county National Park Service (NPS) sites will offer special events and activities April 20-28, 2013. "Did You Know?" is the theme for this year's events that will take place in all 401 NPS sites across the nation, including Chiricahua National Monument...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: Kareem Serageldin And His Co-Conspirators Concealed As Much As A Half-Billion Dollars From Subprime Mortgage-Related Losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: A St. Louis man pled guilty on April 11, 2013, in federal court to being a member of a large cocaine distribution organization, the United States for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Mario Orduna, 46, pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess With the Intent to Distribute Cocaine. He also admitted the Forfeiture Allegation contained in the Indictment.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: During this year's National Park Week, April 20-28, Superintendent Barclay Trimble invites the public to experience their national parks across the country, and those here on the Outer Banks; Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial. Special programs will be offered during National Park Week and a portion of the week, April 22-26, will be fee-free days for entry to Wright Brothers National Memorial.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 110,000 metric tons of soybeans to unknown destinations during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: Defendant Is The Eighth Lawyer Charged And Second To Plead Guilty In Massive Immigration Fraud Scheme Related To Thousands Of Fraudulent Asylum Applications Submitted By At Least 10 New York City Law Firms.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: Boston - A Medford man was charged late yesterday in federal court with bank burglary.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Yesterday, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) introduced H.R. 1502, “The Social Security Disability Insurance and Unemployment Benefits Double Dip Elimination Act of 2013." The legislation would keep people from receiving both Social Security disability benefits and unemployment benefits at the same time. A similar proposal was included in the President’s FY2014 budget with estimated savings of $1 billion over 10 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced on April 8, 2013 by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.