News published on Federal Newswire in April 2013

News from April 2013


Richmond Man Sentenced To 70 Months For Receipt Of Child Pornography

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Michael Winston Baynes, 60, of Richmond, Va., was sentenced today to 70months in prison and a $2,500 fine, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for Receipt of Child Pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2)(A).


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota woman convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Aiding and Abetting was sentenced on April 9, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


Two FCI Gilmer Inmates Enter Pleas And Are Sentenced In Federal Court

News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.


Baucus Seeks Middle Ground on Budget to Spark Growth, Create Jobs

News Release: At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to examine the administration’s fiscal year 2014 budget, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said the budget must cut the debt, create jobs and protect and invest in the nation’s priorities to solidify its economic future. Senator...


News Release: ‪HOUSTON - Four Mexican nationals have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a large human smuggling case that resulted in the discovery of more than 80 illegal aliens in a Houston residence, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Luis Trejo-Onofre, 30, Jose Santos-Solorzano, 24, Jose Victor Perez-Olivas, 42, and Gumecindo Jaime-Martinez, 37, all pleaded guilty Oct. 31, 2012, to conspiracy to harbor and transport illegal aliens.


Raleigh Man Sentenced As Felon In Possession Of A Firearm

News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today GREGORY KEITH CREARY, 38, of Raleigh, North Carolina was sentenced by United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle to 46 months imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release.


Ideas for Reforming the Medicare Benefit Design: A Historical Reminder of Bipartisan Support

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today heard from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission on ideas for reforming the traditional Medicare benefit design. Many of the Commission’s recommendations for reform represent policy ideas that carry...


News Release: United States Attorney Michael W. Cotter of the District of Montana, with representatives from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ("ATF"), the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"), the United States Marshal's Service, the Montana Division of Criminal Investigations, the Billings...


News Release: TUSKEGEE, AL- The Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site is no stranger to visits from celebrities, dignitaries, and icons, making Saturday, March 23rd an honor to welcome Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam, his staff and the Mayor of Tuskegee, Johnny Ford. Timothy Sinclair, Chief of Interpretation and Park Ranger Robert Stewart facilitated a tour of the birth place of the Tuskegee Airmen, where the men and women of the "Red Tailed Angels" were organized.


California Cocaine Supplier to Rochester Sentenced

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Eric Contreras, a/k/a Poppy, 29, of Los Angeles, California, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 188 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on April 9, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: James Bowers Johnson To Serve 48 Months.


Corpus Man Gets Maximum Sentence For Unlawful Manufacturing and Trafficking of Firearms

News Release: ‪CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Michael Yarbrough, 22, of Corpus Christi, has landed in federal prison for 10 years for the unlawful manufacture and trafficking of AK-47 type firearms, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.


News Release: Defendants Planned to Sell Victim into Sex Slavery.


News Release: "The Nation behaves well if it treats its natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.".


News Release: In Del Rio this morning, former Maverick County Solid Waste Authority general manager and chief executive officer of the Maverick County landfill Hector Chavez, Jr., surrendered to the Texas Rangers in connection with an alleged embezzlement scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez.


Subcommittee Affirms United States’ Commitment to Internet Freedom

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today advanced legislation to promote a global Internet free from government control. The bill, approved by voice vote, contains the same language that unanimously passed the House and Senate last year, elevating it to official U.S policy rather than merely a sense of the Congress in light of continued international efforts to regulate the Internet.


Subcommittee Discusses Draft Coal Ash Legislation in Effort to Preserve Jobs

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing on the discussion draft of H.R. __, the Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2013. Today’s hearing builds on the subcommittee’s work last Congress to set up a state-based regulatory...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today advanced legislation to promote a global Internet free from government control. The bill, approved by voice vote, contains the same language that unanimously passed the House and Senate last year, elevating it to official U.S policy rather than merely a sense of the Congress in light of continued international efforts to regulate the Internet.


Subcommittee Discusses Draft Coal Ash Legislation in Effort to Preserve Jobs

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing on the discussion draft of H.R. __, the Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2013. Today’s hearing builds on the subcommittee’s work last Congress to set up a state-based regulatory...