News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a jury found a 36-year-old felon guilty of possessing a nine-millimeter pistol. Following a three-day trial, the jury convicted Christopher Sean Daniels, of St. Paul, on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Daniels was indicted on Oct. 1, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Mt. Vernon, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for robbing a Joplin, Mo., bank.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: I thank the Chairman for holding this hearing. I am troubled that we are here today discussing this issue. This hearing implies that it would be appropriate to default on our debt and that a default can be managed. This simply is not true. It will never be appropriate for the U.S. government to default on the debt. The debt ceiling is about paying the bills of the United States of America, spending that has already been authorized by the Congress.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - When responding to fires in high-rise buildings, firefighting crews of five or six members-instead of three or four-are significantly faster in putting out fires and completing search-and-rescue operations, concludes a major new study* carried out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with five other organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Jesse Brister, aka “Bozo," with two counts of mailing threatening communications to law enforcement, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. Brister, 27, of Conroe, Texas, is presently in custody in...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) will lead a hearing next Wednesday focused on whether billions of dollars in proposed new federal courthouse construction is justified. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) will release a new report in conjunction with the Committee’s hearing.
By State Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Representative Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) issued the following statement in response to the release of President Obama’s proposed budget.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: A 33-year-old Macomb Township man was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison followed by fifteen years of supervised release after having been found guilty by a federal jury in December, 2012 of producing and distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Following a six-day jury trial, Nicholas Lindsey, 40, of, Billings, Montana, was convicted today of nine counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Three indictments returned today by the grand jury in Springfield, Ill., collectively broaden allegations of fraud related to a $1.25 million state grant awarded in 2009 to We Are Our Brother’s Keeper, a not-for-profit program owned by Regina R. Evans, former police chief for Country...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - President Obama’s FY 2014 budget seeks $638.0 million for the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) to advance technologies related to the reliable, efficient, affordable and environmentally sound use of fossil fuels as well as manage the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Northeast Home Heating...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Judy Lynn McCune, Loretta Ann McCune and Rania Ann Sanchez have pleaded guilty for conspiring to defraud the federal government in a scheme to prepare federal tax returns and cash refund checks in the name of deceased individuals, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge Lucy Cruz.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Chairman Bob Gibbs (R-OH) will convene the panel’s first hearing on developing a Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). One of the Committee’s top priorities this Congress, WRDA legislation focuses on developing, maintaining, and supporting the Nation’s port and waterway infrastructure, as well as addressing targeted flood protection and environmental restoration needs.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following reaction to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors’ decision to delay the transition to five-day mail delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today wrote to Gina McCarthy, nominee to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and current ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Robert Steve Mills, 58, of Bonita Springs, Fla., has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to launder money, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Mills pleaded guilty July 26, 2012, to the charge in relation to the Ethan Allen Insurance Scam.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigations and the Colorado Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Investigations Unit announced that today Stuart Bryan King, age 52...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of an ongoing effort to address mental illness following the Newtown tragedy, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today requested OMB provide a list of all federal mental health research, prevention, and treatment programs, including the total amount of federal funds each of these programs receives.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2013
News Release: They also create a level playing field for businesses who want to treat their employees fairly and decently. Without government establishing and enforcing basic standards, employers would find themselves at a competitive disadvantage relative to those who seek to profit by endangering and cheating workers. We would have a race to the bottom.
