News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joel Meeks, 19, and Raul Ortega, 20, both of Albuquerque, N.M., were arraigned this morning on an eight-count indictment alleging violations of the Hobbs Act by interfering with a business involved in interstate commerce by robbery, the federal carjacking statute and firearms laws. Both men entered not guilty pleas during this morning’s hearings and are detained pending trial, which has yet to be scheduled.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today delivered the following remarks at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Chairman Walden focused on three issues the subcommittee is currently addressing that directly impact broadcasters: the incentive auctions, the expiration of the current satellite television reauthorization, and FCC process reform.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - Robert Gene White, 45, of Chandler, Ariz. was found guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and less than 500 grams of cocaine, conspiracy to commit money laundering and three counts of transactional money laundering. Nadunt Chibeast...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today delivered the following remarks at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Chairman Walden focused on three issues the subcommittee is currently addressing that directly impact broadcasters: the incentive auctions, the expiration of the current satellite television reauthorization, and FCC process reform.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be giving three programs during Friday, April 12, and Saturday, April 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: ALICIA A. G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced today that defendant Francisco S. Pangelinan was sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, to time served, followed by a three-year term of supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Tristan Green, age 28, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced April 4 by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to a 360-month (30 years) term of imprisonment for the armed robbery of the Fulton Bank in Etters, Pennsylvania. Judge Conner also ordered that Green serve three years of supervised release and pay $13,761 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: Join NPS Rangers on April 27th for a series of hikes through Monocacy National Battlefield highlighting tactics and troop movements that transpired in the area on July 9, 1864. Please meet at the visitor center for the following hikes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Glenham, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: Ten Defendants Now Set to Serve Lengthy Prison Sentences.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today delivered the following remarks at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Chairman Walden focused on three issues the subcommittee is currently addressing that directly impact broadcasters: the incentive auctions, the expiration of the current satellite television reauthorization, and FCC process reform.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - An Addison seafood distributor and its owner have agreed to resolve civil and criminal charges for mislabeling certain products by substituting cheaper fish for more expensive fish and misstating the weight of shrimp to charge customers more for a lesser quantity, federal officials announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that two individuals charged in connection with the Aryan Knights investigation were sentenced in United States District Court in Boise earlier today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Bonesteel, South Dakota man convicted of one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and one count of Sexual Contact with a Minor was sentenced on April 8, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Wakpala, South Dakota man convicted of two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance was sentenced on April 4, 2013 by U.S. Magistrate Judge William D. Gerdes.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: Monocacy National Battlefield invites everyone to get to know their national parks during National Park Week with free admission to all national parks April 22 - 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Jonas Purisch, age 39, of Perry Hall, Maryland pleaded guilty today to subscribing to a false tax return and failing to file a tax return.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be hosting the 8th annual American Hiking Society's "Volunteer Vacation in the Park" this coming June. Each year volunteers from all walks of life and from all over the country sign up for this fantastic program. They take their vacation time to...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: Shusen Wei, 45, a citizen of China, pleaded guilty Friday in Miami federal court to charges stemming from his involvement in the smuggling of a carved rhinoceros horn from the United States to China, announced Wifredo A, Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment & Natural Resources Division, and William C. Woody, Chief of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Office of Law Enforcement.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2013
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - The National Prisoner of War Museum at Andersonville National Historic Site will host a book signing Saturday by Vietnam Veteran Bob Bovitch. Mr. Bovitch has written several books concerning veterans' issues. Among these are "A Day in the Life of This Vietnam Veteran," "Reflections...
