News published on Federal Newswire in April 2013

News from April 2013


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a seven page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Fort Sumter National Monument has partnered with the Charleston RiverDogs for a special "National Park Night" at the Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park on Tuesday, April 23. Located at 360 Fishburne Street in Charleston, the gates open at 6:00 p.m. and the game starts at 7:05 p.m. The first 1,000 children will get small, squeezable baseballs and can earn a special RiverDogs Junior Ranger button.


News Release: WASHINGTON DC - Congress took a step forward on technology, transparency and innovation today as Rep. Ed Markey and the Natural Resources Committee Democrats released “eVIZ," a groundbreaking new app.


Dana Yvonne Kent 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 1, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, DANA YVONNE KENT, a 49-year-old resident of Santa Ana, California, was sentenced to a term of.


News Release: WASHINGTON - John W. Diehl, 57, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to charges stemming from a hit-and-run incident in August 2011 in which the truck he was driving struck a bicyclist in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.


Tonawada Man Sentenced for Cocaine Trafficking

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Keith Simmons, 35, of Tonawanda, N.Y., who was convicted of cocaine trafficking, was sentenced to eight years in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.


Pretty Prairie Woman Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud

News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A woman from Pretty Prairie, Kan., who fraudulently received payments from the Kansas Medicaid program to care for her sister with Downs Syndrome has pleaded guilty to federal health care fraud charges, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.


News Release: Orlando - Chief U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway yesterday sentenced William Washington (58, Orlando) to 28 years and one month in federal prison for using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, namely commercial robbery. Washington pleaded guilty to the offenses on July 25, 2012.


Clear Lake Man Pleads Guilty To Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: A man who possessed child pornography pled guilty on April 1, 2013, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On April 1, 2013, Eric Martin, age 35, was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for armed bank robbery, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. United States District Judge Stephanie M. Rose also sentenced Martin to five years supervised release and ordered Martin to pay $53,369 in restitution to the victim banks.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former chief financial officer and chief executive officer of a leading supplier of athletic equipment and reconditioning services today admitted their roles in a conspiracy to defraud schools in New Jersey and elsewhere, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - April 2, 2013 - Leonard Baugh a/k/a Hype, age 35, and Omega Harris a/k/a Nino a/k/a Q, also age 35, both of Nashville were convicted of multiple charges by a federal jury after a five week trial, announced Jerry E. Martin, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. The trial focused on Baugh’s use of contraband cellular telephones while serving a state prison sentence at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.


News Release: With spring-like weather and warmer temperatures, animals are actively "on the move" from their winter ranges to their summer haunts in Grand Teton National Park. Herds of elk recently moved off the National Elk Refuge and fanned out across the sagebrush flats just north of the Gros Ventre River and...


3 Tampa Bay employers become IMAGE members

News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Two contracting companies and a specialty gourmet food retailer are the latest employers to be certified with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) employment compliance program, IMAGE, or "ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers."


Ambulance Company And Owners Plead Guilty In Health Care Fraud Scheme

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - MedEx Ambulance, Inc., located in Feasterville, PA, and its owners, Aleksandr N. Zagrodony and Sergey Zagorodny, pleaded guilty to all counts of a 41-count Indictment charging them with health care fraud, false statements in connection with health care matters, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.


Mendota Heights Man Sentenced For Possessing Methamphetamine

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 43-year-old Mendota Heights man was sentenced for possessing with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of high-purity methamphetamine. United States District Court Chief Judge Michael J. Davis sentenced Joseph Benjamin Thomas to 120 months in prison on...