News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: Detectives found a loaded.38 caliber pistol hidden in toddler’s bed at the defendant’s home.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: Correctional Officers Smuggled in Cell Phones and Drugs and Were "in Bed" with BGF Inmates; Surprise Searches Conducted by Federal Agents and Trusted Officers from Outside Baltimore.
By State Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that on Wednesday, April 24, he will convene a hearing to examine the process for reforming current U.S. controls on the export of arms and other items. The hearing, entitled “Hearing: Export Control Reform: the Agenda Ahead, " will begin at 10 a.m.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: VANCOUVER, WA -- In an ongoing process to preserve resources at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (NHS) and to provide for their future enjoyment, National Park Service staff members are overseeing the repainting of two signature buildings within the reconstructed Hudson's Bay Company stockade.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: Daniel Prodelick a/k/a “Wederson Roberto," 38, of Elizabeth, NJ, was charged today by Indictment1 with one count of misuse of a social security number and making false statements to agents with the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, announced United States Attorney...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, led a group of 30 senators urging the Administration in a letter to withdraw draft guidance to define "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act (CWA). If not withdrawn, the guidance could lead the EPA to redefine when isolated wetlands, intermittent streams, and other non-navigable waters should be subject to regulation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Sean Salasevicius, 32, of New Farifield, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for manufacturing and distributing marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Tina Jackson-White, the owner and president of Family Home Medical Equipment and Supplies, LLC, pled guilty today to a federal charge of health care fraud stemming from a scheme in which the firm submitted and collected more than $200,000 in fraudulent Medicaid claims.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: As a special experience for the visiting public and local communities, the National Park Service will be offering Full Moon Climbs of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse the evening of Thursday, April 25, 2013, weather permitting.Two tours will be given; one at 8:00 pm and a second at 9:00 pm and each tour...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) expressed concern today over news that the Department of Energy has seized $21 million from Fisker Automotive. Fisker was the recipient of a $529 million...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - Tammy Duchesne has been selected as the new superintendent of Pu'uhonua O Hōnaunau National Historic Park and Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historic Park on the west coast of Hawai'i. She replaces Kathy Billings who was recently selected as superintendent of Death Valley National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Poteet resident Jonathan Pena and Victor Reyes-Campos, of Mexico City, Mexico, have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute multi-kilogram amounts of cocaine, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Frances Rivas, 42, formerly of Albuquerque but currently a resident of Amarillo, Texas, was sentenced this morning to 18 months in federal prison followed by a year of supervised release for her conviction for preparing a false federal income tax return. Rivas also was ordered to pay $98,296.00...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Rep Nick J. Rahall, top Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released the following statement on today’s U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia’s ruling, which found that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to retroactively veto Clean Water Act permits previously issued by the Army Corps of Engineers, as EPA did with the Spruce Mine permit in Logan County, West Virginia in January, 2011.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is extending the deadline for nominations for ten open positions on its Mojave Southern Great Basin and Northeastern Great Basin Resource Advisory Councils (RACs). The BLM will consider the nominations for 45 days after publication of the formal call for nominations...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) expressed concern today over news that the Department of Energy has seized $21 million from Fisker Automotive. Fisker was the recipient of a $529 million...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CID), announced today’s sentencing of defendant Vladimyr Jean Baptiste, 41, of Coral Springs, Florida. Baptiste...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ricardo Mitchell, 33, of Temple Hills, Md., pled guilty today to a charge of second-degree murder while armed in a slaying that took place in August 2011 in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of distribution of heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2013
News Release: Shaun Linko opened fire at a Lynn Street residence in Parkersburg.
