News published on Federal Newswire in April 2013

News from April 2013


The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Edward K. Durst Did Not Follow Regulations While Overseeing Removal Of Asbestos-Containing Materials From Virginia Tech Building.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two Silicon Valley men were sentenced today to federal prison terms of 3½ years and two years for their roles in a scheme that used naked photographs and other private information stolen from email accounts in an attempt to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars from professional players on the World Poker Tour.


News Release: During National Volunteer Week, April 21-27, the National Park Service Outer Banks Group celebrates the volunteers that work at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Wright Brothers National Memorial and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.This past year, these volunteers donated a total of 18,140 hours!.


Cannonball Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Three Federal Officers

News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on April 22, 2013, SkylerWhite Bull, 25, Cannonball, N.D., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to three counts of assaulting a federal officer.


News Release: Willie Springer, 36, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced to 8 years in prison on Friday, April 19, 2013, by the United States District Court, for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Previously Convicted Felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton...


News Release: LEXINGTON, KY - A federal indictment was unsealed today charging former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richard Dwight Farmer Jr., with misusing and misappropriating money and property belonging to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) during his tenure.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Tavares Bowie, age 35, of Frederick, Maryland, today to six years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. Bowie also pleaded guilty today.


News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Mechanicsburg doctor and owner of two Central Pennsylvania medical facilities pleaded guilty today in federal court in Harrisburg before U.S. District Judge Christopher C. Conner.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Geoffrey Purdie, 41, of Niagara, Ontario, Canada, who was convicted of exporting anabolic steroids from the United States into Canada, was sentenced to one year in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.


Sen. Murkowski Delivers Global Keynote at Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today delivered the Global Keynote speech at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) “Future of Energy" Summit in New York City.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Joseph Edwin Gable, aka Mike Jones, 42, of Fresno, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to four years and nine months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for structuring proceeds derived from an interstate drug trafficking operation, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


Media Advisory

News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - U.S. Attorney George L. Beck, Jr., and Drug Enforcement Administration ASAC Clay Morris will jointly hold a press conference to kick off the campaign on the most recent Prescription Drug Take Back/Medical Abuse Program. A press release will be provided at the conference. The press conference will be held on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at 10:30 a.m., at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 131 Clayton Street, Montgomery, Alabama, and the media is invited.