News published on Federal Newswire in April 2013

News from April 2013


Shuster, Rahall Announce Special Panel Tasked with Developing Freight Transportation Improvements

News Release: Washington, DC - Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Ranking Member Nick J. Rahall, II (D-WV) today announced the members of a special panel tasked with examining the current state of freight transportation in the United States and how improving freight transportation can strengthen the U.S. economy.


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Jose Maria Carbajal Jr., of Corpus Christi, Texas, has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for his involvement in a marijuana conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.


Joseph Mitchell Casil Sentenced For Concealment Of A Material Fact

News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced today that defendant JOSEPH MITCHELL CASIL was sentenced by Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood in the United States District Court, to twelve (12) months imprisonment for the offense...


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News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Kathryn Keneally, Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division, Department of Justice (“DOJ"), and Richard Weber, the Chief of Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), announced the indictment today...


Jury Convicts Darke County Man Of Receipt And Possession Of Child Pornography

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Tuesday, April 16, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. DAYTON - A U.S. District Court jury here convicted Richard Trepanier, 40, of Gettysburg, Ohio of one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession...


News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park invites everyone to join special hikes and programs offered at the park during National Park Week, April 20-28. Entrance fees are waived Monday through Friday, April 22-26.


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News Release: Comments on Draft Plan to be accepted through April 30, 2013.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 16, 2013 - Today, the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation held a legislative hearing on nine bills to prevent the President from unilaterally designating National Monuments under the century-old Antiquities Act and to ensure greater public participation in the process.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota man convicted of Assault of a Minor was sentenced on April 12, 2013 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.


Former CEO Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced that defendant Scott Haire, 48, a resident of Coral Springs, Florida, pled guilty yesterday before U.S.


Woman Sentenced For Her Role In Hold-up Of Citizens Bank In Hutchinson

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 26-year-old woman was sentenced for her role in the robbery of the Citizens Bank in Hutchinson, Minnesota. United States District Court Judge David S. Doty sentenced Erica Lea Reeves, no known residence, to 19 months in federal prison on one count of aiding and abetting bank robbery. Reeves was indicted along with a co-defendant on Aug. 22, 2012. She pleaded guilty on November 7, 2012.


Engel Statement on Prime Minister Fayyad’s Resignation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (NY-16), the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released this statement following Prime Minister Fayyad’s resignation as Palestinian Prime Minister...


Mt. Carmel Man Sentenced On Child Pornography Offense

News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Donald R. Campbell, 49, of Mt. Carmel, Illinois, was sentenced in Federal Court in Benton on April 11, 2013, to a term of 30 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release after his incarceration, for enticing a minor to engage in sex acts while Campbell videotaped the events.


Murkowski: Forest Service’s Attempt to Take Back Secure Rural School Payments ‘Adding Insult to Injury’

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today blasted the U.S. Forest Service for trying to retroactively “claw back" payments made to Southeast Alaska timber communities under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act.


Quality Roofing, INC., Order to Pay $75,000 Fine, Restitution

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., announced today that Quality Roofing, Inc., a Michigan-based corporation convicted of submitting false forms to the government, was sentenced to pay of fine of $75,000, plus restitution of $19,197.50 by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.


Two Pennsylvania Men Enter Pleas Of Guilty To Sexual Assault Charge

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News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A man from Kansas City, Kan., has pleaded guilty to using the Internet to entice a 12-year-old girl in California to send him pictures of her naked, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.


Jeffrey James Milliron Sentenced In U.S. District Court

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Helena, on April 16, 2013, before Senior U.S. District Judge Charles C. Lovell, JEFFREY JAMES MILLIRON appeared for sentencing. MILLIRON was sentenced to a term of.