News published on Federal Newswire in August 2013

News from August 2013


Run the Rift

News Release: From 15,000 years ago until 2000 years ago deep cracks across the Snake River Plain erupted molten lava forming the vast lava landscapes of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve (NPS). Join us on September 28 for new excitement along the Great Rift when the first-ever Run the Rift Fun Run takes place!.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on President Obama’s refusal to meet with Russian President Putin in Moscow in September...


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Parmalee, South Dakota, man was indicted by a federal grand jury for not updating his sexual offender registration as required.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Parmalee, South Dakota, man was indicted by a federal grand jury for engaging in a sexual act with a woman who was unable to give permission.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Rolando Rubio and his father, Antonio Rubio Jr., both of Laredo, have been ordered to prison for their respective pleas to cocaine trafficking and unlawful possession of ammunition, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Both entered guilty pleas in separate indictments on Oct. 15, 2012.


UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AUG 9-10

News Release: UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AUG 9-10.


Blackfoot Man Pleads Guilty To Assault Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Stewart Bobtail Bear, Sr., age 41, of Blackfoot, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on Aug. 2, 2013, and pled guilty to Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.


Oversight Leaders Probe IRS Coordination with Federal Election Commission

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Subcommittee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, today wrote a letter to the Federal Election Commission seeking documents related to potentially inappropriate coordination between the Internal Revenue Service and Federal Election Commission related to tax exempt organizations.


McLaughlin Woman Charged With Larceny

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury.


NOAA report highlights climate change threats to nation’s estuaries

News Release: The national study, Climate Sensitivity of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System, points to three East Coast reserves, Sapelo Island NERR offsite link in Georgia, ACE Basin NERR in South Carolina and Waquoit Bay NERR offsite link in Massachusetts, and the Tijuana River NERR offsite link on the California-Mexico border, as the most sensitive to climate change.


Rosebud Man Charged With Abusive Sexual Contact

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Kameron Jackson, age 20, of Rosebud, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on July 30, 2013, and pled guilty to Abusive Sexual Contact.


News Release: Washington, DC - In a letter sent today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, wrote to Senate colleagues about the serious impact of passing H.R. 2218, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act.


San Francisco Investment Adviser Sentenced To 56 Months For Fraud Scheme

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Hausmann-Alain Banet (a/k/a Anzoumana Ousmann Gbane, a/k/a Gbane Anzoumana a/k/a Ousmann Gbane, a/k/a Ousmann Gbane Anzounan Banet, a/k/a Ousmann-Alain Gbane) of San Francisco, California, was sentenced yesterday to 56 months in prison and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution for defrauding former investment clients, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.


News Release: DALLAS - On Friday, Aug. 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans, La., issued a 32-page published opinion affirming the convictions and sentences of the last four remaining defendants in the Dallas City Hall Corruption case, including former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Donald Hill...


Ranking Member Engel Statement on White House Decision to Cancel Meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Eliot Engel, the senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the White House’s decision to cancel a bilateral meeting with Russia President Vladimir Putin prior to the start of next month’s G20 Summit.


News Release: Beaumont, Texas - A 25 year old Beaumont, Texas man was sentenced to federal prison after having pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges of possession of material involving the sexual exploitation of children announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


Cedar Rapids Man Pleads Guilty To Providing A Gun To A Felon

News Release: A man who provided a gun to a felon pled guilty on August 6, 2013, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Bullhead, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury.


Nixa Man Pleads Guilty to Child Porn

News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Nixa, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet. Charles Williams, 28, of Nixa, pleaded guilty...


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man who participated in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department today admitted his role in the scheme, the fourth conspirator to do so in a two-week period, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.