News published on Federal Newswire in August 2013

News from August 2013


The US Agriculture Department published a seven page proposed rule on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a six page rule on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page proposed rule on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


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


The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Former Hospice Nurse Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Tampering with Narcotic Pain Medication

News Release: Stealing Pain Medication Risked Pain Or Overdose For Those In End Of Life Care.


News Release: A man who downloaded child pornography was sentenced Aug. 1, 2013, to five years in federal prison.


News Release: Camp, Baucus Convene Kitchen Counter Conversation on Tax Reform.


News Release: The collaboration of local, state, and federal law enforcement under the Detroit One program is beginning to show dividends with the investigation, indictment, and arrests of a violent, armed drug gang located in northwest Detroit, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced.


News Release: HOUSTON - Houstonian Nathaniel Chilo, aka Nathaniel O’Neil, 23, now convicted in two separate debt relief scams, has been sentenced to prison again, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Chilo entered a plea of guilty to wire fraud in relation to this case Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012.


Former Iowa City Resident Sentenced To 100 Months In Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine Base

News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Aug. 1, 2013, Jeffrey Goins, age 26, was sentenced by United States District Judge John A. Jarvey to 100 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Goins was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release following the imprisonment, and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.


News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statements after the full Senate confirmed the nomination of John H. Thompson as the next U.S. Census Bureau Director.


District Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison For 2011 Slaying in Northwest Washington

News Release: -Victim, 19, Was Shot Four Times in an Attempted Robbery-.


News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas and Christopher A. Henry, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation, Nashville Field Office, announced that on Tuesday, July 30, 2013, a federal jury found Richard C. Mathews of Conway guilty of five counts of filing false tax returns and one count of interfering with the due administration of justice.


News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Principal Deputy Commissioner Daniel Werfel seeking the agency’s immediate attention and assistance in uncovering the...


News Release: A man who distributed and possessed child pornography was sentenced July 31, 2013, to over twenty-one years in federal prison.


Madison Attorney Sentenced For Bankruptcy Fraud Scheme

News Release: Jackson, Miss - Michael E. Earwood, 61, an attorney from Madison, Mississippi, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for bankruptcy fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, Acting U.S. Trustee Henry G. Hobbs, Jr. of Region 5, FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen and Jon T. Rymer, Inspector General of the FDIC. Earwood was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $792,228.53.


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


Cedar Rapids Man Charged With Federal Child Pornography Offenses

News Release: Jason Smith, age 20, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been indicted on federal child pornography charges. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed July 26, 2013, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.