News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas and William J. Bryant, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock District Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced that Chester Green, age 32, was arrested yesterday and charged today on a federal Complaint with distribution of methamphetamine.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote on Thursday to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a study of the Department of Homeland Security’s BioWatch program and the status of the program’s “Generation-3" procurement. The request builds upon...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Mark Phillips, age 60 of Walthill, Nebraska, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Omaha for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. The Honorable Lyle E. Strom, Senior Judge, sentenced Phillips to 33 months of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison Phillips will begin a 3 year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas announced that United States District Judge J. Leon Holmes sentenced Jermaine Lamon Roy, age 22, of Little Rock to 15 years imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release for sex trafficking.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-Mich.) today requested the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) investigate India’s unfair trade practices that discriminate against U.S. exports and investment.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) made the following statement in reaction to President Obama’s comments on tax reform during a speech in Chattanooga, TN.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Robert Kropp, 26, of Colonial Heights, Va., was sentenced today for coercion and enticement of a minor under the age of fifteen and receipt of child pornography. Kropp was sentenced to 120months in prison on each of the two counts, to run concurrently, followed by 20 years of supervised release on each count. In addition, Kropp was assessed a fine of $15,000.00.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Former Texas representative Jose Santiago “Jim" Solis has been ordered to prison following his conviction of aiding and abetting the extortion by former state district judge Abel Corral Limas, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Solis pleaded guilty April 29, 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Otto G. Pena, age 46, a resident of Valdosta, Georgia and Hialeah, Florida, was sentenced on July 29, 2013 by the Honorable Hugh Lawson in United States District Court, Valdosta Division, to 120 months imprisonment, followed by twenty-five (25) years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 232 to 183 to pass H.R. 367, the “Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act." After passage of the legislation, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: Families and individuals of all ages are invited to the Paradise area of Mount Rainier National Park for a special program on Saturday August 10. The event coincides with the Perseid meteor shower which will peak during the second week of August. The program starts at 8:00 PM in the lobby of the Paradise...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: The dark night sky ofTheodore Roosevelt National Park's North Unit is the perfect setting for the annual North Dakota Badlands Star Party on August 9 and 10.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Diana Bald Eagle, age 39, of Rapid City, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on July 26, 2013, and pled guilty to a charge of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Columbia. Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. -Second Man Recently Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison For His Role in Crimes-. WASHINGTON - Clifton Smith, 21, of Oxon Hill, Md., was sentenced today to 17 years in prison for his role in a series of crimes, including...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report he requested on the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Adjudication Center - which performs...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that one man was sentenced and two pleaded guilty Thursday to various child pornography related charges. The sentencing and guilty pleas were held before U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) urged the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to take swift action to address potential risks to taxpayers’ religious liberties.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming State Office and the Western Area Power Administration (Western) are hosting a series of 13 public meetings/hearings to provide information and to gather public input on the TransWest Express Transmission Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote on Thursday to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a study of the Department of Homeland Security’s BioWatch program and the status of the program’s “Generation-3" procurement. The request builds upon...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today applauded a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling against unfair duties levied by China on U.S. poultry exports.
