News published on Federal Newswire in August 2013

News from August 2013


The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that Joseph D. Weiss, 44, of Euclid, Ohio, was charged with receiving, distributing and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.


Twenty-month Sentence For Westerville Jewelry Store Owner For Tax Evasion

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS, OHIO - Elie J. Hannoush, 41, of Westerville, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 12 months and one day in prison followed by eight...


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Ronald Walker, 43, of Corona, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and one kilogram or more...


Progreso Mayor And Other Public Officials Charged In Conjunction With Bribery Scheme

News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Jose Guadalupe Vela Jr., 64, Omar Leonel Vela, 35, and Michael Vela, 29, have been arrested on charges of conspiracy, mail fraud, violations of the Travel Act, theft and bribery, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.


Eldora Man Charged With Federal Child Sexual Exploitation Offenses

News Release: Kevin Trittien, age 35, of Eldora, Iowa, has been indicted on federal child sexual exploitation charges. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed Aug. 23, 2013, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.


News Release: SEATTLE - A drug trafficker who came to the attention of law enforcement after his roommate was shot and killed in November 2012, was sentenced on Aug. 27, 2013, in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release.


US Department of Labor's OSHA takes its Fall Prevention Campaign to the road with Dallas Area Rapid Transit busses to provide life-saving information

News Release: Region 6 News Release: 13-1754-DAL. Aug. 28, 2013. Contact: Diana Petterson Juan Rodriguez. Phone: 972-850-4710 972-850-4709. Email: petterson.diana@dol.gov rodriguez.juan@dol.gov. DALLAS - Using posters placed on and in Dallas Area Rapid Transit buses that proclaim "Stop falls in construction", the U.S.


News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 45-year-old Yantis, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


New Philadelphia Man Charged With Child Pornography Crimes

News Release: Brian Meck, 25, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, was charged with production of child pornography, receipt and distribution of visual depictions of real minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, and possession of child pornography, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


Engel Statement on Broader Strategy in Syria

News Release: Washington D.C. - Ranking Member Eliot Engel, the senior Democratic member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on a broader U.S. strategy in Syria.


News Release: Wifredo A Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael J. De Palma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that defendant Francis Maikisch, 49, of Pembroke Pines, and Angel Moran, 46, of Miami, were charged...


News Release: HOUSTON - Alexander Joseph Johnson, 24, of Houston, has been indicted on charges of sex trafficking of a 15-year-old female, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.


News Release: Springfield, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Richard Mills this afternoon sentenced former Illinois correctional officer Steven L. Carson, of Hillsboro, Ill., to serve 520 months (43 years, 4 months) in federal prison, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release. Carson pleaded guilty in February 2013, to charges that he sexually exploited a minor, and that he distributed and possessed images of child pornography.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Luis Alberto Loera, 27, and Anthony William Martinez, 19, both residents of Laredo, have been ordered to federal prison in relation to an alien smuggling conspiracy, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Both pleaded guilty Feb. 15, 2013.


Registered Sex Offender Charged With Producing Child Pornography

News Release: HOUSTON - Donald Post, of League City, 68, has been indicted for production and distribution of child pornography involving a four-year-old minor female, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. The indictment was returned late this morning by a Houston federal grand jury.


United States Settles False Claims Act Allegations Against Billing Manager

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A billing manager, her billing company, and her son have agreed to pay $1.7 million to settle allegations that they violated the civil False Claims Act in connection with claims submitted to the Department of Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (DOL-OWCP), United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.