News from August 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: According to an Executive Order, approval of the Keystone XL pipeline’s permit requires a finding that the project “would serve the national interest." The State Department, which is tasked with making this determination, has been reviewing the project now for over 1,800 days. And after nearly five years of review, it is clear the Keystone XL pipeline is in the national interest.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: According to an Executive Order, approval of the Keystone XL pipeline’s permit requires a finding that the project “would serve the national interest." The State Department, which is tasked with making this determination, has been reviewing the project now for over 1,800 days. And after nearly five years of review, it is clear the Keystone XL pipeline is in the national interest.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: A Sioux City couple who conspired to distribute crack cocaine were sentenced Aug. 16, 2013, to federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: Matthew James Stover, 30, of Jacolyn Drive in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been charged by an indictment filed in the United States District Court in the Northern District of Iowa, with unlawfully possessing a.223 caliber Bushmaster rifle and numerous rounds of ammunition as an unlawful user of controlled substances.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: Washington D.C. - Ranking Member Eliot Engel, the senior Democratic member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding a consultation he had today with Secretary of State Kerry on Syria.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors in September. All programs are free, but park entrance fees apply. Programs are co-sponsored by the Hawai'i Pacific Parks Association, and your $2 donation helps support park programs. Mark the calendar for these upcoming events.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Drew J. Breakspear, Commissioner, Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation, announce the unsealing of an indictment...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man has been found guilty on a federal firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) made the following statement after Treasury Secretary Lew told Congress today that the United States will hit the limit of its borrowing authority in mid-October after having exhausted extraordinary measures...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Richard Sedillo, 36, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a bank robbery charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas and Randall C. Coleman, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Little Rock Field Office announced that Matthew Hiner, age 25, of Cabot, made his initial appearance today in federal court in front...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that four residents of Brooklyn, New York have recently been sentenced in United States District Court in Burlington following their guilty pleas to counterfeiting charges. Today, U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Box Elder, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly attempting to use a computer attached to the Internet to transfer obscene matter and to entice a female under the age of 16 to engage in criminal sexual conduct between March 28 and April 5, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Damone Kelley, 45, of Fresno, is the last of seven defendants to plead guilty today for his involvement in a drug and money laundering ring that extended from Fresno to Alabama and Georgia, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Tuscumbia, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for the armed robbery of First State Bank in Iberia, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Koreatown man was sentenced this afternoon to 30 months in federal prison for smuggling nearly 40,000 counterfeit erectile dysfunction pills that were discovered in a golf bag and other luggage when he entered the United States at Los Angeles International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: SHREVEPORT -, La. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd announced on Aug. 26, 2013 that William Paul Boyter, 76, Michael Paul Boyter, 51, and Antony Reuben Riley, 49, all of Shreveport, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to charges of conspiracy, money laundering, ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: Zion National Park is initiating a transportation study this week to evaluate the current in-park shuttle system and provide the park with visitor use data along the Scenic Drive, the six mile road leading into Zion Canyon. Zion’s mandatory shuttle system was started in May 2000, reducing vehicle congestion and accidents along the Scenic Drive and enabling more visitors to gain access to Zion Canyon. Last year, the park’s visitation was just under three million visitors.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: First Assistant United States Attorney Randy J. Seiler announced that an Aberdeen, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for three counts of false crop insurance claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Louisiana. Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that William Paul Boyter, 76; Michael Paul Boyter, 51; and Anthony Reuben Riley, 49, all of Shreveport, pleaded guilty before...
