News from August 2013

By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: JENNIFER HALEY SELECTED AS LAKE MEAD NRA RESOURCE CHIEF.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Gary Edward Larock, Jr., 35, most recently a resident of Eden, Texas, pleaded guilty today, before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, to an indictment charging one count of failure to register as a sex offender. Larock, who has been in custody since his arrest in June 2013 on a related...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: Nearly $1 Million To Intervene In Lives Of Youth Exposed To Domestic And Sexual Violence And Stalking.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) signed a Memorandum of Collaboration this week that will coordinate the ongoing efforts of the two agencies on offshore research and technological improvement projects. Through this collaboration, BSEE and DOE will continue to work together to ensure safe, sustainable offshore production of oil and natural gas.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Edmund J. Renaud, 70, of Olean, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny, to tax evasion. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Aug. 22, 2013, a Federal grand jury returned an indictment against two individuals for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The investigation was led by the Department of Health and...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: South Bend, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today wrote to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane following last week’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...

By EPA Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) next week will travel to Charleston, South Carolina, to highlight the region’s success in our evolving Nation of Builders. Terry’s visit will include a tour of the Boeing manufacturing plant in North Charleston...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILNER CASTELIN, also known as “Castro," 44, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of...

By EPA Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: Today marks the 1,800th day of the Keystone XL pipeline’s review. The initial application was first submitted to the State Department nearly five years ago on Sept. 19, 2008, and the American people are still waiting for approval of this landmark energy infrastructure project that will deliver jobs and greater energy security to America.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today wrote to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane following last week’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: Today marks the 1,800th day of the Keystone XL pipeline’s review. The initial application was first submitted to the State Department nearly five years ago on Sept. 19, 2008, and the American people are still waiting for approval of this landmark energy infrastructure project that will deliver jobs and greater energy security to America.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: COVINGTON, KY -. A Florence, KY., man, previously convicted of copyright infringement, was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning sentenced 32 year-old Anthony Cappadona for willfully infringing a copyright, by distributing a copyrighted work being prepared...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: Funding To Support Local Law Enforcement As Well As UW Innocence Program.

By DOE Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today wrote to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane following last week’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Xiao Cheng Lin, 50, and Ling Zen Hu, 51, of Flushing, N.Y., who were convicted of conspiracy to import goods falsely classified, were sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara. Xiao Cheng Lin was sentenced to one...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Edmund J. Renaud, 70, of Olean, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny, to tax evasion. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a California man was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for three counts of distributing child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) next week will travel to Charleston, South Carolina, to highlight the region’s success in our evolving Nation of Builders. Terry’s visit will include a tour of the Boeing manufacturing plant in North Charleston...