News from December 2013
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: In the year 1691, evening fell in the desert of New Spain and a priest on horseback named Eusebio Francisco Kino looked up at the moonlit night sky. We wonder today, "What was going through the mind of Tumacácori's most famous astronomer?".
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on December 6, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, DONALD WILLIAM FORREST, a 51-year-old resident of Butte, was sentenced to a term of.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced the General Duty Clarification Act of 2013, which would require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue both a regulation and guidance to ensure uniform enforcement of the Clean ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Today, Bryan W. Gruetter, 55, of Bend, Oregon, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Michael McShane. In court, Gruetter admitted to diverting more than $1.1 million of client funds.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced that members of the subcommittee have reached bipartisan agreements on both the FCC Process Reform Act and the Federal Spectrum Incentive Act, Both pieces of legislation are set to be considered at this week’s full committee markup.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - - Ten individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of drug trafficking within 1,000 feet of schools in San Francisco's Tenderloin District, United States Attorney Melinda Haag, DEA Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick, and San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Four members of a Dodge City street gang were sentenced and another pleaded guilty Monday in a federal racketeering case, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: Where in the world have many of our holiday traditions come from? Join us for the next Backyard Rangers program at Fort Stanwix National Monument and find out! Explore seven different stations in the Willett Center and discover how people in the 1700s celebrated winter holidays. Learn about how our unique...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA - An Orange County criminal defense attorney, who was convicted by a jury of executing a bribery scheme to obtain dismissal of a state criminal case against one of his clients, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a series of sweeping changes to a popular loan program for rural homebuyers. The changes are part of an extensive overhaul that will strengthen rural housing markets, increase the availability of rural home loans and spur the construction of new homes in rural areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: Defendant Was Convicted Of Racketeering And Firearms Offenses Relating To Murders Committed In Suffolk, Nassau And Queens Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Dontrace Blaine, 26, formerly of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 24 years in prison on charges stemming from a gun battle in 2006 that led to the death of an innocent bystander, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: And Robbery Of Dunmore Bank. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that today Senior United States District Court Judge James M. Munley sentenced Romeal Price, age 36, of Brooklyn, New York, to 11 years and four months’ imprisonment for escape and bank...
By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - A bipartisan group of House Members today introduced a H.Res. 434, a resolution honoring the life, accomplishments and legacy of Nelson Mandela and expressing condolences on his passing.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. B A Dodge City gang member has been sentenced to 10 years on a conspiracy charge in a federal racketeering case, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Mark Robertson, 41, of Lockport, NY, was sentenced to 3 years supervised released with 6 months electronic monitoring, for his conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin. Danielle Barton...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: Keith Churn, 44, of Nashville, Tenn., was found guilty of bank fraud by a federal jury on Friday, December 6, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Hanoverton, Ohio, has been sentenced in federal court to five years of probation, the first 12 months of which must be served by conditions of home confinement, on her conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possess marijuana, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Manhattan, Kan., man has pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact in an arson that killed a Kansas State University researcher, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on December 6, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, SCOTT ARTHUR PARENT, a 54-year-old resident of Lincoln, was sentenced to a term of.
