News published on Federal Newswire in December 2013

News from December 2013


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: A federal felon who dealt prescription drugs and possessed a gun while on supervised release was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to eight years in prison and six months of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. EDWARD WOODRUFF, aka “Pretty Eddie," --, was arrested ...


News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A man from Kansas City, Kan., has been sentenced on federal charges arising from a carjacking and armed robbery, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.


Former AAU Coach Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud

News Release: Thomas Patric Boggs Admits To Defrauding Former College Basketball Star.


News Release: James L. Santelle, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that O’Brain J. Lynch (age 28) of Jamaica was sentenced to 5 years in prison for his role in a Jamaican lottery scam. Lynch is believed to be the first Jamaican national charged in the United States for this type of fraud.


Jobs Report Shows Long-term Jobless Rate Increasing Slightly

News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin today made the following statement regarding the November jobs report, which showed that the long-term unemployment rate - as a percentage of all the unemployed - increased slightly from 36.1 percent to 37.3 percent in November. What’s...


Week In Review – Fort Wayne

News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.


News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park is now closed to vehicle traffic for the season. Arizona State Route 67, leading to the North Rim closed on Dec. 2, 2013. State Route 67 and all services on the North Rim are expected to re-open for the 2014 season on May 15, 2014.


Members Of Family Who Manufactured Homemade ‘Male Enhancement’ Drug Sentenced In Federal Conspiracy Case

News Release: LOS ANGELES - Three members of a Rowland Heights family involved in a home-based enterprise that manufactured a “male enhancement" drug that sold on the Internet and in retails stores nationwide have been sentenced for unlawfully importing tadalafil, the same active ingredient in the prescription drug Cialis.


Leader of ‘Ghost Riders’ Motorcycle Gang Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Weapons Possession

News Release: Felon Had Explosives And A Dozen Firearms In Shed And Storage Locker.


Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for Unknown Destinations

Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 384,150 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations. Of the total, 189,150 tons is for delivery during the 2013/2014 marketing year and 195,000 tons is for delivery during the 2014/2015 marketing year.


Former USDA Employee Sentenced To 40 Months For Lying In Order To Secure Loans To Hide More Than $600,000 In Thefts From Federally Funded Non-profit

News Release: MONROE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Donna Jean Remides, 52, of Winnsboro, La., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert G. James to 40 months in prison and five years of supervised release for lying on loan applications in order to receive loans used to hide the theft of $640,000 from a federally funded non-profit. She was also ordered to pay $450,000 in restitution. Remides pleaded guilty June 24, 2013 during the course of a trial.


News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that on December 5, 2013, Deborah A. Perkins and her son, Douglas A. Oliver, were sentenced in United States District Court for Distribution of Heroin and Maintaining Drug- Involved Premises.