News from December 2013
By State Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: Dear Mr. Marez: I noted with great dismay the decision of the American Studies Association (ASA) to launch a boycott targeting Israeli academic institutions. I believe such action by the ASA is another example of the unfair double standard Israel is regularly and unfairly subjected to by organizations...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: Lowell, Massachusetts. Peter Aucella, Assistant Superintendent at Lowell National Historical Park has received the Department of the Interior’s Superior Service Award for his 24 years of vision, planning, and efforts associated with the Lowell Summer Music Series. This music program has become a critical...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Otha Easley, Acting Special Agent in Charge, NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement, Southeast Division, and Major Camille Soverel, Regional Commander, South A Region, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA - CARLOS NEWTON, 44, of Waynesboro, Georgia was sentenced last week by United States District Court Judge Dudley H. Bowen, Jr. to 2 years in prison for his role in the preparation of numerous fraudulent federal tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas- A Minnesota man, Shannon Lee Callahan, 39, appeared before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings and pleaded guilty to an indictment charging failure to register and update registration as a sex offender. He faces a maximum statutory penalty of 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: Michael Townsend, age 69, a former business agent and trustee of Teamsters Local 337, pleaded guilty to bribery charges today, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, Dec. 23, 2013. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BARBARA O’HARA-LEONE, 53, formerly of Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 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 Christopher B. Dennis, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today denounced as heartless and ill-informed the decision by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to reject a proposed lifesaving road for the isolated Alaska community of King Cove.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: Congaree National Park's winter Artist-in-Residence, Mary Gilkerson, will begin work on a mural in the park's Harry Hampton Visitor Center in January. Mary Gilkerson is Congaree's second Artist-in-Residence. A contemporary South Carolina painter, Mary finds inspiration in landscapes. She holds an MFA...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: A grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Okey Wise, 64, of Bath, with theft of government property, depredation of government property, and false statements made to federal investigators, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: White layer cakes can be made with more fiber or less fat, without significantly undermining many of the qualities of this favorite treat. These improvements can be made to cakes that are prepared at commercial bakeries or to the boxed mixes sold for home bakers, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) food technologist Mukti Singh.
By State Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: I am deeply troubled by recent reports that dozens of Russian diplomats and their dependents apparently engaged in systematic Medicaid fraud while in the United States. I am writing to request further information about this matter and the Administration’s plans to address the law...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that INGRID LEDERHAAS-OKUN, a former Vice President of Product Development at a high-end jewelry company, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to one year and one day in prison for stealing over $2.1 million worth of jewelry from her former employer. LEDERHAAS-OKUN pled guilty on July 26, 2013 and was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers Gretchen Campbell, R. Joseph Kline, and Ana Rey were named today among the 102 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: A Richland County man was sentenced on Dec. 20, 2013, to federal prison on methamphetamine related charges, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement in response to the article in today’s New York Times on U.S. government procurement of apparel from suppliers in Bangladesh and other similar countries.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) commended the United States Marine Corps following its announcement that it received a clean financial audit for its Fiscal Year 2012 Statement of Budgetary Activity, the first step toward a full clean financial audit. The Marine Corps is the first military service to successfully complete this type of audit.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Arthur Gerald Reid, 27, of Macon, Georgia, pled guilty to Sex Trafficking of Children on Monday, Dec. 23, 2013. The defendant’s guilty plea was entered before the Honorable Hugh Lawson, United States District Court Judge, in Macon, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, Howard Leventhal, 56, pleaded guilty to wire fraud for defrauding and attempting to defraud a number of individuals and entities of millions of dollars by falsely claiming that his company, Neovision USA, Inc. (“Neovision"), had a lucrative contract with Canada’s Department...
