News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Conspiracy Resulted in Launching of an Iranian Earth Observation Satellite;.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its annual Winter Film Festival by showing the documentary film Civil Wrongs and Rights on Friday, Jan. 3, and Saturday, January 4, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that William Frazier, 43, of Midland, Georgia was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, to serve fifty one (51) months imprisonment for wire fraud. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Clay D. Land, United States District Court Judge in Columbus, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. DAYTON, OHIO - U.S. Attorney Carter Stewart and Acting U.S. Marshal Pat Sedoti of the Southern District of Ohio hosted an event this morning signifying the transfer...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Cushing, Iowa, woman convicted of Distribution of a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Dec. 19, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Michael P. McCuskey today ordered a Mattoon, Ill., man, Joseph W. Hoult, 27, to serve 200 months (16 years, 8 months) in federal prison for distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography. Judge McCuskey further ordered that Hoult remain on supervised release for the rest of his life following his release from prison. Hoult will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Sabrina Nicole Fitts, age 29, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to one month in prison, followed by eight months of home detention, for failing to file currency transaction reports on suspected drug proceeds. Judge Bredar also ordered Fitts to perform 250 hours of community service and to forfeit $5,000 she was paid by a drug dealer for converting the drug proceeds.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Park rangers say “Let it snow!" so you can explore Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) on snowshoes this winter! Join the rangers for a guided snowshoe hike this holiday season and every Saturday throughout the winter. The first hike of the season will be on Saturday, December...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Martinez Fresh Produce LLC satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Fox Chapel woman was sentenced in federal court to two years’ probation on her conviction of smuggling and unlawfully importing prescription drugs, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) released the following statement today after President Obama announced his intent to nominate Senator Baucus to be the Ambassador of the United States of America to the People’s Republic of China.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES -- A member of the Pueblo Bishop Bloods street gang was convicted by a federal jury today for the murder of a young man with no gang affiliation who was executed in front of his 2-year-old son.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - David Ralph Fisher, age 43, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to producing child pornography and attempting to coerce and entice a minor to engage in sexually explicit activity. His ex-wife, Lori Fisher, age 46, of St. Cloud, Florida, pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Senate joined the U.S. House of Representatives in passing legislation which included provisions designed to improve the collection of unemployment insurance overpayments and take steps to prevent incarcerated individuals from receiving government benefits while in jail. Both...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a former Anchorage registered nurse was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage yesterday for fraud and filing a false tax return.
By State Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - In response to the announcement by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) that it will close its offices in Ecuador, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement:
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report on the U.S. Secret Service (USSS). The report, entitled "Adequacy of USSS...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee offers the following questions for President Obama’s press conference this afternoon...
