News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ARCOLAIN FOUNTAIN, 47, of Hamden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford...

By EPA Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: Despite Promise to Lower Costs By $2,500, Americans are Learning Harsh Reality of Health Law’s Sticker Shock

By US DOT Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: During 2013, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Republicans and ranking member U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), have been working to lift the veil of secrecy from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), especially regarding their use of hidden or otherwise dubious science.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: In El Paso this morning, former El Paso Independent School District Trustee Salvador “Sal" Mena was sentenced to three years in federal prison for accepting more than $176,000 in cash bribes in exchange for his vote and official influence announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security (ICE-HSI), ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Dec. 12, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: Despite Promise to Lower Costs By $2,500, Americans are Learning Harsh Reality of Health Law’s Sticker Shock
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today released a new staff report on the Obama Administration’s Navigator and Assister program in conjunction with today’s field hearing in Dallas, Texas. The report explains how the Administration’s serious mismanagement of these outreach programs exposes Americans to fraud and poses a threat to the safety of consumers’ personal information.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Lower Burrell, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to three years probation on his conviction of possession of marijuana, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - Former Clarkston City Councilwoman Joan Swaney has pleaded guilty to embezzling over $60,000 from a local community center.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christian Alexander Sangiovanni, 33, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced to ten years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - DAVID M. GAMBUZZA, 40, of Gloversville, was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with manufacturing marijuana by Magistrate Judge Randolph F. Treece announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations Captain Scott...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender.

By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the senior Democratic member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the decision by the American Studies Association (ASA) to launch an academic boycott of Israel.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Chicago, Illinois, man charged with Criminal Trespass pled guilty to and was sentenced on Dec. 13, 2013, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: A Fremont man was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison after previously being found guilty of three counts related to child pornography, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Terrance Trent Batiste, 21, has been ordered to prison for his involvement in the November 2012 robbery of Amegy Bank in Houston, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - - John J. Arvanits, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Friday, Russell John Thaxton, 48, of Morrisville, was presented in United States District Court for arraignment on an indictment charging him with pharmacy robbery.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Jason Lee Holmberg, 39, of Middleton, Idaho, Ute Hornak, 47, of Nampa, Idaho, and Patrick Siemsen, 56, of Meridian, Idaho, were sentenced today for their role in distributing methamphetamine and/or interstate travel and transportation in aid of racketeering, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.

By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean, WV,Dec. 16, 2013- The National Park Service will be closing the Ajax Spring located off of Fayette Station Road after recent mandatory testing indicated the water does not meet the minimum requirements for drinking water. Despite the fact that the spring is posted as a non-potable water...