News from December 2013
By DOE Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing the committee’s oversight of the president’s Climate Action Plan, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today wrote to U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew regarding recently announced Treasury Department guidance seeking to end U.S. support for public financing of coal-fired power plants overseas, except in very limited circumstances.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington yesterday sentenced Michael Alan Klevene (62) to 13 years and 7 months in federal prison for transporting child pornography over the Internet. As part of his sentence, Klevene was also ordered to serve a lifetime term of supervised release, following his incarceration, and to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -Eleven men have been arrested on federal charges stemming from an.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today announced the witness list for next week’s field hearing on the Affordable Care Act in Dallas, Texas. This is the fourth in a series of field hearings on ObamaCare’s impact on Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: MIAMI - This week, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD) Group 10 members received the 61st Attorney General's Exceptional Service Award during a ceremony in Weston, Florida. This award is the highest award presented by the Attorney General and the Department of Justice. DEA agents and task force (TFOs) were recognized for their exceptional achievements, leadership, and heroism reflected in Operation Golden Eagle II.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Nura Ziadeh, age 62, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday in Harrisburg by United States Senior District Court Judge William W. Caldwell to 15 months’ imprisonment. Judge Caldwell further ordered that Ziadeh pay $21,300 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Omer Fadhel Saleh Mohammed, 31, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty to making false bomb threats before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000.00 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS B Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced today the sentencing of James I. Bowling, age 41, of Manilla, to 27 months (2 years, 3 months) in federal prison. This follows a September 2013 jury trial, at which Bowling was found guilty of providing false information when purchasing a firearm and of receiving a firearm while under indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: HUNTSVILLE -- A federal judge this week sentenced a Huntsville man to five years' probation for tax evasion but ordered him to pay $3.7 million in restitution to the government, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: In 2013, U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) canceled a number of hearings that were crucial to the oversight work of the Committee. Below is a timeline and summation of each hearing that did not happen and what has not been accomplished.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault by Strangulation and Suffocation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown announces that on 12/4/2013, Brandon Payne, was committed to the BOP for a term of 114 MONTHS by Federal Judge William Steele; said term consists of 30 months as to Count One and 84 months as to Count Two; said terms to run consecutively. The Judge recommended...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. sentenced Kai Holt, age 38, of Waldorf, Maryland, today to 88 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to commit, and committing, the armed robbery of an armored vehicle, and conspiracy to possess, and possession of, a firearm in connection with the robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: Peter J. Smith, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and Essam Rabadi, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Philadelphia Field Division jointly announced today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld the revocation of the Federal Firearms License (FFL) of Scott W. Taylor, d/b/a Taylor’s Trading Post, located in Biglerville, Pennsylvania.
By State Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: Dear Prime Minister Hasina: As an important partner in South Asia, the United States is committed to its relationship with Bangladesh. The very foundation of our partnership is built upon a strong bond of friendship. It is in this spirit that we strongly urge you to engage in direct negotiations immediately...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: Monument Restoration at Asan Beach. A unique monument commemorating the amphibious assault of Guam in 1944 will receive a facelift this winter. War in the Pacific National Historical Park staff removed corroded plaques for cleaning and metals treatment from the U.S Landing Monument at Asan Beach. It is...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that Nelson Areizaga-Rosa, 37, and Ricardo Ortiz-Rosa, 41, both of Connecticut, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine before Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, an $8,000,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - The last of four convicted in the armed bank robbery of a Wells Fargo Bank in September 2012 has been ordered to federal prison, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing the committee’s oversight of the president’s Climate Action Plan, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today wrote to U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew regarding recently announced Treasury Department guidance seeking to end U.S. support for public financing of coal-fired power plants overseas, except in very limited circumstances.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing the committee’s oversight of the president’s Climate Action Plan, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today wrote to U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew regarding recently announced Treasury Department guidance seeking to end U.S. support for public financing of coal-fired power plants overseas, except in very limited circumstances.
