News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and Kenneth Magidson, United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas announced today Julio Cesar Cardenas, 40, has been given four life sentences in federal prison for his involvement...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings and Darrell E. Issa, the Ranking Member and Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, joined with Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, Ranking Member of the Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee, in introducing H.R. 3694, the Net...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: Human Trafficking Rescue Project. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Rhode Island man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for his participation with a Kansas City, Mo., man in child sex trafficking and producing...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against El Metate Foods Inc., doing business as El Metate Market.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of a federal indictment charging William A. White (36, Roanoke, Virginia) with five counts of making threats in aid of extortion over the Internet and one count of the unlawful use of identification information...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced that Ioannis Viglakis, a/k/a "Pablo," pled guilty yesterday in Manhattan federal court to attempting to provide material support to...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - On Dec. 11, 2013, Carl Carlson, 46, of Teesto, Arizona - a member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborgto a total of 300 months in prison, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release. Carlson is also required to register as a sex offender in compliance with federal, state and local laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Overland Park, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a $1.8 million conspiracy to traffic in contraband cigarettes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: Eric V. Bartoli, who was indicted in 2003 on a 10-count indictment and has been a fugitive for more than a decade, has been arrested in Peru, said Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the Cleveland Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Building on the Energy Department’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue U.S. leadership in clean energy innovation, the Department today announced over $13 million for five projects to strengthen domestic solar manufacturing and speed commercialization of efficient, affordable...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: The Fire Management Operation plans to burn a large debris pile at Satterlee Pit tomorrow, Thursday Dec. 12, 2013 and the Cadillac Orchard piles on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. Conditions will be cold, clear, and windy making for excellent smoke dispersion. Winds will be out of the northwest which should drive the winds across Schooner Head and out to sea. Two inches of snow make fire spread very unlikely.
By State Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1992, the Israel Qualitative Military Edge Enhancement Act, authored by Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), and H.R. 3212, the Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2013 authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ). Both bills passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee earlier this year with bipartisan support.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: Dear Speaker Boehner: We write to urge you to address the looming expiration of unemployment benefits for millions of Americans before adjourning Congress for the remainder of the year. Without swift Congressional action, 1.3 million jobless workers will have their benefits cut off on December 28th,...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michele M. Leonhart, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced that IOANNIS VIGLAKIS, a/k/a “Pablo," pled guilty yesterday in Manhattan federal court to attempting to provide material...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Julio Cesar Cardenas, 40, has been given four life sentences in federal prison for his involvement in leading a drug trafficking organization for several years out of Brownsville, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Cardenas was convicted by a federal jury following a two-week trial on May 31, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Increasing temperatures and changes in the timing of snowmelt runoff could impact the amount of water available on the upper Rio Grande in the future. These are some of the results of the Upper Rio Grande Impact Assessment released by Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Anne Castle.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OR - The Crater Lake National Park Science & Learning Center announced today that it accepting applications for the 2014 Artist-in-Residence program at the park. Application forms and more information are available online at.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Carlos Ibarra, 33, formerly of Houston, has been arrested on charges of bank fraud and money laundering, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
